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The Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, His Excellency Ami Mehl has paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Communications to congratulate her on her assumption of office and invite her to their flagship National Cyber Week Celebration in Tel Aviv, Israel from 25-30 June 2017.

The Ghana-Indian Kofi-Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT (AITI-KACE) in collaboration with Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communication (GIFEC) launched the Ghana Youth Mobile Application Programme on May 26 in Accra. The Youth Application is an initiative by the AITI-KACE to equip the youth, especially the less privileged in the country with the skills in generating mobile apps.

Ministry of Communications in collaboration with Huawei a Telecommunications Company has selected fifteen students from some tertiary institutions in Ghana to join other students from 95 countries in the world for this year’s “Huawei Seeds for the Future” in China for a 10-day educational programme. The Launch of the programme took place in Accra on May 19, 2017 with the Minister of Communications, Hon Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Deputy Minister of Communications Hon. George Andah, The Political Counselor of Chinese Embassy to Ghana, Mr. Jiang Zhouteng and Ghana’s Ambassador to China, Mr.

Ghana joined the rest of the world to observe World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) on 17th May which is celebrated annually. This year’s event was organized at the premise of the National Communications Authority (NCA) with a symposium on the theme “Big Data Big Impact”. The purpose of the celebration is to mark the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention in 1865. Hon.

The Ghana-Indian Kofi -Annan Centre in ICT hosted a stakeholder celebration of Girls in ICT day. The day is set aside to motivate young girls in the country and to empower them to consider careers in the growing field of ICT. The celebration was under the theme “Expand Horizons, change attitudes”.

On Monday 8th May, 2017, the Hon. Minister for Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, payed a working visit to the National Communications Authority (NCA) to familiarise with the operations of the Authority. The Hon. Minister was accompanied by the Minister for Information, Hon. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid and Deputy Minister for Communications, Hon Vincent Sowah Odotei.

She urged NCA Management of the need for an inter-ministerial or cross-sectorial engagement to deal with these issues

In its quest to fulfil all promises made to Ghanaians, Government has assured the public that it would assist industries and organisations to pursue growth in whatever business they find themselves. Those were the words of the Deputy Minister for Communications, Hon. George Andah who was the keynote speaker at the launch of busy 4G Brand repositioning.

As part of her official duties, the Minister of Communications scheduled a meeting with the Data Protection Commission, an Agency of the ministry to fraternize with management and staff of the commission. Hon. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful was taken round the office and introduced to staff of the Commission. The Minister informed that it was incumbent on her to pay a visit to familiarize herself with the operations of the Commission.