Ethiopia has been selected as the first country to benefit from the pilot phase of the Pan-African e-Network Project, a joint initiative between the Indian government and African Union (AU) to develop ICT infrastructure across the Africa.
[This article was published in the December 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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The government of Ghana is considering to adopt an e-governance programme as a mechanism to promote lateral and horizontal collaboration among the Metropolitan/Municipal/District Assemblies (MMDAs) to bring information to the citizenry and businesses.
A multi-million cedi Shippers’ Information Centre at the Ghana Shippers’ Council in Takoradi has been commissioned last week.
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) is to undertake a capacity building in Information Communication Technology (ICT) for Journalists in the country.
Ghana and the World Bank have signed two separate agreements for a grant of 55 million U.S. dollars towards the implementation of the e-Ghana Project and the Education for All-Fast Track Initiative (EFA-FTI).
The World Bank Group has approved a $40 million loan to Ghana, to support the implementation of selected components of the government
The World Bank Group has approved 40 million dollars loan to support the Government of Ghana to implement selected components of its Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for Accelerated Development Policy.
Accra, Ghana (Africa) organised a two-day seminar on e-Governance on 4-5 May 2006. The seminar urged the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to develop their own websites so that they could disseminate information online to the public to save time and cost.
[This article was published in the January 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) has all feasible features over the other telecommunication systems which seek the attention of policy makers for its implementation in Ghana.
