Microsoft Ghana on Tuesday announced its new project christened ?Microsoft CityNext?, a people-first approach to innovation that empowers government, businesses, and citizens to shape their regions, cities and municipalities.
According to Microsoft, while many cities are already well on their way towards modernizing their technology infrastructures, they will continue to face growing challenges as migration trends rises and citizens demand for public services increase, however the ?Microsoft CityNext? is the bridge to help them meet these challenges in a phased approach, now and into the future.
Mr. Alfred Oko Vanderpuiye, the Accra Metropolitan Chief Executive, said the Metropolis had embarked on an ambitious transformation journey, as such this journey would make Accra a premier city, adding that ?we have improved sanitation, road networks and the business climate to make Accra the gateway to Ghana and Africa?.
Touching on Microsoft CityNext, Mr. Vanderpuiye said the project which is being piloted with the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) ,will enable management of the AMA to serve citizens of Accra with regards to document management, budget workflows, correspondence management that will make the AMA a truly modern government and a showcase in Ghana and Africa.
He described the project as a step in the right direction Microsoft was piloting the City of Accra transformation to help the city workefficiently.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency Mrs. Otema Yirenkyi, Country Director, Microsoft Ghana, said the project would offer Accra the smart workplace which would enable people to deliver a much more effective solutions and services.
She said the company was committed to providing citizens with the tools and technology that would enable them to be more efficient adding that ?these would be achieved through document management, correspondence management, a work flow backing, among others,
Mrs. Yirenkyi told GNA the company was partnering the AMA who would help to identify the agencies and ministries directly involved in the project.
Working together, Microsoft and its partners could provide cities with highly integrated solutions that will focus on the most important technology trends; cloud, big data, mobile, and social: on their most pressing issues.
