Dr Osei Kofi Darkwa, President of Ghana Telecom University College (GTUC), who made the observation at the opening session of a Healthcare and ICT Needs Assessment Stakeholders’ workshop in Accra on Tuesday, said the country’s health system had not fully responded to multiple health challenges confronting it.
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 project seeks to capture data provided by any of the revenue agencies to be shared online by the collaborating agencies and ensure online business registration.
This was made known by the Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Hon. Martin A.B.K. Amidu during the Ministry’s turn at the Meet the Press series held in Accra today.
The Campaign for Female Education (Camfed) has teamed up with tech giant Google to establish a network of three ICT centres in Northern Ghana, which will act as hubs for learning, communication and entrepreneurship in some of the poorest and most remote rural regions of Northern Ghana.
Camfed is an international non-profit organisation dedicated to eradicating poverty in Africa through the education of girls and the empowerment of young women. Camfed has been working in Ghana since 1998 and, with the help of the Ministry of Education, has reached 50,000 children in the Northern Region, as well as training 0ver 2000 women in economic and life skills.
It is very important that a bold decision is taken to ensure that the basic systems and facilities that obtain in middle class countries are put into place within the next thirty-six months. The basic requirements mentioned above are a reliable national database, a reliable house numbering and street naming system.