Communications Minister is set to cut the sod for the construction of 30 community ICT centres across the country. The project aims to expand digital access, promote ICT literacy and bridge the digital divide, especially in underserved communities. The initiative is expected to empower the youth, support local businesses and boost Ghana’s digital transformation agenda, government officials have said.
The Minister for Communications Ursula Owusu-Ekuful on behalf of the Government of Ghana (GoG) will be cutting sod for the construction of 30 community ICT centres (CICs) at Asuom in the Kwaebibirem Municipality.
The lawyer, women’s rights activist, and Ghanaian parliamentarian representing Ablekuma West constituency’s sod cutting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 2 2020 at 10 am.
The construction of 30 community ICT centres forms part of Akufo-Addo’s led government vision to improve the quality of education in Ghana.
The Corporate Affairs Office of the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) in a statement said the new centres would increase the current 241 centres in some other districts.
It added that the Community Information Centre would serve as a non-profit community resource centre purposeful to provide business services and community-tailored development information to the communities within which they are located.
It would doubles as a hybrid profit-making tele-centre, the statement said.
“The centres also provide online access to ministries, departments, and agencies, other public and private institutions as well as educational institutions,” it said.
GIFEC would equip and manage the centres.
GIFEC, an agency under the Ministry of Communications, is mandated to facilitate the provision of universal access to all persons through the use of affordable ICTs for socio-economic development.
Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has been the Minister of Communications for Ghana since the assumption of power by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in January 2017.
The Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC), operating under the Ministry of Communications, is tasked with promoting universal access to affordable information and communication technologies to support socio-economic development across the country.
The agency focuses on expanding ICT infrastructure and services, particularly in underserved and rural communities. Meanwhile, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has served as Ghana’s Minister of Communications since January 2017, following the New Patriotic Party’s assumption of power.
Under her leadership, the ministry has championed several digital initiatives aimed at improving connectivity, enhancing digital inclusion and driving Ghana’s broader digital transformation agenda.
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