Ursula Woos Investors into Ghana’s ICT Sector

By Justice Dzido On Sep 13, 2018

The Ghanaian delegation attending the 2018 Telecom World Conference and Exhibition in Durban, South Africa, has taken the conference by storm, showing the West African country’s rich culture and digital innovations.

Led by the Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, members of the Ghanaian delegation wore ‘kente’ and ‘fugu’ to the admiration of other participants at the conference.

The Ghanaian delegation is made up of investors, innovators, and project and decision makers from the ICT sector.

The conference, which is themed, “Innovation for a smarter world” seeks to accelerate ICT innovation for socio-economic development through solutions, sharing knowledge and a massive skills development programme to underpin the growth of ICTs throughout society.

Speaking at a session under the conference dubbed ‘Ghana Day’ to showcase the West African country in terms of innovation and culture Mrs Owusu-Ekuful said that “we are a great introduction to the hospitality of the West African sub-continent and the many innovations that our young people are churning out.”

Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful told participants at the ‘Ghana Day’ session made up investors that, the government of Ghana through the Communication Ministry is “determined to use the purchasing power of the state to assist startups, tech entrepreneurs to get a heads-up.”

“And we know that once they do, just as the President of South Africa [Cyril Ramaphosa] told us in the opening ceremony if we focus on young women or women, the youth and SMEs [small scale enterprises] we have an excellent chance of making the digital revolution work. And so just like President Ramaphosa, we are keen on developing the Science Technology Education and Mathematics (STEM) for women,” she stated.

Describing e-governance as “very key” to the digitization agenda, she said the GoG is rolling out a network on which all government services across the country will ride to eschew inefficiencies, lack of transparency and the indulgence in corrupt practices.