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Nearly 40 percent of the skills workers hold today will be obsolete or require major upgrading by 2030, Ghana’s human resource practitioners heard at their annual conference in Accra.

The warning, drawn from the World Economic Forum (WEF) Future of Jobs Report 2025, shaped an address by Esi Mmirba Wilson, Chief Human Resources Officer of MTN Ghana, at the 2026 Chartered Institute of Human Resource Management (CIHRM) Conference. Ms. Wilson told delegates that the disruption reshaping global workforces has reached Ghana, and that the HR profession’s task in this moment is not to administer the fallout but to lead the response.

Her remarks arrived weeks after President John Dramani Mahama launched Ghana’s National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy on April 24, committing the country to a new AI computing centre and directing government ministries to integrate AI tools into public sector operations this year. The One Million Coders Programme, launched in April 2025, aims to give one million Ghanaians digital skills including coding, cybersecurity and AI. HR professionals at the CIHRM conference now face pressure to move faster than the national infrastructure meant to support them.

The scale of the problem is sharper in a regional context. According to the World Bank, only 11 percent of tertiary graduates in Africa south of the Sahara have received formal digital training, even as demand for those competencies surges across key sectors of the economy. The WEF report, drawing on data from more than 1,000 companies, finds that 63 percent of employers now identify the skills gap as their primary barrier to business transformation.

Ms. Wilson described a workplace shifting from fixed job descriptions to models built around skills, where adaptability, continuous learning and the ability to solve unfamiliar problems carry more value than established credentials. She named data literacy, AI fluency, digital agility, critical thinking, adaptive leadership, ethical decision making and communication across cultures as the competencies expected to define workplace success over the next decade.

“Technology alone does not transform organisations. People do,” she said, drawing on MTN Ghana’s nearly three decades of operations as evidence that technology investment without workforce development produces no lasting results.

She urged organisations to abandon the assumption that recruitment can substitute for continuous internal development. The useful life of professional skills is shrinking, and companies that rely on the external hiring market to fill capability gaps will find themselves perpetually behind.

The WEF report projects that job disruption will equate to 22 percent of jobs by 2030, with 170 million new roles set to be created and 92 million displaced, for a net increase of 78 million jobs. For Ghana, whose national AI strategy acknowledges skills shortages, uneven digital infrastructure and risks related to job displacement as the key challenges it must manage, those headline numbers sit within a context of uneven readiness.

Ms. Wilson also pointed to a shift in what employees expect from the organisations they work for. Workers increasingly prioritise meaningful work, career development, flexibility and conditions that support their general wellbeing. The employee value proposition that attracted talent a decade ago is no longer adequate, she said, and businesses that fail to update what they offer will lose skilled people to those that have.

She called on HR practitioners to move beyond their traditional administrative function and operate instead as transformation architects capable of assessing workforce capability, leading digital learning programmes and helping organisations build the resilience that a technology driven economy will demand.

Ghana’s national AI strategy is already encountering the infrastructure constraints and digital literacy gaps that experts flag as key challenges to sustained adoption. The distance between national ambition and organisational readiness is exactly the ground HR professionals are now being asked to close.

Source : www.newsghana.com.gh

Through collaborative partner models, the company aims to help emerging fintech firms overcome technical barriers, enter the market faster, and scale their operations more effectively.

Huawei Cloud has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Egypt’s rapidly growing financial technology sector by showcasing secure cloud computing, artificial intelligence, data management, and digital infrastructure solutions at the Huawei Cloud FinTech Summit 2026 in Cairo. Held under the theme “Empowering FinTech Innovation through Cloud Computing, AI, Data, and Secure Digital Infrastructure,” the event brought together financial institutions, fintech innovators, cloud experts, technology partners, and industry leaders to discuss the future of digital transformation in Egypt’s financial services sector and the role of emerging technologies in accelerating innovation and financial inclusion.

The summit comes at a time when Egypt’s financial sector is experiencing a significant digital transformation, driven by increasing demand for scalable, highly secure, and locally hosted cloud infrastructure. Since launching its first public cloud region in Egypt in 2024, Huawei Cloud has strengthened the country’s digital ecosystem by ensuring that data remains within Egypt, supporting digital sovereignty while enhancing the resilience and sustainability of national infrastructure.

