Constraints To Information And Communication Technology Adoption In Calabar Metropolitan Area Of Cross River State, Nigeria

Abstract

The discussion of information technology diffusion in the continent of Africa,
which continues as the controversial issue of national communications policies of African governments, remains unsettled. This study examined the constraints to information technology utilization in the communication environments of selected organizations. The literature on information technology adoption in Africa addresses the issues of national communication policies, infrastructural development of information technology and cultural barriers to information technology diffusion in the region. A value shift sociological theory was abstracted for the study. Four research questions were formulated from four related variables. 600 respondents were randomly selected for the study. Data were analysed
using simple percentage and it revealed among others that the communication policies of civil governments accounted for the major source of constraints to information technology diffusion in the communication environments of the surveyed organizations.