Govt Provides USD200m For Rural Telephony And Digital Inclusion

The Ghanaian government has invested USD200 million to enable the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) to accomplish its rural telephony and digital inclusion projects across the country, Ghanaian Times reported. The project, which forms part of the government’s ‘Ghana Rural Telephony and Digital Inclusion Project’, seeks to facilitate the provision of universal access through the use of affordable information and communications technology for socio-economic development.

Speaking at an event in the Eastern Region, Prince Ofosu Sefah, Administrator of GIFEC, reiterated the government’s commitment to ensuring 95% mobile network coverage by December 2023, through the deployment of 2,016 rural sites. ‘GIFEC is still counting on the government to continue this unprecedented investment in communities because people really need access to network and now getting network access is almost like the basic necessities of life,’ he added.