My Ghana Electronic Desk

BY EDMUND SMITH-ASANTE President John Dramani Mahama has indicated that a National Cyber Security Strategy to help deal with the threats of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) will soon be presented to the Cabinet. He said Ghana’s huge investment in ICT would only yield dividends if people were able to trust transactions conducted in cyber space, hence the need for the strategy. The President gave the indication in a statement read on his behalf by the National Security Advisor, Mr William Aboah, at the launch of a collaboration between the Government of Ghana (GoG) and the Commonwealth Cybercrime Initiative (CCI). Investment in ICT Ghana, with support from the World Bank and others, had invested hugely in its ICT infrastructure, President Mahama said, and noted that ICT was the foundation for transformational, social and economic development. It also had the potential to provide farmers with access to capital and market information,

BY EDMUND SMITH-ASANTE NINE civil society organisations (CSOs) in Africa leading a campaign to promote the passage and implementation of Access to Information (ATI) legislation in Africa, have urged Ghana and other countries without an ATI legislation, to take urgent steps to have the law in place.

BY EDMUND SMITH-ASANTE Professor Gyan-Baffour Corruption , an act that has pervaded Ghana’s economy, once again came under the spotlight for public discourse, with a view to finding the best antidote to the canker to promote national development .

BY EDMUND SMITH-ASANTE, BACK FROM AALBORG, DENMARK Professor Arne Remmen In spite of international agreements signed by European and African countries , trade in substandard goods continues to persist. Proper disposal of used electronic appliances also remains a very big challenge for many African countries including Ghana.

BY EDMUND SMITH-ASANTE Mr Nikoley Heiberg The Deputy Head of the Africa Office at the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs , Mr Nikoley Heiberg, has hinted that Denmark will soon wean Ghana off its development support.