The Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation (MOCD) in collaboration with the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) has commissioned completed Community Information Centres (CICs), Ghana Rural Telephony and Digital Inclusion Project (GRT & DIP) in some communities in the Eastern Region.
The facilities formed part of the Ghana Rural Telephony and Digital Inclusion Project of GIFEC. It seeks to connect deprived communities to telecommunication services.
Speaking at the event, the Sector Minister Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful (MP), stated that, the government through the agency was committed to providing basic telephone voice and data connectivity to underserved communities, hence, the provision of 90 cell sites under the Ghana Rural Telephony and Digital Inclusion Project in the Eastern Region in line with it digitalisation agenda to create a strong digital country.
She also mentioned that the extension of the telecommunication networks to the various communities would go a long way to open up the areas.
Mrs Owusu Ekuful also commissioned two ICT centres at Akyem Awisa in the Birim South municipality and Asuom in the Kwaebibrem district to help the pupils in the communities with basic computer skills.
The Communities include Asene Manso Akroso and Kwaebibirem Mofram and Twumwusu municipalities in the Eastern Region.
The centers are to be managed by a local body known as the Sustainability Management Committee on behalf of GIFEC.