Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama has commissioned an 800km Eastern Corridor Fibre Optic backbone which runs through 20 districts and over 120 towns and communities in Ghana.
The project, which was started in May 2013, has been completed as promised by the president under the auspices of the Ministry of Communication and the National Information Technology Agency.
President John Mahama has commissioned the eastern corridor fibre optic backbone infrastructure, Monday.
The cable laid from Ho to Bawku in the Upper East Region covers 800 kilometers and will connect 120 communities to the internet.
The €38 million project is geared towards bridging the digital divide between the urban and rural communities in the country.
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The multi-million dollar centre, when completed, would integrate the nation’s information system, process, and people with data closely, and improve data exchange and information sharing effectively.
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A new Information Communication and Technology (ICT) centre, has been inaugurated at Effiduase in the New Juaben Municipality.
ICT-CentreIt is to be used by students and the public under the e-governance platform project of the Ministry of Communication.
The more than 30 computer- seater facility has other equipment such as LAN infrastructure, servers, switches, a printer and scanner as well as uninterruptible power supply.
In his lecture, he emphasized on the e/government system and termed it as a major tool that could help to minimize the menace of corruption. He added that federal government should take care of all higher educational institutions; provincial governments should monitor colleges while district education boards must be set up to ensure quality of education at the primary school level.
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