Dec 30, 2008
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Afigya-Kwabre, Mr. Akwasi Karikari Achamfour, has said that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government has placed much premium on Information Communication Technology (ICT) programmes to enable Ghanaians to be abreast with the modern technological trends to enhance effective and efficient administration of the country.
Mr. Achamfour said this when he, on behalf of President John Agyekum Kufuor, presented a 33-seater bus worth GH¢102,000 and a cheque for GH¢20,000, to the John Agyekum Kufour Catholic Technology ... Read More
Dec 15, 2008
Kuwaiti mobile operator Zain launched a hi-tech 3.5G network in Ghana on Monday in the latest step in its plans to become one of the world's top 10 operators by 2011, the head of its African operations said.
Zain, which already operates in 22 countries across the Middle East and Africa, has invested more than $420 million in rapidly rolling out a 3.5G network in Ghana -- which the company says is sub-Saharan Africa's first such network outside South Africa.
With 40 million customers ... Read More
Dec 1, 2008
MTN Ghana Foundation on Monday unveiled its Education Flagship Project in Accra to construct 10 Information Communication Technology (ICT) learning centres across the country.
The 670,000-dollar ICT centres project being constructed in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and other stakeholders would enhance ICT education in the country.
Dr. Paul Boateng, British High Commissioner to South Africa and the first of man of African descent to have served in the British Cabinet, is the Patron of the project, which would site one ... Read More
Nov 28, 2008
Professor Dominic Fobih, Minister of Education, on Thursday stressed the need for school children to be endowed with skills especially in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in order for them to march up with their contemporaries on the other side of the globe.
He said with the current trend of modernity, quality education to produce professionals and scholars for the country's development required all necessary infrastructure to ensure holistic development.
Prof. Fobih said this when he commissioned a GH¢ 48,500 computer science laboratory for ... Read More
