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Dr Joe Oteng Adjei, the Minister, said 800 senior high schools as well as technical and vocational institutes including private ones and nine regions, excluding the Volta Region, had so far benefited.

Dr Adjei made this known when he presented 1,375 laptop computers to be supplied to 77 SHSs in the Brong-Ahafo Region at a ceremony in Sunyani on Monday.

Speaking at the opening of the first e-Commerce Expo, Dr. Omane Boamah said introduction of the e-system shows government to e-commerce has already rolled-out a set of e-services which include web content management, e-Forms and Document Work Flow.

"The massive and modern infrastructure network is being developed under the Ghana-China Cooperation to make the deployment of enabling applications in governance, health, education and agriculture possible," he added.

This was contained in a speech read on his behalf by Mr Ernest Attuquaye Armah, Deputy Minister of Communication at the launch of e-Government Leadership Capacity Building programme in Accra.

He said government in 2011 set out a-four-year Science and Technology Innovation Development Plan aimed at achieving some specific projects and its implementation.

These include establishing an ICT Park in Ghana, promoting access to computers, the internet and computing device, expanding and enhancing the capacity of ICT training facilities and promoting the productive application of ICT through activities such as e-teaching, e-commerce, e-banking and e-health and telemedicine.

Dr Edward Omane Boamah, Minister of Communications, announced this on Tuesday at the inauguration of a Huawei TP 3006 telepresence video conferencing equipment donated to the judiciary in Accra.

The e-justice project seeks to infuse Information Communication Technology (ICT) products into the judiciary.

The minister made this revelation on the floor of parliament when he presented a supplementary budget to the House worth GH¢1,463,123,559.

The attendance record, which would be implemented and monitored by the Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare, is expected to boost productivity, a major challenge currently bedeviling both the public and private sector.

He said under the senior high school computerized project, some of the graduates would be integrated into the mainstream as ICT instructors or trainers while others would be maintained to repair broken down computers.

Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the Minister of Communications, said Government was keen on establishing a digital economy which would improve efficiency of government business.

She said the Ministry of Communications was currently implementing a number of projects under the e-Transform initiative namely e-Immigration, e-Parliament, e-Procurement, Tertiary Institutions Connectivity Programme and e-Justice to achieve that goal.

He therefore reiterated the government’s commitment to continue to promote the deployment and mainstreaming of ICT in all sectors of the economy.

He said the benefits of ICT could be applied to facilitate socio-economic development to bring enormous benefits to Ghanaians. Government therefore, remained committed to promote digital literacy in the country to ensure that the people reap full benefits of ICT usage.

Mr Iddrisu made the observation when the Ministry of Communication took its turn on the Meet-the-Press series organised by the Ministry of Information.

The report, which showcased the positive socio-economic impact of the Internet in Ghana and across Africa, said “capturing the Internet’s potential for economic growth and social gains requires thinking and acting collaboratively, often across sectors,” adding that “harnessing ICT is an endeavour that involves multiple policy actors across multiple sectors.”

The report, commissioned by Google and launched in Accra this week, was conducted by Dalberg Global Development Advisors, an international management consultancy firm.

Government has inaugurated another innovative digital programme dubbed, ‘e-gates’ at some major ports of entry in the country.

The initiative forms part of efforts to fully digitize the Ghanaian economy in line with President Akufo-Addo’s e-government vision for the country.

The government has established two online service portal platforms to provide the public effective and efficient means of accessing government services online. The portals are the E-service and the Ghana e-Payment Platform (GEPP).

The portals form part of several projects sponsored by the World Bank under the e-Ghana project being implemented by the Ministry of Communications and the National Information Technology Agency (NITA).

He said the Ministry of Communications is revising Ghana’s ICT Policy as part of Government efforts to enhance ICT entrepreneurship and to address contemporary technology trends and threats in addition to environmental issues.

Dr Boamah said this at the graduation ceremony of 193 trainees of the Advance Information Technology Institute of Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence (KACE) in ICT on the theme: "ICT Entrepreneurship: “Exploring Opportunities for National Development,” in Accra on Saturday.

This was to ensure a coordinated approach to the integration of ICT usage, promote local software development, improve knowledge and education as well as publicize authentic sources of these facilities for sourcing.

The attendance record, which would be implemented and monitored by the Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare, is expected to boost productivity, a major challenge currently bedeviling both the public and private sector.

This follows the completion of the biometric payroll registration exercise in six regions and the expectation that a similar exercise in the remaining four regions will be completed in July this year.

He said policy issues pertaining to the youth would be made available on the National Youth Authority website to be debated on by the youth and come out with recommendations, which would be forwarded to Parliament for consideration. Mr. Humado announced this when Mr. Seth Oteng, Executive Director of Youth Bridge Foundation, and some African youth delegates paid a courtesy call on him in Accra.

He said in Ghana there was no reliable and accurate information on births and deaths but since the number mobile phone users has increased, it would be possible to access how many people have given birth and how many have been lost in the course of planning by using one of the network.