During the event, Joe Xu, CEO of Huawei Cloud Egypt, outlined the company’s latest strategy and reiterated Huawei Cloud’s commitment to serving as a trusted technology partner for Egypt’s financial services industry. He highlighted the advantages of Huawei Cloud’s local cloud region, including lower latency, data sovereignty, 24/7 local technical support, regulatory compliance, and advanced capabilities that enable data intelligence and innovation across the financial sector.

A major focus of the summit was the growing need for secure and scalable digital infrastructure. Sessions explored cloud security, regulatory compliance, and operational resilience, with Huawei Cloud experts presenting best practices for building robust fintech infrastructures. Topics included multi-cloud disaster recovery, landing zone design, compliance-focused security frameworks, and the role of Huawei Cloud Stack in helping financial institutions build secure cloud environments while maintaining efficient control over resources and data. These solutions support core workloads, hybrid cloud adoption, sensitive operations, and mission-critical systems.

The summit also addressed the challenges faced by startups and small and medium-sized fintech companies. Huawei Cloud showcased solutions designed to simplify cloud adoption, reduce costs, accelerate deployment, and improve compliance readiness. Through collaborative partner models, the company aims to help emerging fintech firms overcome technical barriers, enter the market faster, and scale their operations more effectively.

Several customer and partner success stories were highlighted, demonstrating the real-world impact of cloud adoption in Egypt’s fintech ecosystem. Huawei Cloud emphasized its strong regulatory compliance credentials, including certification from Egypt’s National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA), Tier 3 licensing, and adherence to Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) requirements regarding data sovereignty and localization. These measures ensure that sensitive financial data is processed and stored within Egypt.

Among the speakers was Mohamed Amer, Head of Information Technology at Evolve Holding Investment Company, who shared the experience of migrating GNT and MNGM to the cloud. He explained that Huawei Cloud successfully transferred the companies’ critical trading platform and sensitive financial data with virtually no downtime, ensuring uninterrupted gold pricing and real-time trading services throughout the transition. The migration relied on continuous data replication, parallel system validation, and a carefully planned transition strategy to preserve data integrity and business continuity.

Amr Farouk, Founder and CEO of JATDEV Middle East, also presented the company’s banking and fintech solutions developed in partnership with Huawei Cloud. He emphasized the importance of collaboration within the technology ecosystem, noting that joint innovation enables financial institutions to access more customized, efficient, and locally relevant cloud solutions.

The summit concluded with a panel discussion titled “Accelerating FinTech Growth through Cloud Innovation: Opportunities, Expectations, and Expansion Prospects in the Egyptian Market.” Moderated by Ahmed Sami, Head of Strategic Partnerships at Huawei Cloud, the session featured Ahmed Hammouda, Co-Founder and CEO of Thndr, Dr. Sameh El-Torgoman, Founder and CEO of Evolve Holding Investment Company, and Ahmed El-Shenawy, CEO of Sohoula. The panel explored key opportunities and challenges facing the sector, including digital infrastructure requirements, regulatory compliance, and the adoption of artificial intelligence to enhance customer experiences and promote financial inclusion.

Huawei Cloud concluded the summit by reaffirming its long-term commitment to supporting Egypt’s digital economy through secure, reliable, AI-ready, and locally supported cloud services. As Egypt’s fintech sector continues to expand, the company pledged to work closely with customers, partners, regulators, and industry stakeholders to build a smarter, more inclusive, and more resilient financial future.

Source : www. techafricanews.com

The Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Hon. Samuel Nartey George (MP), has outlined a bold vision for transforming Ghana into a leading artificial intelligence (AI) hub in Africa, as he welcomed a delegation from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Ghana for stakeholder engagement in Accra.
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‎The meeting, which formed part of ongoing stakeholder consultations, explored strategic areas for collaboration, particularly in advancing the implementation of Ghana’s newly launched National AI Strategy.
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‎Speaking during the engagement, the Minister emphasized that the Ministry has undergone significant restructuring to position itself as a facilitating institution for the entire government, ensuring that technology drives all sectors of national development. He noted that the evolving digital landscape requires stronger partnerships with private sector actors such as PwC to unlock innovation and scale solutions.
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‎A key highlight of the discussion was the identification of priority sectors under the AI Strategy, including agriculture, healthcare, education, and governance systems.

