Technology Of The Future - BBC Documentary

Nut Farmers in Ghana Crack into Mobile Technology

Ghana: Mobile Technology for Global Health

In Ghana, the Grameen Foundation is using mobile applications to improve the quality of 
maternal health and childcare. With the MOTECH Mobile Midwife program, pregnant women 
can register and receive voice messages that provide reliable advice for a healthy pregnancy. 
Smartphones are also used to record health services delivered.

Ghana Technology

In West Africa, Ghana, construction for a second state-of-the-art Information and 
Communication Technology Center has the potential to generate thousands of jobs. 
 The nation is hoping the new facility will grow its economy. The ICT hub nicknamed 
Hope City is located near the capital Accra. VOA's Paul Ndiho has more

Ghana, Girls need Tech at the KNUST Tech Hub.

Togo: Lighting up the land

In today's fast-paced modern world, the idea of turning off the power, even for a moment, 
may seem a welcome relief for some. We travel to Togo in West Africa where living without 
electricity is a harsh reality for more than 80 percent of its population. But now, an innovative 
new program is bringing hope to millions.

Solar Cell Phone Chargers Made in Ghana

This video is part of Green World Health Net's Boko Bednet Project in the village of Ketakor, 
Ghana, Africa. GWHN is helping the people of the village start a small business making and 
selling these solar cell phone chargers with 90% of the parts sourced locally in Ghana. 
This video is part of GWHN's Boko Bednet Project IndieGoGo campaign to help raise funds for the project.

Ghana: An Education Revolution

United Nations, New York - Across the world, tens of millions of children are missing 
out on an education. But there is hope. Enrolment worldwide is increasing and now 
there's a new tool that's bringing education straight into the hands of children

Ghana Turns to Technology to Tame Traffic

Faced with regular gridlock on the roads of the Ghanaian capital, a website has been 
set up to alert drivers to the worst bottlenecks -- fed by eagle-eyed spotters with Twitter accounts

Ghana continues to soar with technology

Ghana is aiming to become an Information Communication Technology hub for 
the West African region. The country recently launched a second new technology 
centre... and expectations are high that there will be new job opportunities for young Ghanaians.

Ghana bioenergy report by eTV

In an effort to reduce the effects of climate change, the government of Ghana recently 
approved a "National Climate Change Policy." Dr. Joe Oteng Adjei, Minister for Environment, 
Science, Technology and Innovation, announced the new policy at a stakeholders' workshop on 
the possibility of launching a Climate Innovation Center (CIC) in Ghana.

Google Reach Ghana App

Technology in Ghana's Education

This is an ICT session for pupils in a lower primary.

ICT In Education Policy

A two day workshop to review the draft ICT-In-Education Policy has begun in Accra.
The workshop will among others discuss innovative practices on open and distance learning
including mobile and smart learning technologies.

Ghana - Information Communication Technology

Produced by EPIC Global Media, an award-winning creative agency which signed
a Global Development Alliance (GDA) with the United States Agency for International
Development Mission to Ghana, this film aims to build and present the brand of Ghana internationally.

ICT in Ghana

ICT Growth in Africa

Inside the Highspeed I.C.T. centre, Teshie- Tafo, Accra, Ghana.

Garland to design the First ICT Park in Ghana

Garland are the Project Managers and Civil & Structural Engineers on the First ICT
Park in Ghana. This 20 Ha development will provide high quality office and call
centre space to facilitate the Worlds leading ICT providors

MAMPONG TECHNICAL SCH FOR THE DEAF CRIES FOR ICT FACILITY

ACCRA ICT AN IMPORTANT PART OF LIFE

Enriching Lives Through ICT Education

Building an ICT-based science and technology network on managing African weeds of rice

Tricycle School Buses Introduced To Relieve School Children

ITU Forum Underway

ICT Conference

ICT Clinic

ICT Facility For UDS

ICT Facility For UDS

 

ICT in Ghanaian Schools

ICT in Ghanaian Schools

An insight into the debate about the future of Ghanaian education. Should ICT be
a priority when problems with basic literacy problems still persist?
Henry Wilkinson for ETV finds out more.

