CSIR-INSTI on a digital transformational drive

By Yaw
Ansah, GNA

The Council for Scientific Industrial Research
of the Institute for Scientific and Technological Information (CSIR-INSTI) has
announced plans to leverage on the opportunities in the technology sector to
ensure efficient and effective scientific research.

As part of the transformational agenda, the
institute has reiterated its commitment towards forming partnerships with
like-minded organizations to achieve its technological advancement goal.

Speaking in an interview ahead of the
institution’s exhibition, Dr Paul Danquah, Head of the Communications Division
at CSIR-INSTI, noted that CSIR-INSTI would shift from its traditional printing
and publishing to digitisation.

“Over the years our operations have provided
scientific and technological information through printing and publishing of
research work for scientists, policy and decision makers and industrialists.

“Now we want to move from the heavy printing
and translate research papers and science journals to electronic versions, and
possibly commercialise it to our clients,” he said. 

The technological advance of the institute, he
said would include the upgrading of the Tourism and the Kwanso mobile
application developed few years ago.

Dr Danquah explained that Kwanso, an Akan word
that means on the road, is an app that displays traffic conditions in real time
on major roads and highways within Accra.

He said the app was an excellent innovation
that allows motorists to see live news feeds along with their route and also
allow users to explore at street level which was useful for planning journeys,
especially in unfamiliar areas.

He hinted that the institute would research
and develop electronic tools, equipment and communication systems aimed at
solving electronic and communication problems for community development.

Dr Danquah mentioned that the Tourism app
provided up-to-date information of Ghana like tourism Info, attractions, Map,
POI Search, and Translator and World Clock.

He stated that the app had the countries
jam-packed with tons of attractions, museums, restaurants, bars, hotels and
shopping destinations with traveller ratings, reviews, image galleries, rich
travel information, and free daily updates.

Dr Danquah remarked that the Geo-Spatial &
Information Science Division of the institute had catalogued and classified
over 16 databases and developed atlas tourist maps of Ghana.

The institute had also developed a
socio-economic thematic map for Jomoro District, socio-economic, environmental
resources and health facilities thematic maps for South Dayi District and
various thematic maps for Woeli Publishers.

GNA

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