Republic of Ghana


National ICT Policy and Plan Development Committee



The National ICT4AD Consultative Pocess

Dialogue with Computer Companies - Hardware & Software, System Integrators, Networking, Manufacturing or Developing etc.

The National ICT Policy and Plan Development Committee dialogued with the Computer Companies, Hardware & Software, System Integrators, Networking, Manufacturing Or Developing etc on the 10th December 2002 as part of the National Consultative exercise aimed at developing an ICT-driven socio-economic development policy and plan.

A presentation was made by Professor Clement Dzidonu Chairman of the National ICT Policy and Plan Development Committee on the topic: ‘The Ghana ICT for Accelerated Development Process: The Challenge of Our Time’. A supporting presentation was also made by Dr. Nii Narku Quaynor, a member of the UN ICT Task Force.

List of Participants

• It is important for the Government to equip the Public sector with the necessary infrastructure since the Private Sector is already equipped and far advanced.

• Attitudinal changes are essential for the development of the country. Employees must be re-trained and encouraged to adopt a right attitude to work.

• There is the need for the Government to address the problem of the lack of requisite human resource capital and education for the development of the country.

• It is essential for the teaching of ICTs at all levels of the educational system from the basic level to the tertiary level.

• The curriculum for the educational system must reflect the needs of the country. Our educational institutions would need to look at their existing curriculum and adapt them accordingly.

• There is the need for all especially the Government to be aggressive and passionate about moving forward, it is essential to act now before the digital divide becomes too wide, and therefore too big to cross.

• It is important for the Government to encourage the Private Sector to develop and grow for them to be able to support the educational sector and also sponsor Research and Development (R&D).

• There is the need to develop a well laid out policy on Standards, which would be binding on all Software developers to enable them become competitive on the International market. This would also help Ghanaians to appreciate made in Ghana products.

• The telecommunication infrastructure in the country poses a lot of problems for the ICT sector. There is the need to improve the Telecommunication sector before considerable development can take place in other sectors of the economy.

• It is important for the educational system to adopt an intranet system in schools to foster the sharing of ideas.

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