According to him, these areas are critical to addressing food security, bridging healthcare access gaps through telemedicine, reducing educational inequalities, and strengthening public sector efficiency.
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‎Hon. George further revealed that Cabinet has approved $250 million to support the development of national compute infrastructure and AI-driven applications.

The investment, he noted, was expected to provide innovators and academic institutions with affordable access to high-performance computing resources.
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‎On financing innovation, Hon. George underscored the need for patient capital, noting that traditional banking systems often fail to support startups due to rigid lending benchmarks. He outlined plans for a government-backed innovation fund structured as a revolving investment mechanism, designed to de-risk private sector participation and attract venture capital into Ghana’s tech ecosystem.
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‎He also highlighted ongoing legislative reforms aimed at repositioning key agencies as fully-fledged regulators and establishing innovation sandboxes to support emerging sectors such as fintech, healthtech, and agritech.
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‎The PwC delegation , led by the Country Senior Partner, Mr. Vish Ashiagbor, welcomed the Minister’s vision and expressed strong interest in partnering with the Ministry, particularly in AI deployment, digital advisory services, and capacity building. The firm also indicated its readiness to support efforts to connect startups with private capital and scale innovative solutions across the continent.
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‎Both parties agreed on the importance of sustained collaboration to accelerate Ghana’s digital transformation agenda, with a shared commitment to fostering innovation, enhancing regulatory frameworks, and driving inclusive economic growth.
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‎The meeting concluded with a mutual understanding to deepen engagement in the coming months, as government finalizes its legislative framework and prepares for the operationalization of key initiatives under the AI Strategy.

In attendance were Richard Wogodo, Senior Manager (Technology Consulting) and Winfred King, a partner with PwC.

Source : www. techafricanews.com

The Ghanaian National Communications Authority (NCA) has hosted a two-member delegation from the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) to share knowledge, experience and best practices regarding institutional development, technology adoption, operational systems and modern workplace infrastructure. Suleman Salifu, the NCA’s deputy director-general for technical operations, emphasised the deep, historic with Liberia. Joy Chichi Onos, the LTA’s director for information technology, said her organisation wants to study the specific operational systems, workflows and cultures that drive the NCA’s success.

Salifu reaffirmed the NCA’s dedication to empowering regional peer regulators through strategic knowledge sharing. Salifu expressed confidence that the session would offer the delegation actionable insights to achieve their organisational goals, urging open consultationwith the NCA’s subject matter experts. 

Onos said the LTA is currently developing a modern, technology-driven facility. Because of this, the agency prioritises engaging with peer institutions that have successfully executed similar projects. She praised the NCA’s stellar standing as a prominent regulatory body in West Africa, pointing out its robust frameworks and proactive approach to regional cooperation. 

Source : www.telecompaper.com

Recently, Gartner unveiled the Critical Capabilities for Enterprise Wired and Wireless LAN. Huawei ranks No. 1 for the first time in the Hands-Off NetOps use case thanks to the robust intelligent O&M capabilities of Huawei Xinghe AI Campus.

The intelligent O&M system powered by iMaster NCE Network Digital Map and NetMaster enables experience visualization and automatic fault rectification, thus delivering an AI-guarded campus network.

Observable Experience: Faults Demarcated in Minutes with One-Stop Assurance

• 4-dimensional network digital map:

The digital map offers a holographic visualization of networks, users, terminals, and applications, moving away from conventional device-centric O&M. This device-to-experience shift enables a clear overview of the network status, precise location of fault impact scope, accurate measurement of poor-QoE experience, and the ability to make informed O&M decisions.

• Observable user experience

Traditional O&M faces two major pain points: a high false positive rate and the difficulty in evaluating real experience, as fixed weighted scoring cannot adapt to complex scenarios. To address these pain points, Huawei has developed a self-learning scoring algorithm for user experience. This algorithm preprocesses KPI data, intelligently identifies user scenarios, and dynamically adjusts indicator weights to more accurately reflect the actual network experience. For example, it increases the bandwidth weight when users watch HD videos and decreases it when they browse web pages. Consequently, this approach provides comprehensive insights into user experience across both spatial and temporal dimensions, enabling detailed tracking of each user’s experience at every moment.

