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As part of her official duties, the Minister of Communications scheduled a meeting with the Data Protection Commission, an Agency of the ministry to fraternize with management and staff of the commission. Hon. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful was taken round the office and introduced to staff of the Commission. The Minister informed that it was incumbent on her to pay a visit to familiarize herself with the operations of the Commission.

In the quest to attain digital inclusion in Ghana, all major Telecom Companies have positioned themselves in readiness of the take off for this initiative. One of the major networks is Airtel Ghana which is one of the leading Telecom Companies in the country. The Minister for Communications together with Deputy Ministers have taken the initiative to visit the company and to interact with management for their challenges and successes to be brought to the fore for policies to be made to safeguard the industry.

The Indian High Commissioner to Ghana, His Excellency Birender Singh paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Communications Hon. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful and used the opportunity to congratulate her on her appointment to the Office of Minister. He talked about issues relating to Ghana Indian collaborations in the Communications Sector.

Hon. Ursula Owusu- Ekuful, Minister for communications has met with staff of GIFEC as part of her familiarization visits to Agencies under the Ministry. She was accompanied by her two Deputy Ministers Hon. Vincent Sowah Odotei and Hon. George Andah to interact with management and staff of the organisation purposely to have first-hand information about their operations and to foster a closer working relationship with them.

A conference on securing Ghana’s cyberspace and digital infrastructure from the activities of hackers and criminals has been held in Accra. The National Cyber Security Conference and Workshop, the first of its kind was on the theme “Unifying Our Efforts to Secure Our Cyber Space”. It was attended by cyber security experts, researchers, academics, representatives of telecommunications service operators, financial institutions, ICT businesses and government agencies.