Data Initiatives Worth Exploring in Ghana Part 2
Part one of this article discussed data initiatives such as data commons, data exchanges and marketplaces, and open data platforms in dealing with the challenge of lack of unbiased data…
Data Initiatives Worth Exploring in Ghana Part 1
On the 12 November 2020, I had the rare privilege of being part of a panel discussion on the “opportunities and challenges for Responsible AI in Africa” as part of…
3 Areas Where We Must Harness the Transformative Power of Artificial Intelligence
For most people, artificial intelligence (AI) is about robots; about some complex technology that is far away from them. This is true especially for people living in developing countries where…
Barriers to Artificial Intelligence Adoption in Ghana
Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers opportunities for a developing country like Ghana to transform its economy. AI can provide solutions in all sectors of the economy. In agriculture, AI offers solutions…
Digital Gender Inequality: Challenges and Proposed Actions (Part 3)
Internet companies must assist women to use the internet safely by providing training that helps in identifying online threats and providing tools for controlling privacy and security settings. Additionally, applications must allow victims of online abuse to report perpetrators.
Digital Gender Inequality: Challenges and Proposed Actions (Part 2)
According to GSMA, closing the mobile ownership and usage gender gap by 2023 will deliver an estimated 140 billion dollars for the mobile industry over five years.
Digital Gender Inequality: Challenges and Proposed Actions (Part 1)
Though affordability is a barrier, lack of literacy and digital skills is probably the greatest challenge to reducing this digital gender gap. Reading and writing skills are needed in order to participate online. Free Senior High School education will partially resolve this by getting more girls to develop literacy skills. However, we need to look at literacy training for adult females and a special focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) for girls.
Addressing The Challenges Associated With Providing Digital Skills For All – Part 2
To begin with, we need a National Digital Skills Development Strategy that will harness the strengths of relevant public, private and civil society organizations to tackle the issue of the digital skills gap.
Addressing the Challenges Associated with Providing Digital Skills for All. Part 1
According to the 2019 International Finance Corporation (IFC) report entitled “Digital Skills in Sub-Saharan Africa: Spotlight on Ghana”, this revolution is expected to create over 9 million digital jobs by 2030.
Ghana’s New Upper Primary Computing Curriculum: Will it deliver 21st Century Skills?
Lately, one of the phrases you hear when the Vice President speaks is “digitization of the economy”. A digital economy presents opportunities in emerging technologies such robotics, artificial intelligence, blockchain,…
