The Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has described Ghana as working on the path to becoming Africa’s digital gateway.
Speaking during the Ministerial Roundtable session preceding the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-22) in Bucharest, Romania, Ursula said Ghana’s achievement in the digital realm over the past couple of years has set us down the path as Africa’s digital leader.
“In this respect, the Government of Ghana, led by His Excellency President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Co-Chair of the Group of Eminent Advocates for the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, and also a firm believer in the power of digital technology to drive socio-economic development, is actively implementing our digital Ghana agenda. This is intended to position Ghana as the digital gateway to the continent,” Ursula Owusu said.
“Indeed, the creation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) with the Secretariat headquartered in Ghana is a pointer to the African Continent-wide marketing strategy powered by digitalisation. We are therefore extending our digital infrastructure to our borders to enable seamless connection to our neighbours.” she added..
Ursula went ahead to reveal some of government’s initiatives in the digital sector.
She added, “Our Government has also introduced initiatives to narrow the digital divide and empower citizens to embrace the use of ICT. We are implementing a Rural Telephony project to connect over 3 million people. These previously unconnected people now have equal access to the innovations introduced by the Government in Ghana’s digital transformation journey.”
The Plenipotentiary Conference is the supreme decision-making body of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) which meets once every four years to set the Union’s general policies, adopt the four-year strategic and financial plans, as well as elect the senior management team of the organization, the Member States of the Council, and the members of the Radio Regulations Board.
This year’s conference dubbed PP-22 is being held in Bucharest, Romania, from 26 September to 14 October 2022.
Source: theGhanaianVoice.Com