SPEECH BY URSULA OWUSU-EKUFUL , MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITALISATION AT THE LAUNCH OF 5G IN GHANADistinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,It is an honour and privilege to be part of Ghana's remarkable journey from the first generation to the fifth generation of communications networks and services.
Today, we celebrate not just a technological evolution but a testament to our resilience, innovation, and collective progress as a nation.The advent of the first-generation (1G) mobile networks marked a revolutionary step in communications when mobile phones could only do basic voice calls and were huge devices carried in a box.
The introduction of 1G in the early 1990s however ushered in a new world of connectivity, albeit in its most rudimentary form.
For the first time, Ghanaians experienced the liberation that wireless communication offered, shrinking distances and making real-time communication possible across various regions.As the years progressed, the launch of second-generation (2G) networks in the 2000s further transformed our communication landscape.