Ghana Reaffirms Commitment to Strategic Direction set by the ITU to ensure Universal Connectivity

The Minister in charge of Communications and Digitalisation, Hon. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has delivered a high policy statement on the provisioning of universal connectivity for the realisation of the desired global digital transformation.

The statement, which was delivered on September 27, 2022 at the on-going Plenipotentiary Conference 2022 (PP-22) of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in Bucharest, Romania, highlighted initiatives embarked on by the Government of Ghana to narrow the digital divide and empower citizens to embrace the use of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs). Key among them were:

• Mobile money interoperability which has brought over 15 million previously unbanked persons onto the financial digital platform
• National Identity Card as the only ID for all digital transactions for the prevention of identity theft and cyber fraud
• Digital skills development offered through a nationwide network of Digital Transformation Centres to benefit over 20,000 Women Entrepreneurs, Master Trainers, Youth and Children in Coding Clubs in the past 12 months
• Focused interventions to reduce the gender digital divide and create opportunities for the youth through the ‘Girls in ICT’ program and nurturing of new businesses at Digital Incubation Centres.

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https://nca.org.gh/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Ghana-PP-22-High-Level-Policy-Statement.pdf