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Nigeria:

A Rising Giant

Often referred to as the “Giant of Africa”
with its large population and economy,
Nigeria is the most populous country in
Africa and the seventh most populous
country in the world. As of 2015, Nigeria
is the world's 20 largest economy, worth
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more than $500 billion and $1 trillion in
terms of nominal GDP and purchasing
power parity respectively. It overtook
South Africa to become Africa's largest
economy in 2014. The 2013 debt-to-GDP Turning Around
ratio was 11 percent. Nigeria is considered
to be an emerging market by the World Nigeria’s Mining
Bank; it has been identified as a regional
power on the African continent.
As a major step in consolidating “ease-of- Fortunes
doing-business” in the mining sector, the
Nigerian Federal Government decided to
develop an Integrated Automation and K&A helped the Nigerian Ministry of Mines
Interactive GIS Web Portal for the Ministry and Steel Development achieve its vision
of Mines and Steel Development. by building five GIS applications and
conducting a Comprehensive Capacity
This portal is a cutting–edge Building Program for the Ministry and its
initiative that leverages technology affiliated agencies’ staff between Nigeria
for the innovation, eciency and and Dubai. The Geo-Mining Portal Modules
eectiveness of the mineral sector include the Geo-Mining Application, the
governance, making Nigeria a Executive Dashboard, the Geo-Mining
mining destination again. Investor Application, Cadastre units
selection for License Granting system,
The project was successfully launched the Geo-Mining Editor & Data Collection
during the 2 Annual Nigeria Mining Modules, and the Comprehensive Capacity
nd
Week which aims at sharing best Building Program.
practices and demonstrating the latest
strategies in promoting the mining sector Among the multiple deliverables of
successfully. The Minister of Mines and the project, K&A has covered the
Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Business Processes Re-engineering,
who demonstrated some geological the building of a GIS Web Portal with
enquiries on the GIS web portal (portal. a Business Automation System, the
minesandsteel.gov.ng), during the Content Management System (CMS), the
inauguration, said the e-platform would Geographic Information System (GIS),
aid the steady growth of the mining sector the Decision Support System, and the
and contribute to the realization of the collaboration and upgrade of the ICT
administration’s goal of diversifying the Infrastructure of the Ministry.
economy’s revenue base, creating jobs,
and broadening the range of available
economic opportunities to Nigerians.

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