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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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