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The Minister of Communications and Digitalisation, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has urged women who have made it in the cybersecurity and technology fields to serve as mentors to young women and girls.

That she said, would motivate young girls to pursue Information and Communication Technology careers and address the low representation of women in the cybersecurity and technology fields.

The Communications and Digitalisation Minister, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has said Ghana’s digital agenda needs infrastructure development and investment.

She made this known in her welcome address at the GhanaCARES Digitisation Readiness Workshop held in Accra on 2nd December 2021.

According to Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful, Ghana cannot be left out of the world’s technology agenda as it has become the new dimension for better progress of economic recovery from the COVID-19 effect.

The Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation (MoCD) in partnership with the Vice President’s Office and the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI) with support from GIZ on the 22^nd of November 2021 organised the maiden edition of the Ghana Digital Innovation Week (GDIW) at the Accra International Conference Center (AICC).

Ghana’s Communications and Digitalisation Minister, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has said the country needs to take deliberate steps to change the status quo which makes women and girls lag behind and unable to participate in the digital space; where there are gross inequalities in work and wages.

According to her, women overwork yet are underpaid, and many women do not find space to participate in decision making at all levels.

15th November 2021-Thousand girls from selected basic schools in the North East Region have participated in the mentorship program organised by the Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation (MOCD) as part of activities to climax its flagship program, Girls-In-ICT.

The Girls in ICT is an initiative of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), aimed at encouraging girls to opt for careers within Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs).