The government is set to spend some $2.6 million for two innovation centers to train 3,000 youth by 2024.
The figure according to Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the Minister for Communication and Digitization would be scaled to train 5,000 girls from basic schools to the tertiary level annually.
“In addition, Ghana has an agreement with SMART Africa Alliance, working through the Smart Africa digital Academy, to train up to 22,000 persons by 2023” she added.
She made the disclosure at the World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-22).
Mrs Owusu-Ekuful noted that Ghana has also pledged an open spectrum policy to facilitate the usage of any technology to connect more than 6,000 villages across the country and 3 million Ghanaians will be connected by 2023 adding that “We have mandated and are implementing a national roaming policy for any user to access broadband and emergency call services in our rural, unserved and underserved communities regardless of their service provider.”
Mrs Owusu-Ekuful stated that Ghana commits to enhancing digital skills to empower its citizens to develop and utilize digital solutions to address social and economic challenges.
The Minster said Ghana’s Universal Access and Service Fund Administration operates over 220 Community ICT Centres (CICs) across rural communities which are used for capacity building, skills training and business advisory services and that Ghana collaborates with ITU and NORAD to train more than 14,000 individuals by 2023 utilizing this network of CICs.
The 220 CICs have the capacity to train 105,600 persons annually, Mrs Owusu-Ekuful stated indicating that “we seek collaboration with partners and financiers to deliver digital skills to at least 200,000 persons by 2024.”
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