Tag: Minister for Communications
Ministry of Communications tasks DPC to increase education on personal data protection
The Data Protection Commission(DPC), has been tasked by the Ministry of Communications, to step up public education on the need to protect personal data.
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Beware of persons you meet online – Communications Minister
Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Minister for Communications has advised children, young adults, and the public to beware of persons they contact online because not all...
Minister commissions ICT Lab for New Century Career Training Centre
The Minister for Communications has commissioned an Information Communication Technology (ICT) Laboratory at New Century Career Training Institute in Dansoman in the Ablekuma West...
Digital TV switch over in Ghana to begin mid-year – Ursula Owusu
Minister for Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful says the process to switch from analogue to digital terrestrial television (DTT) system is nearing completion and the switch...
Interrogate the application of international law in cyberspace – Minister
Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful the Minister for Communications, has called on the international community to interrogate the application of international law in cyberspace.
Delivering a...
980 Girls trained under 2nd edition of Girls-In-ICT 2019
Minister for Communications, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful (MP), and the Enkosuohenaa of Akyem Asuom, has charged young Ghanaian women to expand their horizon and change...
Minister for Communications joins awardees of Western Region Girls-in-ICT on a visit to ATC
The Minister for Communications, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful on Tuesday, 20th August, 2019 joined sixty award winners of the Girls-in-ICT Programme who paid a visit...
MEGHIS To Get Assistance From The Ministry Of Communications
The Minister for Communications, Hon. Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has pledged the Ministry’s readiness to assist the Methodist Girls’ High School (MEGHIS), at Mamfe Akuapem...
Gov’t To Introduce A Cyber Security Bill To Protect Children Against Cyber Crime
The Minister for Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has disclosed that, government is preparing a legislation to protect and sanitise the cyber space against criminal...
Take Advantage Of The Opportunities In The ICT World – Communications Minister
The Minister for Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has encouraged girls in Ghana’s basic schools to be passionate and take advantage of the ...
Ministry Of Communications Hands Over LTE Fibre Asset Management To LEBARA GHANA
The Minister for Communications, Hon. Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, in a short ceremony on May 3, 2019, handed over the e-Government Infrastructure to Lebara Ghana...
Minister For Communications Calls For A Concerted Efforts In Fighting Cybercrime
Minister for Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has called for stronger ties among the 63 member states of the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime.
According to the Minister,...
Communications Minister Calls On Ghanaians To Collaborate With Government To Check Cyber Crime...
The Minister for Communications Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has appealed Ghanaians to collaborate with government to check cyber crime and its negative impact on particularly the...
Ghana To Become The ICT Hub In West African Sub-Region
The Minister for Communications, Hon. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful says Ghana is working hard to become the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) hub in the West...
Ghana Retains ITU Council Seat
Ghana has successfully regained its seat on the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Council for Region D Africa, placing sixth out of the 13 countries...
Ghana Records 137.38% Mobile Voice Penetration
The Minister for Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful (MP), and 'Development Queen' of Akyem Asuom, has indicated Ghana's full commitment to the common vision of an...
Collaborative Effort, The Key To Fight Cybercrime
The Minority Leader in Parliament, Haruna Idrissu, member of parliament for Tamale South constituency and a former Minister of Communication under the Atta-Mills administration,...
70% Of Ghana’s Children Exposed To Sexual Related Risks On Internet
The 2017 Ghana country report has revealed that, 7 in 10 children reported that they were exposed to sexual images on online devices, but...
Ghana Officially Opens Judicial Training On Cybercrime And Electronic Evidence For Supreme Court Judges
The Minister for Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful (MP), and the 'Enkosuohemaa of Akyem Asuom', has indicated that in addressing cybercrime and cybersecurity challenges, Judicial capacity...
Ghana To Lead The Way In Digital Economy For Sustainable Prosperity
Whale Cloud (rebranded from ZTEsoft) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Republic of Ghana on innovative city development at the headquarters...
Ghana’s communications minister urges transparency in telecoms sector
Transparency in the activities of the telecoms industry, coupled with the openness of operations, are important attributes the industry should covet, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Minister...
Lack of Competencies a Big Challenge to Cyber Security
Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Minister for Communications, has said that the unavailability of the critical competencies to deal with cyber security issues is a primary...
Ghana president pardons three jailed media men
A statement attributed to the Minister for Communications, Edward Omane Boamah, said here on Monday said that the decision was taken in consultation with...
Mahama begins Accounting to the people tour
The tour dubbed "Accounting to the people" would afford President Mahama, the opportunity to reconnect with the people.
A statement signed by Dr Edward Omane...
Ghana to control offensive use of personal data
At the opening of a two-day Data Protection conference organized by the Data Protection Commission on Thursday, Minister for Communications Edward Omane Boamah stressed...
Government Fingered In Wasteful Duplication Of Contract
According to him, the levies under the Electronic Communications (Amendment) Act 2009 are the levies on incoming international telephone traffic and that by law,...
Busy outdoors 4G LTE network service in Ghana
Busy Tuesday launched its 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network service becoming the newest Ghana’s operator in the internet industry.
Minister for Communications, Dr. Edward...
Gitmo Transfer: Gov’t Never Violates Anti-Terrorism Act – Minister
In that statement which was released Tuesday Edward Omane-Boamah said Akufo-Addo's claims are is unfounded.
According to him, the Act which the New Patriotic Party’s...
Mahama?s Ministers are not entitled to allowances – Omane Boamah
Minister for Communications, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, has described as false and a fabrication, the Chronicle newspaper?s ?report announcing new allowances for Ministers of...
Illegal SIM box operators nabbed
Six illegal SIM box operators have been nabbed by the Telecom Fraud Task Force during a nationwide operation to haunt for illegal activities of...