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Government is in the process of implementing a rural connectivity project to link the unserved and underserved areas of the country within the next two years, the Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has revealed.

The Minister for Communications and Digitalisation (MoCD), Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful (MP) says government, through the Ministry has initiated a nationwide E-Government infrastructure for the country.

The proposed infrastructure being undertaken by the National Information Technology Agency (NITA) would extend the national backbone infrastructure to all districts. It will also provide a national Data Centre and a secondary Data Centre for disaster recovery,

An ultra-modern Community Library and ICT Center has been inaugurated at Akim Bieni in the Eastern Region by the Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Mrs. Ursula Owusu Ekuful (MP) today (26th July 2021).

Themed "Empowering the less privileged for development through Education", the centre will help bridge the education and ICT skills gap and support government effort in promoting education and ICT skills development. It will also serve the Achiase Community and its environs

A state-of-the-art Database Management System (DBMS), for the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has been launched in Accra. It is aimed at providing a secure, reliable, multi-tiered system to enhance the operations of the Commission.

The project was funded by the Korea Africa Economic Cooperation (KOAFEC) through the African Development Bank (AfDB). The historic launch was a virtual event on zoom and livestreamed on the PURC’s Facebook page on Wednesday, June 30, 2021.

The Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful (MP) says the President is keen on using technology to improve the lives of the people in this country and that means Data Protection Commission (DPC) an agency under Communications and Digitalisation Ministry plays an essential role to the digital infrastructure.

The Chief Director of the Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation, Mrs Magdalene Apenteng, says if the youth are given the right skills to enable them to succeed in the digital world, they will provide the human resources for the global world of work within the next 10 to 30 years.

The Japan Ambassador to Ghana, H.E. Tsutomu Himeno, on Wednesday June 2, 2021 paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Communication and Digitalisation, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful (MP), to congratulate her on her re-appointment.

The call was to discuss digital network capabilities and how the minister will improve cooperation between Ghana and Japanese companies in digitalisation.

The Minister of Communications and Digitalization, Hon Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has charged staff of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to commit more, work harder and be ready to defend the country from all forms of cyber-attacks.

This came up during a working visit to the Centre in Accra on Tuesday, June 1 2021.

The Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful (MP) has urged management and staff of Ghana Post Company Limited to ignore social media reports on list of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) appointments, adding, “Social media got it all wrong”.

She noted that the President remains the appointing authority and does not do appointment on social media. “Whatever you see on social media is a figment of someone’s imaginations”.

The Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful (MP), on Tuesday 1^st June 2021 paid a working visit to the management and staff of the Accra Digital Centre (ADC), an agency under the Ministry.

The minister's visit was to interact with management and staff, get an update on the agency’s activities, plans, challenges and how they intend to expand the centre infrastructure to train more young people in the country.