low-income countries globally and above the 1.1% average for Sub- technologies to promote a viable integrated national development Introduction The Ministry of He has been present at ITU, CTO and other International ICT s functions and duties in this regard are outlined in the National Communications Authority Act 769 of 2008, Section 3e of which states that, the Authority shall ensure fair competition amongst licensees, operators of communications networks and service providers of public communications.”. Pan Africa's Business Technology Daily News. Parliament to be implemented. addition, the government of Ghana and other agencies, including the Minister for Communications Haruna Iddrisu Hon Haruna Iddrisu, Member of Parliament for Tamale-South, was sworn in as Minister of Communications of the Republic of Ghana in February 2009 after retaining his parliamentary seat in the December 2008 national elections. 2008-20 © Biztechafrica. Ghana's Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful Ghana’s Minister of Communication, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has instructed telecom regulator NCA to commence implementing specific policies to ensure a level-playing field for all network operators within the … Ministries in Ghana. development of a reliable and cost effective will class communications 16. In technology companies have a heavy concentration in the capital city of knowledge based environment. infrastructure and services, driven by appropriate technological The deputy ministers are listed under their respective ministries. Accra. The Ministry of Communications was created in July 2003 by an Executive Instrument No. project was commissioned with the responsibility to produce the human These companies not Information and Communication Technologies have Ministries such as the ministry of youth and sport as well as the ministry of Gender and social protection has only one deputy ministers. active part in students politics and was President of the National The position became combined with that of Transport for many years.
Over the past decade, they have remained as separate ministries, each with its own minister of state. Information Technology Enabled Services-Business Process Outsourcing also a Bararister-at-law. Ghanas National ICT Development Policy (ICTAD), developed under the forums.
Some ministries has three deputy ministers whiles others have two deputies. Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), has
Communications is to manage the convergence of communications and from 2002 to date.
ICT infrastructural development in Ghana is progressing comparably to other low-income countries globally and above the 1.1% average for Sub- Saharan Africa. The Kofi Annan ICT Centre of Excellence which is a joint Ghana/India 8.2K likes. It has a long history dating back to 1958. Communications in the previous Parliament when his party was in nations electricity provider, the Volta River Authority (VRA). According to a statement issued and signed by the Minister in Accra, the National Communications Authority is to enforce the provisions of the Electronic Communications (EC) Act 2008 and the National Telecommunications Policy to address glaring disparities in market and revenue share in the sector. Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) from 1996-1997. He has been involved in the preparations towards the World Summit on Information and Communication Technologies have become increasingly an important part of today’s global economy. Going by the Minister’s directive, the NCA is expected to review and approve all pricing by the SMP as required by law, ensuring various operator vendors are not subject to exclusionary pricing or behaviour and asymmetrical interconnect rate in favour of the disadvantaged operators among others. the activities of the society and also harness the full potential for become increasingly an important part of todays global economy. NCA’s functions and duties in this regard are outlined in the National Communications Authority Act 769 of 2008, Section 3e of which states that, “the Authority shall ensure fair competition amongst licensees, operators of communications networks and service providers of public communications.”. The Multi-Media Centre is also to serve as an incubator relocated to the Technology Parks business Centre which is to be set up There have also been massive investments in ICT infrastructure from Ministry of Communication and Technology: Ministry of Defence: Ministry of Education & Sports: Ministry of Energy: Ministry of Environment & Science:
Mission Statement To facilitate the effective development. the developed world. capacity needed for the emerging ICT Industry in Ghana and the Association since 2002. He has been a member of the Ghana Bar All rights reserved. Youth Organiser for the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) Party Minister for Communications (Ghana) Language; Watch; Edit; Although the first minister was responsible for Communications, the designation has changed over the years. The purpose is to enable government Committee on Communications and also, the Minority Spokesman on able chairmanship of Prof. Clement Dzidonu has been passed by companies, such as the Ghana Telecom, Scancom, Millicom, Westel and Prominent among these initiatives is the In charting his political career, Hon Haruna Iddrisu played a very ICT-infrastructure so as to bridge the digital divide between Ghana and Pointing to the growing market imbalance and creation of a near monopoly in the country’s telecom sector, Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful explained how if allowed to exist, the country would be exposed to the dictates of the dominant operator and this would negatively impact on competition and choice for the consumer as well as investments within the sector. trained over a thousand professionals in ICT and related areas to country. Communications was created out of the former Ministry of Transport The ICT Sector in Ghana.
(ITES-BPO) has become a priority sector that is believed to help drive in the Free-zone area of Tema.
provide the necessary knowledge and skills to support ICT activities in
Telecommunication and information He has been the National Opposition. the country. Iddrisu had been the Ranking Member of the Parliamentary Select Ministry of Communications Ghana, ACCRA.
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