A high-powered delegation from The Gambia’s Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs has paid a day’s working visit to the National Communications Authority (NCA). The visit formed part of a benchmark visit to Ghana by the Ministry led by the Permanent Secretary, Mod A.K. Secka. The visit to the NCA was aimed at studying the Common Platform (CP) with particular interest in Revenue Assurance.

The Director General of the NCA, Mr. Joe Anokye, who hosted and welcomed the fifteen-member delegation with other senior management staff of the Authority said in his opening remarks that the NCA is always happy to share its experiences with sister operators, Ministries and other stakeholders within the African telecommunications ecosystem. “You are our first guests this year, and as in previous years, we expect to share our experiences with a lot more of our neighbours as we collectively seek the growth of telecommunications on the continent”, Mr. Anokye said.

Mr. Anokye, further explained to the delegation that, the NCA prides itself in its efforts at installing various tools to enhance its regulatory work. He pointed at the Broadcasting Monitoring Centre, the Type Approval Labs, NCA-CERT, the Network Monitoring System among others as part of the installations put in place. Mr. Anokye also said that the collaboration between the NCA and the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) gives evidence that the responsibility to shape the future of the digital economy lies with institutional partnerships. He reiterated the functionalities of the CP, which include Revenue Assurance, Traffic Monitoring, Fraud Management and Mobile Money Monitoring and further stated that the CP has aided in the detection of international inbound calls fraudulently terminated as local calls.

The Permanent Secretary at The Gambia Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, Mod A.K. Secka, thanked the NCA for hosting the team. He stated that the size of the delegation demonstrates the importance accorded to the benchmark visit. Mr. Secka added that they are aware of the strides Ghana has made in the telecommunication space over the years, and the visit was to learn from Ghana’s experiences.

Permanent Secretary, Mod A.K. Secka, stating the purpose of their visit to Ghana

The delegation had the opportunity to tour some of the NCA’s regulatory infrastructure, including the new Broadcasting Monitoring Centre, the Communications Monitoring Centre (CMC), NCA-CERT, and the Type Approval Conformance Laboratories.