Interview with Estelle Akofio-Sowah at the Launch of the 3rd Ghana ICT Awards

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Estelle Akofio-Sowah, the MD of Busyinternet was at the launch of the 3rd Ghana ICT awards in Accra. She was interviewed and she shared her views on the categories of judges and the categories of awards this year. She had this to say.

There are seven Judges in this year's award and they represent Industry Associations in Ghana, the Judicial Service, the banking sector, the educational sector, mobile and telecom sector and the media.

This fairly represent all the stakeholders.It is also good to remind members on the awards for this year which focuses on the best and not the first. The categories are: The top ICT personality of the year, The top ISP( Internet Service Provider of the year), The top Telecom Provider of the year both mobile and fixed, The top Hardware and Software company of the year, The top ICT4D project of the year, The top Government ICT project of the year, The top ICT training Institute of the year, The top Out-sourcing organisation of the year, The top Internet Cafe of the year, The best foreign entity supporting ICT for the year and the best young ICT personality of the year.

The date for the Awards ceremony is 17th May 2008. For more information visit Ghana ICT awards.

Interview with Paul Nyagorme, a teacher from Aggrey Memorial Zion School

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Mr. Paul Nyagorme is a teacher at Aggrey Memorial Zion Secondary School in Cape Coast. He shared his experience on his involvement with the Global Teenager Project Learning Circle International Award winning competion in Cairo, Egypt.He has been with the Global Teenager Project for about three years now.

When asked what experiences he can share on the GTP Learning Circle International Competition, he had these to say. This year, we contested in an International website designing competition organised by SchoolNetAfrica.We went to Cairo, Egypt for an International Award. It was a great experience.We had a website in site and sounds of Africa. The main aim of our project is to capture bit and pieces of all the values and traditions and culture of Africa and put on the server of the Internet so that people world wide can read about Africa and appreciate our values and culture.

When asked why should teachers and students participate in the GTP Learning Circles, Mr. Nyagorme had these to say. The Global Teenager Project has opened alot of doors for many people. It has opened alot of opportunities for people. When we went to Egypt, we interacted with a number of people from all walks of life and we were able to make friends and even now, there are so many programmes that we are doing besides GTP that is enhancing our personal development and I want to use this opportunity to invite other people who are not part of GTP to actively partcipate in it because there are so many things on the Internet that will help them advance their personal carrier.

Interview with Thelma Ekiyor of WACSI

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Thelma Ekiyor is the Executive Director of West Africa Civil Society Institute and shared her views with the public on a two-day workshop organised by WACSI, UNDP and GAPVOD on the theme Reflectingon on Civil Society's Evolution in Ghana over the last 50 years. This workshop took place at La Palm Beach Hotel, Accra from the 8th to 9th November 2007.

The United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) Civil Society Resource Centre in Ghana in Collaboration with the Ghana Association of Private Voluntary Organisations in Development(GAPVOD) and West Africa Civil Society Institute(WASCI), established by the Open Society Initiative for West Africa(OSIWA) organised a two day seminar to reflect on Civil Society's evolution in Ghana over the last 50 years. the aim of the seminar was to provide a platform for civil society actors in Ghana and across West Africa, Government representatives, Donor Agencies and the private sector to discuss and deliberate on the roles civil society organisations in Ghana have played in fostering democracy, governance, peace and socio-economic development in Ghana. The seminar critically examined the the contributions Ghanaian civil society organisations have made to similar processes across West Africa.

Interview with Michael Quarshie of Persol

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Mr. Quarshie shared his concern for collaboration between various partners in moving forward the private sector as the engine of growth at the launch of the Ghana Association of Software and IT Services Companies(GASSCOM) in Accra on 5th November 2007 at Alisa Hotels, North Ridge.He said GASSCOM is a premier trade association for the IT Software and Services Industry.

GASSCOM is registered as a non-profit company limited by guarantee under company's code of the republic of Ghana.GASSCOM was set up to facilitate business and trade in software and services and be a strong advocate in soliciting Government and other public sector support and encourage the advancement of the Industry as a key and strategic sector for the growth of the Ghanaian economy in the next millenium. For more information on GASSCOM and how to become a member, kindly watch the video.

Diffusion of ICTs in Ghanaian Schools

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This Video documentary is about the state of affairs of ICTs integration in Ghanaian Schools.

The diffusion of Information Communication and Technologies (ICTs) in educational systems in Ghana and other sub-Saharan African nations is a major step to promoting innovation. However, like Ghana, many of these educational systems currently do not have any coherent ICT policy framework in place. The current lack of policy frameworks for ICTs implementation in these educational systems shows that they are not equipped to keep up with the ICT revolution that is
taking place across the world. However, education policy makers in Ghana still have the chance to take advantage of the technology that is becoming more widely available.

This ten minutes video documentary on ICTs integration in Ghanaian Schools was produced by Ebenezer Malcolm, a doctoral student in Instructional Technology at College of Education, Ohio University, USA. He is also the Project Manager of the Global Teenager Project (GTP), Ghana. The documentary featured a snap shot of ICTs integration in first and second cycle institutions in Ghana. The feature highlighted some of the achievements, challenges and prospects of ICT integration in Ghanaian Schools. For more information on this video documentary contac[1]t
Ebenezer Malcolm: em283505@ohio.edu or emalcolm@ghana.com

To get access to this video, visit http://malcalm.blip.tv/.

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Interview with Juliano Bittencourt

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Juliano was a participant and at the same time a resource person from Brazil at a workshop organised on the One Laptop per child project in Ghana.Juliano shared his experience in th implementation of the OLPC project in Brazil.

Interview with Charity Binka

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Charity works with GBC Radio and she participated in the two-day training workshop organised by GINKS in collaboration with Penplusbytes to build the capacities of Journalists in the use of Web2.0 tools for development.This training took place from the 10th to the 11th of October 2007 at the Accra International Press Centre.

What is your Name and what organisation do you work for?

My name is Mrs. Charity Binka and I work for th Ghana Broadcasting Corporation primarily and I work as the chief editor of the Radio Newsroom division. Essentially, I am a gender activist and specialist and run an NGO by name Women Media and Change.

What lessons have you learnt from this two-day training woshop and what advice do you have for people on Web2.0 tools for devlopment?

The time has come for people to explore the Computer and the Internet because that is the way to go. There is no need to limit ourselves to just emails and chats on the Internet. There is so much we can learn. For the past two days, I have learnt alot and I want to challenge everybody out there who has Internet connection to go and explore and particularly the use of Web2.0 tools for development. I also want to say that the experts in these fields must also popularise the tools because people out of ignorance do not use them but if they know, they might definately be able to use them so go for it if you are not using the tools yet and if you have knowledge about the use of the tools, share it with the larger people so that we all come on board to make this World a better and earsier place.Thank you.