Communications Ministry partnering other agencies to enhance digitalisation

The Deputy Minister for Communication and Digitalisation, Ama Pomaa Boateng, said her office is collaborating with other technology agencies to ensure that digitalisation is spread across the country.

The minister, who was speaking to the media after the official launch of the National ICT Week and the World Technology Forum, said the move would help to reduce illiteracy in the country.

“The National Industrial Training Authority (NITA) in partnership with a group of ICT professionals has partnered to launch the national ICT week, which will start next week,” she said.

Pomaa also said that her ministry will soon launch separate engagements with various relevant authorities to raise awareness of cybersecurity in the country.

“NITA and the Ministry of Communications and all our agencies, including the Data Protection, Cybersecurity, Ghana Meteorological Agency, Ghana Post, and Rural Telephony, will all be involved,” she said

“They will also raise awareness, and through our partners in academia, we will also do our part

We will also engage with the media to let everyone know that this is coming up.”