• Observable application experience

The packet conservation algorithm for Internet (iPCA) is utilized to automatically color UDP/RTP packets, facilitating hop-by-hop demarcation across the campus network. iFlow analyzes the round-trip loss and delay of TCP packets, enabling segment-by-segment demarcation. Additionally, intelligent application identification, in-situ flow information telemetry (IFIT), and simulation dialing tests dynamically simulate audio and video services, achieving over 80% accuracy in WAN link detection and quality awareness on the WAN side. This LAN-WAN collaboration reduces the time required for application fault demarcation and location from hours to mere minutes.

Fault Closed-Loop Automation: 80% of Wireless Issues Automatically Resolved by AI Guarding

NetMaster, a network O&M agent developed by Huawei, offers 34 types of fault chain-of-thoughts (CoTs) in eight categories. It automatically diagnoses and resolves 80% of wireless faults, slashing the mean time to repair (MTTR) from days to minutes, facilitating autonomous O&M. The agent monitors more than 15 proprietary key indicators of terminal experience in real time, proactively identifying issues such as poor signal coverage, high interference, and roaming stickiness without the need for onsite surveys or manual inspections. Leveraging a multi-objective adaptive reinforcement learning algorithm, the agent balances coverage, interference, capacity, and switching stability to identify the globally optimal solution, overcoming the traditional optimization dilemma. The agent possesses expert-like cognition, delivering timely optimization policies to implement one-time, imperceptible self-healing. This ensures that 80% of wireless issues are resolved without human intervention.

We are stepping into a new era of AI-guarded campus network O&M. Looking ahead, Huawei will continue to drive innovation and leadership in AI O&M technologies for campuses, enabling global enterprises to transition from the manual mode to a new standard where 24/7 virtual agent presence becomes the norm across various industries.

Source : e.huawei.com

Ericsson and Dubai Digital Authority have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore collaboration, it was announced during a visit by a UAE delegation to Ericsson’s Imagine Studio. The visitors comprised senior representatives from sectors including government, healthcare, public safety, digital transformation, education and community development.
The MoU establishes a formal framework to co-develop next-generation initiatives that enhance public services and advance Dubai’s digital strategy.

Translating delegation discussions into a concrete roadmap, the agreement prioritises advanced connectivity, AI-driven city operations and digital inclusion. Additionally, both entities will design programmes to expand digital access, creating more resilient, efficient and citizen-centric public outcomes.

Source : www.telecompaper.com

MTN Group said it expected its fibre footprint across the African continent to increase to between 420,000km and 560,000km by 2030 as it targeted 100 million new data customers.

This comes as the telecom giant planned to bridge what it sees as an enormous digital infrastructure gap on the continent and meet a growing demand for connectivity.

Mazen Mroué, CEO for digital infrastructure at MTN, detailed the group’s plans for its connectivity platforms to meet the Ambition 2030 strategy, where infrastructure is a major pillar.

He was speaking during MTN Group’s recent Capital Markets Day 2026, where executives highlighted the company’s ongoing strategies after a comprehensive review in 2025.

“When we look at the fibre core, our fibre footprint is expected to grow, increasing by three times from our current 140,000 kilometres over the next five years,” said Mroué.

“This will be backed by subsea capacity, which is important for connecting the African continent to the rest of the world.

He said that MTN Group expected its subsea capacity to double heading into 2030. The group manages subsea and terrestrial wholesale capacity through its subsidiary, Bayobab.

The company is an owner of the 2Africa cable system, the longest subsea cable system in the world, connecting African countries to Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Other owners, as part of a consortium, included China Mobile International, Meta Platforms, Orange, Center3, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone, and WIOCC.

The cable system is over 45,000km long and has the highest capacity of all subsea cables currently serving the continent at 180 Tbps.

With the added fibre and subsea capacity, MTN plans to become the wholesaler of choice for entities in African countries.

“We are building a differentiated, integrated open-access platform,” said Mroué.

“There are many players on the continent playing in different ways, but very few have that integrated proposition or structure in place.”

The plan also included its renewed strategy to own its cellular towers through the ongoing acquisition of infrastructure from IHS.

“Our tower company approach, in terms of owning back these assets, creates a significant amount of economic efficiency and value,” he said.

“It also benefits our customers, who take advantage of the infrastructure by leveraging the open-access model.”

Mroué said that MTN decided to sell its towers 10 years ago because it lacked the right expertise to run the tower company, but it now sees a huge opportunity with the buyback.

The acquisition allowed MTN to incorporate talent from IHS teams and their expertise to operate the tower infrastructure.

