Friday, February 04, 2005
E-Ghana project is on course
By Remmy Nweke
ACCRA- Clement Dzidonu, chairman of the Ghana National ICT Policy and Plan Development Committee, says that the 20-year ICT development plan for the country is on course.
He made this assertion in a chat with Highway Africa News Agency (HANA) at the on-going, second preparatory conference for the second phase of the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS), taking place at the Accra International Conference Centre.
Dzidonu said that the Ghana ICT policy for accelerated development is a 20-year plan that has been divided into five plans of four years each.
Currently, he said, Ghana is concentrating on using technology in three, key focus areas - development of technology, use of technology and exploitation of the technology in multiple sectors.
“We actually anticipate that in the first phase, we would be focusing on the use of the technology, the second plan, we will move towards the development of the technology in addition to the use of it,” he said.
Citing an example of the first phase of the plan, Dzidonu, a professor of computer science, said a number of programmes are already up and running in education. These programmes target the use of technology within the education system, as well as the health sector.While talking about the status of ICTs in Ghana, he said, that his agency is keen to ensure the deployment of the latest technologies for an accelerated development process of the country.
“Within that context, we have a policy in place and now we are in the process of developing the plan to cover 14 pillars, which cover all sectors of the economy,” he declared.
These pillars include electronic government (e-gov), human resource development, private sector promotion, e-security, foreign direct investment, facilitating a regulatory environment, e-health, research and development, deployment of ICTs and a legal framework.
The agency, he said, would ensure that the benefits of ICTs are reflected in the lives of ordinary Ghanaians. Plans have been put forward to promote ICTs in education all the way from primary schools to the universities.
ACCRA- Clement Dzidonu, chairman of the Ghana National ICT Policy and Plan Development Committee, says that the 20-year ICT development plan for the country is on course.
He made this assertion in a chat with Highway Africa News Agency (HANA) at the on-going, second preparatory conference for the second phase of the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS), taking place at the Accra International Conference Centre.
Dzidonu said that the Ghana ICT policy for accelerated development is a 20-year plan that has been divided into five plans of four years each.
Currently, he said, Ghana is concentrating on using technology in three, key focus areas - development of technology, use of technology and exploitation of the technology in multiple sectors.
“We actually anticipate that in the first phase, we would be focusing on the use of the technology, the second plan, we will move towards the development of the technology in addition to the use of it,” he said.
Citing an example of the first phase of the plan, Dzidonu, a professor of computer science, said a number of programmes are already up and running in education. These programmes target the use of technology within the education system, as well as the health sector.While talking about the status of ICTs in Ghana, he said, that his agency is keen to ensure the deployment of the latest technologies for an accelerated development process of the country.
“Within that context, we have a policy in place and now we are in the process of developing the plan to cover 14 pillars, which cover all sectors of the economy,” he declared.
These pillars include electronic government (e-gov), human resource development, private sector promotion, e-security, foreign direct investment, facilitating a regulatory environment, e-health, research and development, deployment of ICTs and a legal framework.
The agency, he said, would ensure that the benefits of ICTs are reflected in the lives of ordinary Ghanaians. Plans have been put forward to promote ICTs in education all the way from primary schools to the universities.
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