You are warmly welcome to The Official website of (Nigeria) COPINE. As you may have noticed,at this time, the Website is still under heavy construction. This may continue for a while,therefore we crave your indulgence .
However I will begin by saying the Acronym COPINE stands for Cooperative Information Network. COPINE is a Nigerian Federal Ministry of Science and Technology Information Technology (IT) Research Centre directly established under NITDA (National Information Technology Development Agency). COPINE was established in the year 1996 as a Pilot Project (under the aegis of the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) ) involving five African countires with the Nigerian chapter located at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife .
COPINE is also expected to facilitate much more. Examples are
- Setting up data banks and networks of people based on Information Communications Technology(ICT)
- Enhancing the spirit of partnership and cooperation for social development.
- Encouraging the participation of industries, entrepreneurs, and international agencies.
- Enhancing capacity by organizing visits to industries, universities and research centers.
- Promoting better training of all stakeholders in organic development.
- Sanitizing system-man linkages for economic development.
Moreover COPINE mandate is strategically posed to covers five broad areas of the Nigerian Economy.
- Tele-Education
- Telemedicine
- Natural Resources
- Agriculture
- Virtual Laboratory
COPINE also maintains a rich collection of Users Groups. Further information about this Group will be dispensed in due time.
I am confident that as you surf this website you are bound to obtain more revealing infromatioon about COPINE.
Once again, you are warmly welcome !
