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Communications and Digitalisation Ministry today, Friday, 16th April, 2021 took over an office space at Kanda in Accra from K-NET for the Central Digital Transmission Company Limited (CDTCL).

Hon. Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful in a statement indicated that Digital Transmission has received yet another major boost. "This is another step to the migration from analogue to digital".

14,000 beneficiaries will be trained in three (3) years under the Digital Transformation Centre (DTC) Initiative being implemented by the Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation (MoCD) in partnership with the ITU and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD).

According to the Communications and Digitalisation Minister, Mrs. Ursula Owusu Ekuful, the project aims at supporting four selected countries to develop digital skills in mainly rural communities utilizing GIFECs network of Community ICT Centres around the country.

The Hon. Minister for Communications and Digitalization, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, as part of the efforts to reorient staff of the Ministry in line with the expanded mandate, and to improve the oversight role, has from the 14^th of April, 2020 began official visits to the various agencies of the Ministry. The Minister, during the visit, will interact with management and staff to be able to identify challenges and potential challenges early enough to find solutions.

PRESS RELEASE

Accra, Ghana. The Government of Ghana and the parent companies of AirtelTigo, Bharti Airtel Ghana Holdings B.V., MIC Africa B.V have concluded negotiations and signed an agreement to transfer the shares of the company to the Ghana Government following the announcement of the company’s departure from the Ghanaian market last year.

The US Ambassador to Ghana, H.E Stephanie S. Sullivan today, Tuesday April 13, 2021 paid a courtesy call on the Minister for communication and Digitalisation, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful (MP), to congratulate her on her re-appointment and the addition of Digitalisation to her portfolio.

H.E. Sullivan assured the Minister of her country’s support to ensure she successfully fulfilled her mandate.

The Ministry of Communications and Digitalization, wishes to inform the public to direct the call for the closure of TV and Radio stations to the Ministry of Information and the National Media Commission (NMC).

The Ministry of Information and the National Media Commission are responsible for regulating the content broadcast on TV and radio stations.

Minister for Communications and Digitalization, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful on Wednesday, 24th March, 2021 outlined some measures Ghana has instituted to bridge the Digital Divide.

According to her, " Ensuring efficient connectivity for Ghanaians is the goal of my ministry as this is the only way the vision of H.E. the President can be achieved".

His Excellency believes that it is through the collective use of ICT that Ghana can position itself to benefit from the 4th Industrial Revolution.

The WSIS Forum 2021 serves as a key forum for discussing the role of ICTs as a means of implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets, with due regard to the global mechanism for follow-up and review of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (UNGA Resolution A/70/1). 

Join the panel discussion in which the Minister will be participating in, via this link: https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2021/HighLevel

PRESS RELEASE

The Ministry of Communications (MoC) has sighted a mail going viral in relation to employment opportunities being offered by a purported Government HR Outsourcing Firm, GHANA JOBS HEAD OFFICE.

We are by this Press Release advising the public to disregard such emails as there is no such recruitment activity at Ministry of Communications office Complex.

The Minister for Communications, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has urged Ghanaians to embrace digital payments for a secure, convenient and low-cost financial service as the country moves to a cash-lite society.

The Vice President of Ghana on Thursday, November 19, 2020 formally outdoored the National QR code payment system where he patronised a local delicacy 'waakye' at Auntie Muni in the Greater Accra Region.