{"id":694941,"date":"2019-08-29T15:31:08","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T15:31:08","guid":{"rendered":" <br><div>\n\t\t<p><strong>Communications Minister Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Vodafone Ghana CEO Patricia Obo-Nai and other officials interact with some of the girls at the event<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>VODAFONE GHANA\u2019s Girls in ICT programme seems to have taken off on a "},"modified":"2019-08-29T15:31:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T15:31:08","slug":"vodafone-ghana-sponsors-girls-in-ict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/29\/vodafone-ghana-sponsors-girls-in-ict\/","title":{"rendered":"Vodafone Ghana Sponsors Girls In ICT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Communications Minister Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Vodafone Ghana CEO Patricia Obo-Nai and other officials interact with some of the girls at the event<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>VODAFONE GHANA\u2019s Girls in ICT programme seems to have taken off on a good note with the full backing of government, through the Communications Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Already, 60 brilliant girls are being empowered to take up studies and eventual careers in ICT to bridge the gap between male and female participation in this field. It is a known fact that there are greater benefits to be reaped by Ghana if a good number of girls take up the challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are some of the things we are supporting in order to change attitudes towards ICT in Ghana. I am happy to say that coding, for example, will be introduced in the mainstream syllabi for the next academic year,\u201d the Communications Minister remarked in a conversation before the tour ended.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, Vodafone has been instrumental in initiatives that drive digitalisation and women inclusion. Through its Foundation, the company is already making waves across the country with its <em>Nationwide Coding <\/em>programme, as well as its digital education platform \u2013 <em>Instant Schools<\/em>. The coding project is to empower 10,000 youth in five years with basic coding skills, whilst the <em>Instant Schools<\/em> platform has already recorded close to 5-million hits on the site.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a very progressive company, we view technology as our stock-in-trade. Our brand promise \u2013 The Future is Exciting. Ready? \u2013 represents what we mean by giving our customers and the community, confidence and optimism,\u201d concluded Technology Director, Srabasti Bhattacharjee.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Communications Minister Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Vodafone Ghana CEO Patricia Obo-Nai and other officials interact with some of the girls at the event VODAFONE GHANA\u2019s Girls in ICT programme seems to have taken off on a good note with the full backing of government, through the Communications Ministry. 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