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This remarkable telephone turnaround, both in Nigeria and other countries in Africa has made

significant improvement in the way people communicate, and would even do much better in the

academic environment if adequately put into use.

The growth in Africa’s Internet and Broadband sector, mobile telephones, electronic mail

system, you-tube, yahoo messenger, my space, satellite capabilities and computerized databases has

accelerated in recent years due to improvements in infrastructure, the arrival of wireless access

technologies, and lower tariffs. The broadband capability is rapidly replacing dial-up as the preferred

access method, which is already virtually completed in Africa’s more developed markets. The

infusion of these technology-driven means of information access portal should be a driving force in

the restructuring of curricula in the African changing higher educational systems. It will also

contribute in the facilitation of a new instructional mode in various colleges and universities in Africa

when properly utilized. Information Communication Technology (ICT), which is the theme of this

conference paper has played significant role in bringing about changes in institutions of higher

learning, and various governments and private organizations in various industrialized nations. Data

have shown that in most of these industrialized nations, academic curricular, instructional materials,

and the method of course delivery have changed tremendously. These changes were based on the

improved technological innovation which has become a formidable channel by which information

and content delivery to students are possible. The argument as to whether the growth of ICT in the

changing African academic environment will impact the existing academic structure in colleges and

universities as it has done in the industrial nations, will be discussed with a review of instant literature

to explore the extent to which technological driven curricula could enhance the future instructional

and delivery modalities in academic institutions in Africa.

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