General News of Tuesday, 11 August 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comFlashback: Smartphones for all citizens by 2020 – UrsulaMinister for Communications, Ursula Owusu-EkuffulThe Minister for Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekufful, in December 2018, stated that her office was working with the Ministry of Finance to provide smartphones to “all citizens hopefully by 2020”. Adding that at the end of the government “programme every Junior High School would have been equipped” with smart devices. “I am working with the Minister of Finance to make sure that hopefully by 2020 we can put a smartphone in the hands of all citizens in this country, even in our rural communities. She said this was part of Governments move to build a digital economy as well as facilitate the teaching and learning of ICT where almost 1,000 senior high schools, and over 200 junior high schools have benefitted. Even our persons with disability, blind citizens are also being equipped with computers and special software to be able to use normal computers and not just braille computers.

Source: GhanaWeb August 11, 2020 00:00 UTC