Market ladies and ranchers need ICT in present day economy - Ursula Owusu [Audio]

Ursula Owusu
The Minister for Communications and Digitalization, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has said Ghana is moving towards a heading where advanced abilities will be expected in all types of business.
"The course where the world is moving requests the utilization of ICT, anything you desire to do, even as a rancher or merchant, ICT training is vital. ICT has turned into an empowering agent in the new economy and government is keen on uncovering you young ladies and other youthful ones to the recent fad" she said.
The Communications Minister expressed this in her location to female understudies partaking in the Bono Regional Girls in ICT drive.
The topic for the program is 'Access and Safety to Inform the Girls about the Risk of Abusing the Internet'.
1,000 young ladies are profiting from the Bono district's program which is part government's mission to connect the orientation hole in innovation. with help from the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communication, GIFEC.
Lady Owusu-Ekuful tested the understudies partaking in the provincial Girls in ICT program to exploit the drive to succeed in the field of ICT and science.
"It's an honor and an open door some have been battling for so in the event that you have it, utilize it now" she expressed.
The Communications Minister asked the understudies to buckle down in light of the fact that "difficult work doesn't kill however will rather cause you to adjust in anything you do."
"You are a God's indisputable favorite. We are flawlessness of creation so attempt to build up yourself with a positive picture as an ideal formation of God and never be deterred."
Lady Owusu-Ekuful likewise took motivation from the 11-year-old Princess Kumi, victor of the Bono East Girls in ICT to impart a few encounters to the young ladies on the program up to this point.
She additionally provoked the young ladies to remain on track and foster interest in ICT subjects.
Chosen Schools from every one of the twelve areas in the Bono district partook in the mentorship program with help from the local training administration.

Some teachers from the various districts were also trained as part of the initiative to impart the knowledge to other students that may not get the opportunity to participate.

Chairperson of the mentorship programme, Dr. Seyram Blossom Setufe, who is also the Acting Head, Department of Fisheries and Water Resources, School of Natural Resources also urged the girls to take advantage of the programme to become scientists and IT experts in the future.

“I will like you to pay attention, take note and develop interest in the field of engineering. Let your ears be open for the reason we are here and have that character and mindset that you can do it as an IT specialist or engineer” she advised.

Meanwhile, the girls were trained on how to code, creation of websites, computer games, interactive arts, mobile apps, and animation stories using various programming languages.

Also, Dr. Mercy Badu from the Department of Chemistry at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) taught the girls to some tips to learn subjects in science and ICT.

According to her, the women in the field are few hence there is the need to bridge the gap through the Girls in ICT initiative.

Other mentors who spoke to the girls at the event are: Juanita Ahia Quarcoo, Lecturer at the Department of Computer Science, Sunyani Technical University and Faiza Umar Bawah, Lecturer Department of Science and Informatics, University of Energy and Natural Resources.

Female Engineers from MTN were equally also given had the opportunity to share their experience with the girls.

The Mentorship Day event is part of the Girls in ICT Initiative aimed at given the girls the opportunity to interact with ladies in the field of ICT and Science education.

As part of strategies to both ensure that Ghana achieves the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5, and Ghana’s ICT4AD Policy on bridging the gender digital divide, the Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation, through its agencies – GIFEC, NCA and the Kofi Annan ICT Centre of Excellence, has expanded the scope of the GIICT event.

Interestingly, over 60 percent of the girls trained, have no prior knowledge or experience in the use of computers.

The Girls in ICT programme, was introduced in 2012 by the International Telecommunications Union to empower and encourage girls and young women to acquire digital skills and consider studies and careers in the growing field of information and communication technologies.

Ghana, has adopted this initiative and observed it on a regional basis. It has already been celebrated in Greater Accra, Ashanti, Northern, Volta, Western, Western North, North East, Central and Oti Regions.

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