Table of Contents
Part 1:
The Target Technologies and Enabling Structures
Chapter 1 Space
1.1 Major Representative: Pilot Projects for which Nigeria SAT – 1 Data were Used .............................................................................................................P. 79
1.2 A Bill for an Act to Establish the National Space Research and Development Agency(extracts) .....................................................................................P. 87
1.3 Road Map for Nigerian Space Mission – 2005 – 2030 (extracts) ................P. 89
1.4 Report of Investigative Hearing on Nigcomsat – .....................................P. 98
Chapter 2. Information and Communication Technologies ............................P. 107
2.1 National Information Technology Development Agency Act 2007 (extract) P. 147
2.2 National Information & Communication Technology ICT Policy (extract) ...P. 150
2.3 National ICT Infrastructure Backbone (NICTIB) .....................................P. 155
2.4 Address – Commissioning of Galaxy Backbone Plc. Head Office Abuja Metropolitan Area Network and Government Data Centre Facility ..................P. 163
Chapter 3. Biotechnology
3.1 Marine and Coastal Wetland Resources ................................................P. 231
3.2 Status of Genetic Resources Conservation and use in Nigeria ..................P. 243
3.3 Chemical Technology Application for Nigeria Bioresources Utilization and Management(extracts) ............................................................................P. 251
3.4 Biosafety Guidelines ............................................................................................................P. 259
3.5 Extracts: National Biosafety Management Agency Act 2011 ....................P. 267
Chapter 4 Energy
4.1 Wind Energy Resource Mapping and Related Works ...............................P. 301
4.2 Jatropha: Promotion of the Adoption and Production Background. ...........P. 305
4.3 Roadmap for the Generation of Electricity from Nuclear Sources in Nigeria. Report of the Technical Committee, January 2005 (extract) .........................P. 308
Chapter 5. Climate Change, Environment and Adaptation ............................P. 315
5.1 The Green Wall Sahara Project ...........................................................P. 367
Part II:
Foundation Required for Joining the H1-TECH Revolution
Chapter 6. Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Policies, Incubation Centres, Success Stories .....................................................................................P. 375
Chapter 7. Capacity Building
Formal Education, Informal Education, Professionalization of Skills, Proprietary Knowledge, Contribution of Diaspora .......................................................P. 421
Chapter 8. Support Systems
Nigerian National Science Foundation, Intellectual Property Rights; Management, Science Parks Manufacturing Structures ....................................................P. 453
Chapter 9. Globalization
Globalization, Foreign Direct Investment: Impact of Globalization, FDI, and Brain Drain; Sectors with Potential for (Investment, Africa’s Great Asian Opportunity, Technology Inflows into Nigeria ................................................................P. 511
Chapter 10. Reforms
Technology/Economy Status, Pillars: NEEDS, Honorary Presidential Advisory Council, Implementation of Reforms (Harmonization of Institutions), National Research and Development Coordinating Council (with UNESCO etc.) Bill for Establishment of STI Fund ....................................................................P. 537
10.1 Executive Summary of the National Economic Empowerment Development Strategy (NEEDS) ................................................................................P. 571
10.2 Peer Review of the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology ...........P. 577
10.3 Position of the Ministry of Science and Technology on the Proposed National Research and Development Co-ordinating Council (NRDCC) ........................P. 582