Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 72 | Page 64

INDUSTRY WATCH
Equinix recently interviewed 100 business leaders in Nigeria about the opportunities and challenges their organisations are facing – and their plans for the future . The findings show that 34 % of IT decision makers in Nigeria are planning to move to a new region and 33 % into a new country while 58 % of IT decision makers in Nigeria view a shortage of personnel with IT skills as one of the main threats to their business .

Over half of businesses in Nigeria planning to expand locally despite supply chain , cybersecurity and recruitment challenges

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