The Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Hon. Ursula Owusu Ekuful has stated that Ghana is very committed to cyber security Capacity building and awareness creation.
According to her, Cyber security Capacity building is one of the keys which will help develop the digital infrastructure in the country.
She believed cyber security Capacity building underpins the country's emerging digital economy, that is why the government has consistently demonstrated strong political commitment in digitisation and Cyber security.
"....country's goal is to bridge the digital divide and to facilitate our digital transformation to energize Ghana's economic growth. .... through these goals, Ghana will be established as Africa's digital gateway and it is no accident that Ghana is host to the Africa Continental Free Trade Area," she stated.
Hon. Ursula Owusu Ekuful was speaking during the Global Conference on Cyber Security Capacity Building held in Accra this week.
The Global Conference on Cyber Capacity Building came to a grand end with remarkable activities and deliberations.
The two-day conference brought together academia, governments of different countries, private sector, individuals, and international agencies from across the world to discuss issues surrounding cyber security and how its effective exploits can foster development, especially in developing countries.
The conference’s opening saw the signing of the Accra Call framework. The framework was signed by the Senior Ghanaian Presidential advisor, Yaw Osafo Marfo, on behalf of President Akufo-Addo.
Ghana's Minister for Communications further indicated that the country has launched strategic interventions to bridge the digital divide and encourage citizens to adopt the Information Communication Technology (ICT) and a rural telephonic project is being implemented that will connect over 4 million unserved and underserved citizens to voice and data services on the shared national platform.
Hon. Yaw Osafo Marfo on his part pointed out that the outcome document will call for the elevation of cyber resilience in international and national development agendas and these actions are expected to promote cyber capacity building that effectively serves the needs of developing countries as we embrace digital transformation as the cornerstone of our economic development.
The closing ceremony of the conference marked the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE).
The MoU is to accord a strong relationship and support for the African continent to attain cyber security resilience in order to attain some developmental heights in the digital space.
