The National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion
(NOTAP) is the technology transfer office in
Nigeria with a mandate to regulate the acquisition of foreign
technology. NOTAP's mandate is implemented through the
evaluation, registration and monitoring of all technology transfers
agreements signed by Nigeria business owners with their foreign
technical partners. The task of NOTAP is to evaluate agreements to
ensure that the terms and conditions contained therein suit the
Nigeria environment, is fair and well aligned to the National
Innovation System.
According to NOTAP's Revised Guidelines for
Registration and Monitoring of Technology Transfer Agreements in
Nigeria, 2011, all agreements must be classified under any
of the following heads;
