The Ghanaian government has selected private firm Lebara Ghana Ltd. to manage and commercialise its e-Government infrastructure, including government fibre and LTE network for a period of ten years.
Lebara has been tasked to ensure accountability and compliance with service quality requirements as contained in the SLA entered into with the communications ministry.
Read more: Ghana strikes deal with private firm to handle government's ICT
The Minister of Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has handed over the e-Government Infrastructure to Lebara Ghana to manage and commercialise for 10 years.
The government fibre and LTE network was previously managed by the National Information Technology Agency (NITA).
Read more: Ghanaian Company Takes Over Management of E-Government Infrastructure
The Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has launched an electronic procurement system estimated to save the country $100million annually through the prevention of corruption and inefficiencies in public procurement.
The $5million Ghana Electronic Procurement System (GNEPS), the first of its kind in West Africa, is part of an e-transform Ghana project being executed with a $97 million World Bank credit provided in 2014.
The Minister for Communications has handed over the e-government infrastructure to Lebara Ghana Ltd to manage and commercialise for ten years.
The government fibre and LTE network was previously managed by the National Information Technology Agency (NITA).
Read more: Lebara Ghana takes over management of e-gov't infrastructure
Ghana’s president, Nana Akufo-Addo, launched the E-justice project on March 20, 2019.
According to the president, E-justice is a platform developed to digitalize legal services like the payment of fines. The platform will also automatically attribute legal cases to judges and courts to reduce corruption and conflicts of interest.
Read more: Ghana moves closer to paperless administration with the E-justice project