 

Phone Farming: How SMS is changing agriculture in Ghana (Video)

Just three years ago, Abdul Rahman Takoro could not afford to send all his eight
children to school. Several dropped out, while he struggled to pay the fees for the rest.
Source: http://www.citifmonline.com/index.php?id=1.1567836

Record Keeping at SABOBA MEDICAL CENTRE: BEFORE AND AFTER

These pictures summarise how our records rooms and OPDs looked like before and after the implementation of our HMIS project. http://projects.connect4change.nl/en/project/1078/update/3913/

VIDEO: Ghanaian Professor Nii Quaynor Featured On CNN As ‘Africa’s Father Of The Internet

http://www.ghanacelebrities.com/2013/09/05/video-ghanaian-professor-nii-quaynor-featured-on-cnn-as-africas-father-of-the-internet


It is not all the time you get your countryman being a pioneer of great
inventions like the INTERNET. We are therefore excited to introduce
Professor Nii Quaynor to you, if you do not already know him.

He is one of the great minds who helped in bringing internet to Africa—by establishing some of the continents first online connections. According to CCN;

How IICD supports healthcare in Africa by using ICT

Ghana: Mobile Technology for Global Health

Ghana IT Sector: SOFTtribe | Leading Software Developer in Ghana

Herman Kojo Chinery-Hesse, Founder and Chairman of SOFTtribe, gives an overview of the IT sector in Ghana, mentioning some of the challenges. He also presents the company's products. SOFTtribe is Ghana’s leading software developer, with vast experience in the design and implementation of computerized business application systems. The company has been providing business solutions to both the private and public sectors in Ghana and parts of the West African sub-region for the past 20 years.
Source: http://www.marcopolis.net/ghana-it-sector-softtribe-leading-software-developer-in-ghana-2907.htm

Ghana Ministry of Education: Educational System in Ghana

Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, Minister of Education, talks about the educational system in Ghana. She also mentions some of the challenges of education in the country and emphasizes on the importance of private participation in this area.
Source: http://www.marcopolis.net/ghana-ministry-of-education-educational-system-in-ghana-2507.htm

Minister Omane Boamah: ICT and Telecommunications Industry in Ghana

Dr. Edward Kofi Omane Boamah, Ghana's Minister for Communications, gives an overview of the ICT and Telecommunications industry in Ghana, one of the best in West Africa. He mentions some of his plans for the future of the sector, such as the offshore fiber expansion, which will benefit the oil and gas industry, and shares his vision for Ghana.
Source: http://www.marcopolis.net/minister-omane-boamah-ict-and-telecommunications-industry-in-ghana-1906.htm

SavSign hosts Technical Update on websites

Savana Signatures is currently hosting 17 technical staff from various organisations at the Savana Signatures Training Centre. The training is a Technical Update Seminar on Websites.

http://projects.connect4change.nl/en/project/304/update/3423/





Participants at the Training Photo credit: Savana Signatures

Savana Signatures organises Annual ICT Quiz

Savana Signatures organises Annual ICT Quiz

Savana Signatures has successfully organised the 2013 Annual Inter Schools ICT Quiz Competition.
The Tamale Metropolitan Director of Education, Alhaji M.S Abdul Rahaman was full of praise for the work being done my Savana Signatures in the Region. In the end, Adom Model School from Nkwanta won while the defending champions, Savelugu Experimental School were runners up.
http://projects.connect4change.nl/en/project/304/update/3343/

Adom Model School Photo credit: Savana Signatures

 

Preparation towards ICT Quiz Competition, Tamale

Preparation towards ICT Quiz Competition, Tamale

Adom Model School, the winners of the preliminary ICT Quiz competition organised by WADEP in Nkwanta intensified their preparation.
Last year, they occupied the second position in the national event but promised to take the ultimate prize this year.

http://projects.connect4change.nl/en/project/485/update/3341/

Yoo R/C Lab gets a facelift

Yoo R/C Lab gets a facelift

Savana Signatures has done a redesign of the ICT Centre at Yoo Roman catholic Junior High School in Savelugu in Ghana.

World Vision International donated computer tables to the school and so Savana Signatures had to redesign and install the computers. We congratulate the school on the new nice looking lab
http://projects.connect4change.nl/en/project/304/update/2763/

New ICT lab Photo credit: Savana Signatures

SavSign participates in ICT4D Learning Event

SavSign participates in ICT4D Learning Event

3 staff of Savana Signatures participated in the Annual ICT4D Learning Workshop.
The workshop is a ICT4D Learning Workshop that brought together project partners working in Education with IICD and Edukans under the C4C in Ghana

 http://projects.connect4change.nl/en/project/304/update/2481/



Savsign staff and partners Photo credit: Savana Signatures

ICT quiz for PCG schools

ICT quiz for PCG schools

Kanvilli Presby JHS in Tamale emerged winners of an ICT quiz organised by the Presbyterian Education Unit in Bolgatanga on the 5th of July, 2013.

