The Government has constructed a total of 1,010 rural telephony sites under the Rural Telephony and Digital Inclusion Project, to provide voice signals
in underserved and unserved communities.
This has benefitted about 1,353 rural communities who can now make calls via their mobile phones, thereby enhancing social and economic activities in those communities.
This was announced by Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta during the presentation of the 2024 Budget and Economic Statement to Parliament.
The Rural Telephony Project forms part of government’s intervention to extend basic telephone voice and data connectivity to every part of the country.
Known as the Ghana Rural Telephony and Digital Inclusion, the €155-million project is being implemented by the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC), under the auspices of the Ministry of Communications, and is aimed at promoting digital inclusion in the country.
While some three million Ghanaians are expected to be connected to other parts of the country and the world in general, the project is also meant to help reduce the gap in the digital divide, especially in under-served communities.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Mensah Atakora
