EMERGING CHALLENGES

There are several potential constraints associated with intensified exploitation of ICTs that may or may be under the control of the Higher Education Institutions.

•      Inadequacy of ICT infrastructure and access;

•      Illiteracy of some lecturers and learners;

•      Lack of pedagogical skills and competence of some lecturers in using ICT;

•      Limited motivation of some instructors;

•      Mindset and perceptions of some lecturers and students;

•      Power fluctuations and regular power cuts;

•      Low speed of internet as a result of narrow bandwidth.

•      Inability to buy laptops or other ICT accessories.

•      Limited skills of integration of the different databases to ensure all databases can talk to each other. This calls for linkage with such friendly but non-commercial institutions as some from Asia or South America if such capacities do not exist in Africa.