The quiz competition was part of activities currently being implemented on the Connect4Change (C4C) project which seeks to enhance the teaching and learning of ICT in our schools. 

The winners receiving their awards Photo credit: Cletus Zoot

http://projects.connect4change.nl/en/project/472/update/3285/

Training of Teachers on ICT

St Clare's Voc. Training Institute- Tumu

St. clare's Vocational Training Institute


http://projects.connect4change.nl/en/project/685/update/2943/

St. Clare's Teachers ICT Training

St. Clare's Teachers ICT Training

A training workshop to help teachers at the St. Clare's Vocational Training Institute develop materials for teaching and learning in the classroom.

This was not intended for teachers teaching ICT but the entire teaching staffs, who teach other subjects, to enable them use ICT to enhance teaching and learning.

http://projects.connect4change.nl/en/project/685/update/2933/

St. Clare's Teachers ICT Capacity Building

Training of Trainers

Training of Trainers

Training of trainers for the various schools (2 from each vocational school)to assist PEPS-C in the training/capacity building of the rest of the teachers and administrative staffs.


http://projects.connect4change.nl/en/project/685/update/2589/

ICT CAPACITY BUILDING FOR IBIS STAFF AND PARTNERS

ICT CAPACITY BUILDING FOR IBIS STAFF AND PARTNERS

This basic ICT training was organized for Ibis partners from the various districts. The period for the Training was six days (25th November - 1st December 2012).

The objective was to build the capacity of the participants in Basic ICT. The training was tailor made to be relevant to the participants in their various lines of duties in the offices or field

Ibis receives ICT training
projects.connect4change.nl/en/project/725/update/2937/

CFRHP Walewale

Vist by Cordaid and IICD to the Acdep supported Catholic Family Reproductive Health Project in WaleWale uses ICT to improve their Community Health programme. For more information contact Edward Samari awinsune667@yahoo.com of CFRHP

ICT Quiz Competition

ICT Quiz Competition

Adom Model School has won this year's preliminary ICT Quiz competition organized by WADEP in Nkwanta for Connect4Change Partner schools on June 28, 2013. About six schools took part in this event. The winner will represent Volta Region in the national event in Tamale

http://projects.connect4change.nl/en/project/485/update/3235/

WADEP takes ICT Club on Technology Tour

WADEP takes ICT Club on Technology Tour

An excursion to Beyond FM (a local radio station) was organised for After-School ICT Club members to familiarize themselves with the operations of the radio station and witness how technology is used to disseminate information. They were taken through the production studio, main studio, the news room, reception, transmission room and their conference room. At the end, a number of interviews were conducted which were aired during the station’s afternoon news.

http://projects.connect4change.nl/en/project/485/update/3003/

Strategic Review Meeting for Partner Schools

Strategic Review Meeting for Partner Schools

A Strategic Review Meeting was organised for all partner schools involved in the Integration of ICT in Education project in Nkwanta. Issues discussed were the challenges, successes and sustainability plans of the various schools. Present were the head and teachers of partner schools, circuit supervisors from the Education Office, Ghana Education Project (GEP) and the District Assembly represented by the Assembly men.

http://projects.connect4change.nl/en/project/485/update/3000/

Google Testing Replica of M-Pesa, Kenya's Mobile Banking Solution

Kenya continues to pave the way when it comes to the future of mobile banking. Google’s hopes to get in on the payment market action in developing countries.
A recent video by Bloomberg examines how Safaricom’s M-PESA became adopted by so many Kenyans. Also touched on is how Google’s Beba is expanding its presence in parts of Africa.

A New Tool in FDA's Fight Against Counterfeit Products in Ghana

Integration of ICT in Education Project (IIEP)

This is a summary of the activities Savana Signatures ( www.savsign.org ) has been involved in under the Integration of ICT in Education Project (IIEP) under the C4C Programme in Ghana

Ghana: Making Cities ‘Smarter’ Through the Use of ICT

Erratic and sporadic water supply, clogged drains, sickened children and unhealthy lives – these are the everyday challenges Janet Adu faces, living in Turlako, a suburb of Accra.  Her story is captured in this video and is a vivid reminder that poor sanitation in Ghana accounts for 70 percent of out-patient attendance and 25% of under-five mortality for children. With Ghana’s cities growing at an unprecedented 3.2 percent annually, living conditions for the urban poor like Janet Adu are deteriorating rapidly.

