Government will Work to Bridge Knowledge Gap in Ghana - Vice President Bawumia
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has singled out the current
knowledge gap in Ghana as the most serious threat to the ability of
Government to transform the economy and every effort at bridging this
gap is welcomed news to government and to the effort aimed at developing
the knowledge economy of Ghana.
Addressing participants at a
ceremony to officially launch the 2018 Huawei Ghana Seeds for the Future
Programme, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia said the opportunity offered
to Ghanaian Students to study at the Huawei International Headquarters
in China is a typical example of direct support to help bridge the
knowledge gap. He urged the selected students to take full advantage of
the offer given them and to make the most of it.
Digitization efforts of Government
The Vice President in his speech indicated that all the Digitization
efforts of Government may look jammed up but in the end all of them
would fit together and work in harmony to transform the economy and the
country as a whole.
"Whether you are doing the National ID,
Digital Addressing system, Paperless Port System, Smart Drivers
license, interoperability, all of these are essentially building blocks
for this new economy. Sometimes it is not clear to see where all these
fits together. We are doing everything very systematically but it is
all going to fit together to then allow this economy to move to a
different level" the Vice President emphasized.
CEO of Huawei Ghana
Chief Executive Officer of the Huawei Ghana, Tommy Zhou, said Ghana
has great talents in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
sector and Huawei will continue to support in unearthing these talents.
Communications Minister
The Minister for
Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful in her remarks described the Huawei
Seeds of the Future programme a strategic platform for Ghana to develop
it's ICT professionals for the future. She urged the beneficiaries to
sock up as much knowledge as possible during their time of stay in
China.
2018 Beneficiaries of See for the Future Programme
A total of ten (10) Ghanaian students have been selected to benefit
from ICT education in China. The students are Ebenezer Abuening
Frimpong, University of Ghana, Onassis Kwesi Quarshie, UCMS, Procurement
and Supply Chain Management, Deborah Tettehkie Amanor, KNUST, Telecom
Engineering, Desmond Kwaku Duah, GTUC, Information Technology, Egyir
Kwaku Biney, KNUST, Electrical Engineering, Ida Padikuor Na-Tei,
KNUST, Electrical Engineering, Daniel Ntim, UCC, Information
Technology, Stacia Bello, Wisconsin Information Technology, Kofi
Speaking Ntiamoah, UCC, Commerce Management and Alfred Sarpong Adjei,
KNUST, Computer Engineering.
Seeds for the Future
Seeds for the Future is a global Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
flagship program of Huawei. It is the most heavily invested CSR activity
of the company and has pledged to continue to invest in the program
over the long term.
Initiated by Huawei in 2008, the program
seeks to develop local ICT talent, enhance knowledge transfer, promote a
greater understanding of and interest in the telecommunications sector,
and improve and encourage regional building and participation in the
digital community.
Up to the end of 2016, the program had been
implemented in 96 countries and international organization worldwide,
benefiting over 30,000 students from 280 universities; among them, more
than 2,700 university students from all over the world have taken a
study trip to the Huawei headquarters.
Credit: Wilberforce A. Asare
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