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Thursday, 4.12.2025
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Dr Edward Omane Boamah, the Minister of Communications, said on Tuesday the government would in two years distribute 400,000 laptops to schools and students to help empower students in Information and Communication Technology (ICT).

Dr Boamah said this at the 5th ICT Conference of the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in Accra on Tuesday.

The three day conference is on the theme: "Mobile Service that empowers vulnerable communities" and 350 participants from five continents were taking part in the conference.

Read more: GH: Government to distribute 400,000 laptops to schools and students

The local subsidiary of a leading Chinese telecommunications equipment manufacturer, Huawei Technologies (GH) S.A. Limited, has been chosen as the implementing contractor for section one of the second phase of the e-government project.

The project, which envisages the complete computerisation and rollout of online information technology-enabled services to all public sector agencies, will be executed on turn-key basis to the government of Ghana.

Read more: GH: Huawei to implement part of e-gov project

Some public workers in Ghana have appealed to the Ministry of Finance to open biometric registration offices in other regions of the country.

Currently, as reported in the Ghana News Agency, the only registration center is located in the Ministry of Finance in Accra, which means a lot of travel for those outside the country’s capital. In the interim, suggest the public workers, the government should increase the number of computers and workers at the existing registration center.

Read more: Ghanaian public workers appeal to Finance Ministry to expand physical biometric registration centers

Mr Yaw Ofosu Asabre, Brong-Ahafo Regional Training Supervisor of RLG Communication, on Friday advised the unemployed youth in the region to enroll in the ICT module of the Ghana Youth Employment Entrepreneurial Development Agency (GYEEDA) to acquire employable skills.

He expressed concern that the six months training programme in computer and mobile phone repairs were being conducted by the company free of charge but the youth in the region had failed to access such opportunity to upgrade theis skills.

Read more: GH: Brong-Ahafo youth advised to access GYEEDA ICT training

Some employees of government and sub-vented employees as well as Cap 30 pensioners on Thursday appealed to the Ministry of Finance to consider opening up biometric registration offices in the regions.

They have also suggested to the government, as an interim measure, to augment the number of computers and workers at the only registration centre located in the Ministry of Finance.

They said these measures would lessen tension and corruption at the centre and relieve workers of nuisance and risk of having to travel to Accra to register.

Read more: Public appeals for biometric registration offices in all regions of Ghana

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