{
  "id": 14134331,
  "title": "One Million Coders Programme targets 100,000 digital jobs in two years – Sam George",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/one-million-coders-programme-targets-100-000-digital-jobs-in-two",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-13T05:51:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/one-million-coders-programme-targets-100000-digital-jobs-in-two-years-sam-george/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Ghana's One Million Coders Programme, launched by the government, aims to create 100,000 digitally enabled jobs over the next two years. The initiative places a renewed focus on job creation following directives from President John Dramani Mahama, ensuring that programme beneficiaries gain employment upon completing their training. Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovations Minister, Samuel Nartey George, made these remarks during a monitoring visit to the Ashanti Region.\n\nThe programme, which was part of the National Democratic Congress' manifesto, originally aimed to train one million Ghanaians in digital skills over four years. However, the government is now actively connecting trained participants with businesses that require digital expertise. Minister George assured that the government remains confident of meeting the one-million training target within the administration's four-year term.\n\nGhana is working to build a large pool of skilled digital workers to meet the growing demand for digital services, particularly from international companies seeking to outsource work to the country. The programme has already established a pool of 10,000 data annotators, whose skills can be presented to businesses seeking workers for specific digital assignments.\n\nDuring his visit, Minister George toured training centers and artificial intelligence laboratories at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology before visiting other facilities in Kwadaso, Asawase, and Nkwantakese. These efforts aimed to assess the programme's progress and implementation at various training centers throughout the country.",
  "summary": "The government is targeting the creation of 100,000 digitally enabled jobs within the next two years under its flagship One Million Coders Programme, as it shifts its focus from digital skills training to employment opportunities.",
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}