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10.05.2022 Business & Finance

MTN Ghana injects GHS10m in Girls in ICT project

MTN Ghana injects GHS10m in Girls in ICT project
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Telecommunication giants, MTN Ghana is injecting ten million Ghana cedis (Ghc 10 000 000) this year into the government’s Girls In ICT (GIICT) project to enable more female pupils across the country develop interest in Information-Communication Technology.

“MTN Ghana is very happy to partner with the Ministry of Communication to expand the Girls in ICT programme," Georgina Asare Fiagbenu, Senior Manager responsible for Corporate Communication of MTN Ghana told the media on the sidelines of the Bono regional edition of the Girls in ICT programme held in Sunyani.

Madam Georgina Asare Fiagbenu noted that MTN globally believes that there is an access gap that needs to be bridged “and we all know that a lot of girls would not choose to do science, engineering and technical courses and so this programme is supposed to give more access to girls, make them more aware of the opportunities in ICT-related courses.”

She added, “This is the reason why MTN decided to invest GHS10,000,000.00 to support the Ministry of Communication to enable more girls have opportunities and also think about ICT as a career.”

According to her, MTN is currently investing in its infrastructure as well as proving digital access among schools through the construction of well-equipped ICT centres while laptops are also given out to some schools.

“Beyond the Girls in ICT programme, we’re also expanding access, we’re providing digital libraries so we do the conventional libraries and we also do the digital libraries”, she emphasised.

Mentors

As part of the programme, some female achievers were brought in to share their experiences with the young girls with the view to mentoring them.

When they took their turn, some senior and management staff of the MTN, one of the main sponsors of the programme, impressed on the girls to consider it a privilege to benefit from such a laudable initiative which eluded them when they were young.

In separate addresses, they asked the young girls to believe in themselves, develop the passion for mathematics and science subjects, be determined to succeed and above all be God-fearing.

Awards

The first hundred participants who excelled in a competition organised as part of the programme were each given a laptop with the top 20 expected to have ultra-modern cyber laboratories built in their schools.

14-year old Hawawu Omoro, a pupil of the Bandaman Islamic JHS won the overall best award and received a plague and an amount of GHS 3,000.00.

Jessica Boahen of Drobo Demonstration JHS came second while Emmanuella Agyeiwaa won the third position.

They both received plagues with Jessica going home with GHS2,500.00 while Emmanuella bagged GHS 2,000.00.

Richard Kofi Boahen
Richard Kofi Boahen

Bono, Bono East and Ahafo CorrespondentPage: RichardBoahen

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