“Through this, we believe there is a huge amount of already identified synergies,” he said.

Connecting 70 million active data users

During his part of the presentation, Mroué also revealed that the company’s data centre project would be an 80–150MW facility upon completion.

“This is a scalable ambition that leverages joint venture opportunities we are currently putting in place,” he said.

In March, MTN identified Nigeria and South Africa as priority markets for developing new data centres, following what it said were extensive market assessments.

“Following a rigorous evaluation process, we have shortlisted key strategic partners with whom negotiations are progressing on co-investment structures and operating models,” the group explained.

“The broader industry shift toward large-scale AI compute infrastructure reinforces the substantial opportunity MTN Digital Infrastructure is positioning for in Africa.”

Alongside its data centre ambitions, the company also expressed ambitious plans for its active data user growth in the next five years.

According to Selorm Adadevoh, group chief commercial officer, MTN expects to grow its active data users by 60 to 70 million as it seeks to reach as many customers as possible.

“A lot of this will be driven by the youth who are coming online,” said Adadevoh.

He explained that MTN was betting on a huge increase in unconnected young people across the continent to want online access.

“Smartphone penetration is in the upper 60%, while active data user penetration is in the upper 50%, so there is a gap,” he said.

“Today, we have over 300 million customers, of which about 175 million are active data users. That leaves a gap of at least 100 million.”

Ralph Mupita, MTN Group CEO, said the company expected data consumption to double before the end of the decade across its markets.

He said MTN was pursuing connecting 20 to 30 million homes with its communications offerings. including fibre-to-the-home and fixed wireless access (FWA).

Source : mybroadband.co.za

On June 10–11,at the 17th International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum & Exhibition (IIICF), Huawei presented its latest insights and advancements in smart transportation for 2026 to representatives from over 800 renowned enterprises and more than 3,500 infrastructure construction elites hailing from over 70 countries and regions. The company also unveiled five solutions for the transportation industry, designed to accelerate its digital and intelligent transformation and empower high-quality infrastructure development.

Writing a New Chapter for International Cooperation on Digital and Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure

Ma Yue, Vice President of Huawei and CEO of Huawei’s Smart Transportation BU, attended the event. At the roundtable titled “Accelerate Transportation Digital Intelligence,” Ma Yue highlighted the emerging opportunities and challenges facing the global transportation industry. He stated that going digital and intelligent has become a defining global trend. Smart transportation, as a vital strategy for safe travel and efficient logistics, goes beyond merely stacking technologies or products. It should be driven by business strategies and supported by overall planning, wise execution, and long-term operations. The industry must embed digital and intelligent approaches, mindsets, and awareness throughout planning, design, engineering construction, and operations management. “Huawei remains committed to investing in the digital foundation of smart transportation. Together with our partners, we will accelerate the transformation and sustainable growth of the global transportation industry,” said Ma Yue.

Release of Five Transportation Solutions

At the debut of international infrastructure innovation achievements, Huawei released five of its latest solutions for the transportation industry.

• Intelligent Logistics Document Recognition: The solution’s core algorithm has been upgraded, and now supports unique document recognition layout sensing alongside intelligent segmentation and combination models. With calibration experts, it significantly enhances recognition accuracy and generalization. It automates document recognition, recording, and comparison, eliminating repetitive manual tasks. This shortens processing times, boosts efficiency, ensures compliance, and enables automatic, intelligent service closure from start to finish.

• Smart Hub Solution: Integrated security management creates a closed-loop security system encompassing detection, prediction, warning, and optimization. Integrated passenger services deliver E2E support with precise positioning, intelligent navigation, and multidimensional information queries. Integrated facility management enables green energy consumption oversight across all domains, allowing for anomaly location within hours and rapid handling. The integrated commercial operations mode manages the entire merchant-related process from tenant acquisition to lease termination.

• Road Traffic Agent: Centered on urban traffic management and highway operations, the solution adopts AI, big data, and cloud computing to enable traffic order management, signal management, emergency response, and mobility services. Huawei collaborated with partners to develop four agents: traffic order management, signal management, emergency command and dispatch, and road network traffic forecast. Together, the agents will enhance fine-grained urban traffic management and highway operations, as well as drive transformation and sustainable development within the transportation economy.

