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The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia in collaboration with the Ministry of Communications（MoC）has launched a new app which will help in tracing people who have come into contact with COVID—19 positive individuals.

The user friendly and free to download mobile software application will be available for android and iOS devices.

Its intended for productivity assistance which will augment the states effort in the fight against the global pandemic.

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As the country intensifies its effort to reduce the spread of COVID – 19 and to improve Ghana’s emergency response rate, the emergency number 112 has been set up to facilitate assistance to all in need.

Access to this line is however being hampered by the incessant prank calling of some unscrupulous callers. Currently, Prank calls to the emergency number cover more than 95% of the call traffic.
 

The Ministry of Information on 9^th March, 2020, trained Management, Heads of Agencies, Schedule Officers and Front Desk personnel of the Ministry of Communications (MoC) on the provisions of the Right to Information Act, which was passed on 26^th March, 2019.  The training took place at the Conference room of the MoC.

The Right to Information (RTI) Act facilitates citizens’ access to information from State Institutions. The Law prescribes the processing of requests in a timely manner.

The Ministry of Communications in collaboration with Smart Africa Alliance has organized a validation workshop to produce a document on Ghana’s agenda for a national strategy on development smart cities.

The workshop which brought together representatives from 30 government institutions who are contributing vital data to the strategy, started on Tuesday 3^rd March 2020 at the Holiday Inn, in Accra, will end on Wednesday 4th March 2020.

The Minister of Communications, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful (MP), reiterated the importance of knowledge sharing in the Intellectual Property space. She said this at two separate meetings with top Russian government officials to whip up support for Ghana’s candidate for the upcoming WIPO elections.

Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful used Ghana’s historic relationship with Russia to appeal for Russia’s support for Africa to have a voice on the global intellectual property platform.

The Minister for Communications, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful in her meeting with the French delegation in Paris stressed on the long standing relationship between Ghana and France to hopefully serve as a basis for France supporting Ghana’s Candidate for the position of Director General of WIPO. She also spoke of the impact the Late Kofi Annan as an exemplary Ghanaian had brought to the United Nations and the world at large and expressed the hope that France would support Dr. Kwakwa to bring the same to WIPO and its constituents as well.

Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful (MP), Minister for Communications has met with Netherland’s Vice Minister for International Cooperation, Md. Kitty Van de Heijden in the Hague on Monday, 24^th February, 2020 as the President’s Special Envoy to discuss the Candidacy of Ghana’s Dr.

“It’s Incumbent on All Parents to Educate Themselves on Technology So That They Can Teach Their Children”

This was said by the Minister of Communications, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful (MP) at the Africa Safer Internet Day Celebration 2020, held at the Emmanuel Presbyterian Church Hall in Dansoman. The event was organised by the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) in collaboration with UNICEF Ghana.