WILBERFORCE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES (WJSS) 
ISSN: 2504 – 9232  
Volume 5, No. 1, March 2020
Pages 52-62

DOI: 10.36108/wjss/0202.50.0130

21^ST CENTURY DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: LESSONS FROM AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY, EKPOMA, NIGERIA ADAMAWA  

PATRICK OSA. OVIASUYI

Abstract

This article looks at the benefits of digital transformation to the 21^st Century organizations/universities with lessons from the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma.  The paper discusses the state of digital transformation in the University before May, 2016.  Challenges of transmitting from the Analog mode to digital transformation are identified. The evolutionary processes of digital transformation are highlighted.  The paper discovers that: Prof. Ignatius A. Onimawo (popularly called digital Vice Chancellor) has successfully keyed Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma into the 21^st world of digital transformation, and prays that subsequent Vice Chancellors will follow his pattern of making the University to rank among the best 10 State Universities in Nigeria.  Ambrose Alli University is currently described as the “Most Innovative State University of the Year”.   In view of this, the paper submits that: Digital transformation should be on the list of every university’s strategic plan and serious efforts must be made to faithfully implement the plan.  Finally, the author recommends that all organizations/universities should embrace and integrate new technologies into their everyday operations.

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