• Intelligent Horizontal Transportation 2.0: Designed for conventional terminal automation, the solution eliminates the need to modify current site layouts or processes. It removes collaboration barriers between Intelligent Guided Vehicles (IGVs) and manual vehicles, enabling the simultaneous access and dispatch of over 400 IGVs from multiple vendors with a manual takeover rate of under 0.1%. This supports mixed traffic for all terminal, yard, and port campus collaboration scenarios.

• Airline Large Model: The large model delivers over 90% accuracy in passenger flow forecasting and optimizes airline networks, enabling data-driven air route planning, revenue growth, and efficiency gains while swiftly adapting to emerging market changes. It advances intelligent customer services by deploying advanced voice bots that support multi-turn dialogs and natural language interaction, enhancing Q&A accuracy and automation. The AI Coding solution offers an enterprise-level intelligent programming base combining Ascend, SOTA models, and the Code Agent. It vastly boosts IT personnel’s development efficiency and overcomes multiple technical obstacles like ultra-long context, low latency, and high concurrency.

During the forum, Huawei showcased a wide range of scenario-based solutions tailored for sectors like rail, road, aviation, port, customs, as well as logistics & warehousing, capturing the interest of attendees from around the world.

To date, Huawei has served more than 100 ports, more than 210 airports and airlines, over 300 urban rail lines, over 180,000 kilometers of railways, road networks extending over 200,000 kilometers, ITS projects across over 70 cities, and more than 200 logistics enterprises across the globe. Looking ahead, Huawei will remain committed to openness and collaboration for shared success. The company specializes in developing transportation hubs, transportation networks, and passenger/freight flows to establish a digital and intelligent foundation for comprehensive transportation and logistics. Huawei is dedicated to “driving mobility and logistics into the intelligent world,” empowering smart transportation.

Source : www. e.huawei.com

Telecel Ghana has launched the Ashanti Codes initiative in Kumasi as part of efforts to promote digitalisation and artificial intelligence (AI) education among young people in the Ashanti Region.

The 12-week programme brings together students from across Kumasi and Obuasi, with 70 percent of participants being girls, to acquire practical coding and digital technology skills.

During the launch, students showcased innovative projects including driverless vehicles, smart toll gates and obstacle-avoiding vehicles.

Speaking at the event, External Affairs Director at Telecel Ghana, Komla Buami, underscored the importance of equipping the younger generation with digital skills to prepare them for the future.

“At Telecel we believe that if we are able to equip our own young ones and grow with it and also have it as part of their skills, it will be a part of them,” he said.

Mr. Buami further disclosed that the Telecel Foundation is training teachers to become digital skills trainers in their respective schools beyond its existing partnership with the Ghana Library Authority.

He added that the Foundation will also provide standard kits aligned with the Ghana Education Service curriculum to make teaching technology easier and more effective.

He encouraged students to take advantage of the opportunity, noting that 1,000 beneficiaries are expected to participate through the Ashanti Codes programme across centres in Kumasi and Obuasi.

Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr. Frank Amoakohene, commended Telecel Ghana for complementing the government’s efforts to expand digital education in the region.

“As a government, the ministry of communication is equally rolling out a similar digital training program for the older youth and every district in the region; they’re having about 50 of their youths for this year across the 47 constituencies in the region. That should tell you that the number we are looking at is somewhere around 2,300, so for Telecel alone to take 1,000 and making sure you add to the numbers is something commendable,” he asserted.

He also pledged his full support for the initiative, emphasizing the need to prepare young people to contribute to technological advancement.

“I’m glad that the younger generation are being integrated now so that they’re able not only to witness the Super AI coming up and the Humanoid continent but they’re also part of creating the same. I want to assure you that whichever additions you need to add in making sure that as a government we integrate these young ones in making them help us solve everyday challenges, as a regional minister you have my full back and will support you,” he added.

Board Chair of the Ghana Library Authority, Dr. Micheal Essuman, described digital literacy among children as critical to the country’s economic future and urged participants, particularly girls, to take the programme seriously.

“The future of our country’s economy is digitization, everything that’s happening from now into the future is digitally aged and so you should take it up seriously and learn as if your whole life and your future depends on what you’re going to do with the Ashanti Codes program,” he said.

The Ashanti Codes initiative forms part of Telecel Ghana’s broader commitment to empowering young people with digital and coding skills needed to thrive in an increasingly technology-driven world

.Source : www.myjoyonline.com