Work place: Department of Information and Media Technology, School of Information & Communication Technology, Federal University of Technology Minna
E-mail: o.ishaq@futminna.edu.ng
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Research Interests: Business & Economics
Biography
Dr. Oyefolahan I. O. is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Information and Media Technology, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria. Prior to joining his current department, he was an Assistant Professor at the Department of Information Systems, International Islamic University Malaysia. His fields of interest are Business Intelligence, Web and Mobile Applications Development, Utilization and Evaluation, Business-IT Alignment and Knowledge Management. He has published several technical papers in International, National journals and conferences.
By Ishaq O. Oyefolahan Aishat A. Sule Solomon A. Adepoju Faiza Babakano
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijieeb.2019.02.06, Pub. Date: 8 Mar. 2019
The growing need for accessible websites cannot be overemphasized as it has posed a major challenge in the world of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Most businesses have gone online in order to improve their market value; the banking sector is not an exception. In an attempt to satisfying customers, websites developers have violated most of the websites standards. The banking sector is one area that carries out most of its activities online. Therefore, it is important that their websites be accessible to all especially people with visually impaired disability and more so, regardless of the browsing technology being used. This study evaluates the accessibility and usability of Nigeria banking websites using some automated tools and manual inspection method. This is done in order to know the conformance of the banking websites with standard as specified by Web Accessibility Initiate (WAI). Results from the study indicate that some of the websites do not conform to the expected standard. Hence, there is need for substantial improvements on most bank websites in Nigeria
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