Tag: Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation
-
PAC commends GIFEC for its prudence and strong liquidity position
Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC), an Implementing Agency of the Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation responsible for programmes to close the Digital Divide, has been commended for its strong operational and financial position by a member of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament – Isaac Yaw Opoku – Member of Parliament for…
-
Government to invest heavily in internet safety – Ursula pledges
Government is keen on ensuring that the digital economy is safeguarded for younger ones and promoting more investment in the country. To this end, there will be more investment through education campaigns with faith-based organisations on internet safety in both urban and rural communities in all 16 regions. Minister for Communications and Digitalization, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful…
-
SIM card re-registration process satisfactory so far – Ursula
The Minister for Communications and Digitalization, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has described the SIM card re-registration process as satisfactory so far. “It’s early days yet, and we are continuously monitoring the process, but it’s satisfactory. People are at least signing up for the first stage of the project. So far, even on Day 1, I think they…
-
Communications Ministry partners Digital Transformation Centre to promote inclusive digital economy
The Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation and the Digital Transformation Center by GIZ Ghana, have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The agreement is intended to guide the partnership between the two parties to achieve an inclusive digital economy and society. Under this shared vision, every citizen, notably women and young people…
-
Global social media outage: Ghanaian IT professionals urged to develop Apps to serve Africa
Minister of Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful wants Ghanaian youth in the technology space to see the outage experienced by Whatsapp, Instagram and Facebook as an opportunity to create similar communication apps the country can rely on. For over six hours on Monday, the whole world suffered an outage on three major social media apps,…