Girls must have equal place in Ghana’s digital future – Vice President
Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has called for greater efforts to ensure girls and young women have equal opportunities to participate in Ghana’s technology-driven future. She said digital skills were becoming increasingly important as technology continued to reshape education, employment, business and other sectors of the economy. The Vice President made the call at the…
Vice President Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang emphasized the necessity of equal opportunities for girls and young women in Ghana's digital future. She highlighted the growing significance of digital skills in various sectors like education, employment, and business. At the graduation of the fifth cohort of the Heritage and Cultural Society of Africa Foundation's (HACSA) Tech4Girls program in Accra, Prof. Opoku-Agyemang stated that the program offered training in software coding, AI, digital literacy, web development, and cybersecurity.
The Vice President also pointed out that the government was collaborating with the Ministry of Education, Ghana Education Service, and Huawei to expand digital skills training among Ghanaian youth. The new partnership with Huawei would provide artificial intelligence training to 3,000 girls, which would also serve as a gateway into the government's One Million Coders program.
Prof. Opoku-Agyemang urged the graduates to apply their digital skills to real-world challenges in their communities and to not confine their skills to technology-related careers. She urged them to remain adaptable as technology continues to evolve and to view themselves as active contributors in Ghana's transformation.
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