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General news for Sunday, November 22, 2020
Source: angelonline.com.gh
2020-11-22
The project was executed by ECG
Vice President Dr. Bawumia commissioned the government’s free Wi-Fi flagship project to tertiary institutions in Accra on Friday, November 20, 2020.
The project, which was executed by ECG, leverages ECG’s fiber optic network to provide free Internet connectivity to tertiary institutions. The pilot covered 13 tertiary institutions within the ECG coverage area.
The 13 beneficiary institutions are: University of Ghana, Legon; Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi; University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast; University of Education, Winneba; Ghana Institute of Public Administration and Management (GIMPA), Accra; the University of Health and Related Sciences (UHAS), Ho; University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa; and University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA).
The rest are the Regional Maritime University, Accra; The Ghana University College of Technology (GTUC), Accra; Ghana Institute of Journalism, Accra; Ghana Language Institute, Accra and National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI), Accra.
Two other public tertiary institutions, the University of Development Studies (UDS), Tamale and the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR), Sunyani, as well as the campuses of newly created university faculties in northern Ghana, are outside the ECG operating area and will be serviced by Northern Electricity Company (NEDCO) in collaboration with GRIDCO and NITA.
The government also provides free WiFi to the 722 public upper secondary schools, 46 colleges of education. Work on this is practically complete and will be commissioned soon.
The government’s digitization agenda is on its way to transforming Ghana.
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