Hi Akenzua_II,
There is one thing you forgot to mention: Things change. Is it when people now start thinking of implementing that we then start to learn these things. The ERP space is gonna grow at some point 5-10yrs time within this country and most people are already organising for it. You say it is too expensive yet some companies implement it and resources are picking up.
With regards BI, have you thought about learning about it your own sef and stop the thinking that the western world hasnt figured it out yet, (lol, and they developed the technology and even the word, ). What about figuring it out first and then learn to provide a service to people that have data just lying around someplace and trying to make meaning of them.
Truth of the matter is that it aint expensive, we just are too ignorant (myself included) to know what to invest on and concentrate on. When Oracle came out, no one gave it a thought to learn it until having OCA and OCP was making big bucks did we bother. ERP is almost the same way , no one is glancing there until when big bucks are rolling in and it wud be too late. There are companies implementing it already, i was so surprised to learn that a Construction company with 20 sites use SAP for its infrastructure.
With regards Open source, well well, u got a point there but there is one thing that hangs open source when it comes to business proposals and that is "Who in the world do i hold responsible if something goes wrong, ". Businesses want someone to blame and open source cant be blamed if something goes wrong. I am an open source person, but i keep my "Open source"-ness apart when it comes to making big bucks.
Cheers.

Meanwhile while at the discussion of ERP, it seems SAP is growing here in naija, we shouldnt all forget that there are other ERP systems such as ORACLE, SAGE and Microsoft DYNAMICS AX. I am currently a Microsoft Certified Business Specialist (Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009) (Installation and Configuration), i would like to know the prospects within the country with regards to what company may have implemented the system. I wont try to argue about SAP and Dynamics here (though by the time i analyse both, one would understand why i chose Dynamics over SAP), pls if anyone has information on this trend of ERP implementation do let me know. Cheers.

Hi Gohamburg, dont think it would be an issue since it is simply a different language and same functionality. The only drawback might be features supported within a country's locale and not within another but i guess since you understand both languages you can navigate your way around. I would advice just doing the English version since you are moving to the UK, solves all the language wahala ( just my opinion sha, aint no SAP expert o).

Hi all
My first post within this forum . I would like to know how the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 ERP solution is faring within the country. It is rated number 4 within the ERP market with the market leader being SAP followed by Oracle and then SAGE.
I would like information on how this ERP solution is growing, such as what company might have implemented it here in Nigeria.

Many Thanks.
Spacely.