E/R: GI-KACE partners with Koforidua Technical University to…

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Education E/R: GI-KACE partners with Koforidua Technical University to enhance digital skills training

TUE, 22 OCT 2024

The Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT (GI-KACE) has formalized a partnership with Koforidua Technical University (KTU) via the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

This collaboration is a part of GI-KACE’s initiative to ship digital abilities coaching to communities within the Eastern Region.

During the MoU signing ceremony at KTU, Ing. Dr. Collins Yeboah-Afari, Director General of GI-KACE, expressed enthusiasm concerning the settlement. He emphasised that this partnership will facilitate the implementation of the eSkills4Jobs program within the Eastern Region, which is aligned with Ghana’s broader digitalization agenda and the Ghana Digital Acceleration Project (GDAP).

Prof. John Owusu, Vice Chancellor of KTU, additionally conveyed his optimism concerning the partnership. He famous that the eSkills4Jobs program would considerably profit the youth and residents of the Eastern Region. By introducing sensible digital abilities coaching, the initiative goals to empower college students and stimulate native financial development via the event of a digitally literate workforce.

Ing. Dr. Collins Yeboah-Afari, took the chance to go to individuals of the continued ‘eskills4jobs’ coaching centre at Koforidua Technical University and referred to as upon Ghanaian youth to grab the chance introduced by the ‘eSkills4Jobs’ coaching program, aimed toward fostering digital abilities and consciousness of rising technological tendencies.

He underscored the pressing want for younger individuals to develop these abilities, positioning them to thrive in a quickly evolving digital panorama.

The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) would facilitate ongoing collaboration between GI-KACE and KTU in delivering digital abilities coaching and dynamic capability growth applications all through the Eastern Region. This strategic alliance is predicted to boost native coaching initiatives and broaden the attain of digital training.

Established over twenty years in the past, GI-KACE has been instrumental in bridging the digital divide by offering ICT coaching throughout rural and concrete communities in Ghana.

With present branches within the Bono-Sunyani, Upper West-Bolga, and Greater Accra areas, this MoU marks a major step towards enhancing digital abilities coaching on a nationwide scale.

The collaboration goals to equip college students and group members with very important sensible abilities.

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