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Ghana’s Communication Minister, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has signed a three-year partnership agreement with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Norwegian Government to support the Digital Transformation Centre (DTC) Initiative in Ghana.

Parliament has passed the landmark Cybersecurity Act 2020. The Law establishes the Cyber Security Authority, protects the critical information infrastructure of the country, regulates cybersecurity activities, provides for the protection of children on the internet and develops Ghana’s cybersecurity ecosystem.

It is also targeted at positioning Ghana to prevent, manage and respond to cybersecurity incidents in view of our digital transformation agenda.

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commissioned the first site of the Rural Telephony and Digital Inclusion Project, at Atwereboana in the Adansi South District, in the Ashanti Region.

Commissioning the Site on Wednesday, 4th November 2020, President Akufo-Addo explained that the purpose of the Telephony Site is to ensure the provision of basic voice and data connectivity to underserved areas of the country, to help promote digital inclusion, and reduce gap in the digital divide.

Accra (Ghana), October 27, 2020: The Government of Ghana, Airtel and Tigo are in advanced stages of discussions for the transfer of AirtelTigo shares to the Government of Ghana along with all customers, assets and agreed liabilities.                                                                                                      

The Data Protection Commission officially launched a new Registration and Compliance Software on Thursday 8^th October 2020, under the theme: “Enabling Transparency towards Trustworthy Transformation.”

The Ministry of Communications, through the National Information Technology Agency (NITA), has launched the Security Operations Centre (SOC), aimed at improving security of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).

The establishment of the new security infrastructure comes as an additional effort by the Government to minimize Cybercrime in the country and forms part of activities to mark the 2020 edition of the National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM).

As part of effort to equip officers of the Research, Statistics, and Information Management Directorate (RSIMD) of the Ministry of Communications to deliver effectively on their core mandate, the Ministry in Conjunction with the Ghana Communications Technology University, organized a two-day Research Workshop for the Directorate as well as selected officers from other Directorates and an Agency of the Ministry of Communications.

The Ministry of Communications through the National Cyber Security Center on Thursday October 1, 2020 launched the Child Online Protection Portal (COPP) at the Accra Digital Centre in the Greater Accra Region as part of activities for the National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM). The portal is designed to protect children from online sexual harassment and other internet related abuses.

The Ministry of Communications through the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), an agency with the mandate to coordinate Ghana’s cybersecurity development, will hold its annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) from 1^st to 31^st October, 2020.

Minister for Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has indicated that government would begin the roll-out of free Wifi for Senior High Schools (SHSs) in October, this year.

She said despite the shutdown of schools due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, it was important that the country prepares for the future.