{"id":194554,"date":"2024-06-28T16:37:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T16:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/28\/national-ai-strategy-will-build-competitiveness-for-global-digital-market-communications-minister\/"},"modified":"2024-06-28T16:37:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T16:37:58","slug":"national-ai-strategy-will-build-competitiveness-for-global-digital-market-communications-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/28\/national-ai-strategy-will-build-competitiveness-for-global-digital-market-communications-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"National AI Strategy will build competitiveness for global digital market \u2013 Communications Minister \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the Minister of Communications, has touted the prospects of Ghana\u2019s National Artificial Intelligence Strategy as a game-changer.<\/p>\n<p>Government in 2022, with the support from the GIZ and other partners, developed the national strategy to guide the nation\u2019s adoption of the fast-developing assistive technology.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister, in a speech read on her behalf at the Eighth Quadrennial Delegates Conference of the Communication Workers Union in Ho, said the Strategy was being held up by eight dedicated pillars to ensure the needed capacity and sustainable environment were created for competitiveness in the global digital market.<\/p>\n<p>Pillar one would \u201cexpand AI education and training,\u201d building generations of graduates with specialisation in various fields while ensuring inclusion across geography and gender, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSubsequent pillars would ensure youth empowerment for AI jobs and research capabilities to help build and maintain acumen for future tech.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Owusu-Ekuful said the Digital infrastructure would be \u201cdeepened\u201d to support AI development.<\/p>\n<p>Another major pillar was the provision of \u201cimproved access\u201d to affordable data and cloud services, also based on inclusivity and national access.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPillar four will facilitate data access and governance, providing the needed quality, privacy and security for the digital ecosystem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Owusu-Ekuful said a robust AI ecosystem and community would be developed, which would empower AI talents and projects by building collaboration and knowledge sharing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAI adoption in key sectors would be accelerated, and the support structures of the national strategy would leverage the private sector to promote the technology in various areas of the economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne major pillar would invest in AI applied research, and with another promoting AI adoption in the public sector.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s AI ecosystem should be future-oriented and able to drive value and progress towards local challenges and sustainable development, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to focus on research to address local challenges and promote sustainable development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur aim is to enhance public services through AI, drive demand for AI technologies through procurement, and build capacity for responsible AI adoption through the public sector.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said an ethical AI framework had been developed to ensure the technology supported the country\u2019s development and urged the Union to consider strongly the reskilling and upskilling of workers as part of initiatives to secure jobs for the present and the future.<\/p>\n<p>The Quadrennial Delegates Conference was on the theme: \u201cThe Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Future of Work: The Role of the Union,\u201d during which the Communication Workers Union expressed strong concerns over job losses in the wake of AI adoption in the industrial landscape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAI is no longer a science fiction,\u201d Madam Vida Quansah, Chairman of the Union, said while expressing concerns over job losses despite the touted benefits of the technology.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Joseph Yao Hotor, the General Secretary of the Union, counted hundreds of job cuts at major communications and media companies and said the Union would take a stand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the Union fully supports technological progress, it strongly objects to the introduction of technologies that would result in job loss and displacement of workers,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Present at the Conference was the Secretary General of the Trades Union Congress, Mr Anthony Yaw Baah, and heads of sister unions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong>GNA<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the Minister of Communications, has touted the prospects of Ghana\u2019s National Artificial Intelligence Strategy as a game-changer. 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