Mr. Kwaku Sakyi Addo Opens Post Mobile World Congress

According to reports, less than a third of the world’s population are connected to the Internet. Therefore mobile technology will be instrumental in bringing the next few billion people online.

Nashiru Mohammed gave insight into the SEND-Ghana's PartMe System at the C4C Health workshop in Tamale

The C4C workshop is an ICT4D Learning Workshop that brought together project partners working in Health with IICD 

and Edukans under the Connect4Change programme in Ghana.  It aimed at enabling Connect4Change as well as the 

project partners to learn and benefit from the experiences gained at the various project implementation and share knowledge.

PartMe is an ICT for development project that uses technology to facilitate data collection and information dissemination between SEND-Ghana, its grassroots partners and policy makers on the NHIS. The project has developed and deployed an Information Management tool known as the Open Source Monitoring Tool (OSMT).

Amadu Talks about the merits of the C4C Health Project in Ghana

The C4C workshop is an ICT4D Learning Workshop that brought together project partners working in Health with IICD and Edukans under the Connect4Change programme in Ghana. It aimed at enabling Connect4Change as well as the project partners to learn and benefit from the experiences gained at the various project implementation and share knowledge.

Bawa Kofi Andrews talks about the benefit of the C4C Project to his organization

The C4C workshop is an ICT4D Learning Workshop that brought together 
project partners working in Health with IICD and Edukans under the 
 
Connect4Change programme in Ghana.  It aimed at enabling Connect4Change as 
well as the project partners to learn and benefit from the experiences 
 
gained at the various project implementation and share knowledge.

RESEARCH SCIENTISTS OF CSIR GHANA UNDERGO INTENSIVE CAPACITY BUILDING IN ACCRA

In 2012, GINKS & Savana Signatures with support form INASP organized a workshop on Information Literacy, E-resources and Evidence-Informed Policy Making to build capacity of Research Scientist from all the 13 institute under the CSIR-Ghana.

Ayisha talks about her desire to mentor her colleagues at the C4C Education Workshop in Tamale

Madam Ismaila Ayisha,  an English teacher in Tamale, Northern Region expressed her passion for mentoring others at the just ended C4C Education Project. The C4C workshop is an ICT4D Learning Workshop that brought together project partners working in Education with IICD and Edukans under the Connect4Change programme in Ghana.  It aimed at enabling Connect4Change as well as the project partners to learn and benefit from the experiences gained at the various project implementation and share knowledge.

Selorm Jerry Gbesemete deliberated on the successes and benefits of the C4C project to his organisation

Mr. Selorm Jerry Gbesemete, Program Officer - Women and Ddevelopment Project (WADEP), Northern Volta shares his aspiration and successes of the C4C Education Project. The workshop is an ICT4D Learning Workshop that brought together project partners working in Education with IICD and Edukans under the Connect4Change programme in Ghana.  It aimed at enabling Connect4Change as well as the project partners to learn and benefit from the experiences gained at the various project implementation and share knowledge.

Mr. Alhassan Seibu, Regional ICT Coordinator, Ghana Education Service shares his opinion at the C4C Workshop

Mr. Alhassan Seibu, Regional ICT Coordinator, Ghana Education Service, Northern Region applauds and shares his opinion on the various C4C projects in the region. The workshop is an ICT4D Learning Workshop that brought together project partners working in Education with IICD and Edukans under the Connect4Change programme in Ghana.  It aimed at enabling Connect4Change as well as the project partners to learn and benefit from the experiences gained at the various project implementation and share knowledge.

An interaction with Aikins at C4C Learning Workshop in Tamale (January 22-24, 2013)

Mr. Aikins Justice (A teacher) Presby Education Unit in Northern Ghana demonstrate his innovative approach towards teaching of ICT as a course in the classroom. He thinks this approach will help paint a lasting picture about ICT in general to students at the C4C Learning Workshop for Education project partners in Northern Region (Jan. 22-24, 2013)

Reflection: Connect for Change Ghana Education Partners meet in Tamale

The workshop is a ICT4D Learning Workshop that brought together project partners working in Education with IICD and Edukans under the Connect4Change programme in Ghana.  It aimed at enabling Connect4Change as well as the project partners to learn and benefit from the experiences gained at the various project implementation and share knowledge.