The Impact of Information Technology on Entrepreneurship: A Case Study of Technology Incubation Center Kano Nigeria

Abstract

It is now a common knowledge that Information Technology has revolutionized virtually every aspect of human endeavor; it has impacted immensely and positively on the development of entrepreneurship, creation of jobs and business opportunities virtually throughout the globe. IT is "an umbrella term that includes computer hardware and software; digital broadcast and telecommunications technologies as well as electronic information repositories such as the Web or those found on CD-ROMs. IT also encompasses a number of continually evolving range of elements that further includes television, radio, mobile phones, office automation equipment, electronic teaching aids, etc. This work aims to investigate the extent to which IT is being employed by Technology Incubation Center Kano to achieve its set objectives. The work also concludes that the golden aims of Technology Incubation Centers in the Country could be achieved more efficiently and more cost effectively if IT is made good use of. Also, the IT sector itself holds in its ambit a myriad of entrepreneurship opportunities that can be harnessed to poster both financial and technological advancement of the country.