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The Computer Village is an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) accessories market located in a community called Otigba at Ikeja, the capital of Lagos State, southwestern Nigeria. The market is the largest ICT accessory market in Africa.〔http://tribuneonlineng.com/content/lagos’-computer-village-home-good-bad-ugly〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SON declares 80% of market fake, CAPDAN kicks, admits 30% )〕 It is a Perfect competition market, under the umbrella of Computer and Allied Products Dealers Association of Nigeria (CAPDAN).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Computer Village Archives - Technology Times )〕 Apart from the sales of information and technology accessory, the markets also deals in the repair of mobile phones and computers. The computer and phone repairs could either be on software or hardware components depending on the nature of the fault.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nigerian Tribune - Nigeria's Most Informative Newspaper :: Breaking News, World News & Information )〕 The market and its wide range of business activities gives opportunities to computer engineers and technicians who specialized in the repair of faulty computers and mobile phone to transact businesses with dealers of ICT accessory, thereby creating job opportunities for them.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nigeria's largest markets )〕 The market is opened on a daily basis except on Sundays and public holidays. This daily business transactions and popularity has attracted new investors and ICT dealers across Africa thereby expanding the market size and population with profound effects on Lagos State economy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lagos to Relocate over 3,000 Computer Village Traders, Articles - THISDAY LIVE )〕 The ICT accessory market was formerly located at Ogunlana Drive, Surulere in the early 1990s and its current location was a mere residential area and offices.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The faraway second life of consumer electronics )〕 Recently, Lagos State Government planned to relocate over 3000 traders in the market to a new location in Katangowa, a suburb of Lagos. The government decision on relocation becomes necessary as a result of the Population density of the market.〔 ==Basic structural characteristics== The market is a Perfect market in which no dealer influences the price of the product it buys or sells within the market. There are huge number of buyers and sellers in the market coupled with a large number of consumers with willingness to buy the products at a certain price with respect to their need and income.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Unfair Trade e-Waste in Africa )〕 There is no Barriers to entry and exit from the market, permitting long term adjustments to changing in the market conditions.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Coming to Nigeria is our biggest move in W-Africa, says Huawei boss )〕 ICT dealers and consumers have perfect knowledge of price, quality of the products and its utility with zero incur cost In course of their transactions.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nigerian demand for computer products, slowed down by market instability - IT News Africa- Africa's Technology News Leader )〕 The market also permit buyers to make rational purchases on the basis of information and price knowledge.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Business in Nigeria: Africa’s testing ground )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Computer Village」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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