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    HCI Practices in the Nigerian Software Industry
    (Human-Computer Interaction, 2015-09-18) Ogunyemi, Abiodun; Lamas, David; Adagunodo, Rotimi; Da Rosa, Barreto
    In this paper we explore the state of HCI practices in the Nigeriansoftware industry. Our societies have evolved quickly into an information age,and the criticality of software and humans as components of socio-technicalsystems becomes more worthy to address. In Nigeria, the level of HCI practicesis not yet known. We understand clearly, the role of software systems andservices to strengthen information societies, and we decided to run a survey ofthe local software organizations. The results from the survey indicate some levelof HCI awareness. Therefore, we conducted some semi-structured interviews inorder to deepen our understanding of HCI practices in the industry. The resultsshow there is a knowledge limit regarding HCI practices in the industry. Wepresent a preliminary report of the results obtained from our studies of softwareorganizations in Nigeria