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Dr Omane Boamah cutting the sod <\/strong> The project, which is expected to be completed in September this year, would provide a grade ‘A’ facility for local and foreign investors who would want to outsource some of their projects in Ghana.<\/p>\n Dr. Boamah, who was speaking at the sod-cutting ceremony, said the project was being executed as a result of the work of E-Ghana project, which is providing $5 million through the World Bank.<\/p>\n He said Rockefeller Foundation was also supporting the project with a grant of $3.84 million, bringing the total amount of the project to $8.84 million.<\/p>\n Dr. Boamah said China and Malaysia had benefitted enormously from the BPO sector and that Ghana should not be an exception.<\/p>\n He said, ‘Last year we were able to complete 18 information centers and additional 21 community information centers will be constructed.’<\/p>\n ‘With mobile phone subscription escalating and emergence of smartphone, it is important we take advantage of the digital economy,’ Dr. Boamah said.<\/p>\n He said investment in the digital economy would obviously improve our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) because the evidence is clear.<\/p>\n Dr. Boamah commended World Bank and Rockefeller Foundation for their support in ensuring a successful commencement of the BPO center.<\/p>\n Ghana’s BPO industry scored the highest, followed closely by India, out of 50 countries in the 2009 A.T. Kearney Global Services Location Index<\/em>.<\/p>\n Ghana was ranked the 15 th most favored destination overall.<\/p>\n In 2009, Ghana was adjudged the leading outsourcing destination in Sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n [email\u00a0protected]
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The Minister of Communications, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, yesterday cut sod to commence the construction of the $8.84 million Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO) center in Accra.<\/p>\n
By Cephas Larbi <\/p>\n
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