Deputy Minister of Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, say government’s commitment to boost up investments in the Information Communication Technology (ICT) industry to benefit from the sector’s huge potential as a global dominant employer. “The country's commitment to invest more to improve speed and fast access to data to transform the country through ICT,” is still a priority. The deputy minister made this remarks when 'he was addressing the 5th National Girls in ICT celebration in Tamale under the theme: “Girls in ICT; Key to Entrepreneurship and Development”.
Mr Ofosu said the development and expansion of the national broadband infrastructure was on course and had connected 120 communities along the Eastern corridor to the system to boost faster, easier voice and data quality to enhance business transactions and ICT education.
He said various strategies have also been taken to stop cybercrime in the country noting that other measures were also being taken to ensure that children do not get easy access to sites with pornographic materials.
Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University for Development Studies, Professor Alhassan Seidu, who chaired the function lauded the initiative to introduce younger girls to ICT and said such an intervention would prepare them for careers in the area of ICT in the near future.
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