Background
The National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion
("NOTAP) was established by the NOTAP Act, Cap. N62 LFN 2004
to monitor the transfer of foreign technology into Nigeria.
NOTAP's objectives are implemented through the evaluation,
registration and monitoring of technology transfer agreements
between a Nigerian company and its foreign counterparty.
Historically, the process for registration of agreements with
NOTAP has been wholly paper-based and done manually by submitting
relevant registration documents to the NOTAP head office in
Abuja.
However, in a recent public notice, NOTAP announced the
introduction of an automated platform for the registration of
technology transfer agreements, commencing from 2 September
2019.
