2. Overview of USF (GIFEC) in Ghana
GIFEC Projects
GIFEC achievements
Challenges of Ownership and Sustainability
Way Forward
3. OVERVIEW OF GIFEC
The Fund was launched in November, 2004. However,
operations of the Fund started in January 2006.
The Electronic Communications Act, 2008, Act 775
provides the legal framework (mandate) for the activities
of the Fund.
4. VISION, MISSION AND VALUES
VISION
To bridge the digital divide between the served and the
unserved/underserved communities in Ghana
MISSION
We exist to provide financial resources for the establishment of
universal service and access for all communities, and facilitate
the provision of basic telephony, internet service, multimedia
service, broadband and broadcasting services to these
communities.
VALUES
We act with integrity, trust, honesty and transparency
5. MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND
The Fund is managed by a Board of Trustees
under the chairmanship of the Hon Minister of
Communications.
The other reps are as follows:
National Communications Authority
Ministry of Communications.
Five reps from the Industry Forum
The Administrator of the Fund
Parliamentary Select Committee on Communications
6. THE UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMME
No Programme Constituents Projects
1. Cyber laboratory
School Connectivity
Community Information Centre (CIC)
Library Connectivity
Post Office Connectivity,
Community Initiated Projects, etc
2. Basic Telephony and Access
CTF (Common Telecom Facility)
Rural Telephony
Rural Payphone, etc.
3. ICT for Livelihood
E-fishing (ICT for sustainable Fishing)
112 Emergency System
Disability Employment,
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7. THE UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMME
No. Programme Constituents Projects
4. ICT Support to Institutions
Security Agencies
Ghana News Agency
Meteorological Authority
NADMO, etc.
MUSIGA
NCCE,
National House of Chiefs
Nursing & Midwifery Council
5. Broadcasting
Radio
TV, etc.
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8. Education, Awareness
and Local Content
Public Education of ICT & related issues,
etc.
Training for CIC Managers, etc.
Criminal Information Sys.(Police), School
management System (Colleges of
Education, Nursing , NVTI)
Desktop TV,
SHS Exams Review Software (YANOA).
E-Learning Platform
Portals for Schools
9. CYBER LAB PROGRAMS
SCHOOL CONNECTIVITY
COMMUNITY INFORMATION CENTERS
SECURITY CONNECTIVITY
LIBRARY CONNECTIVITY PROJECT
INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT(MMDA)
10. SCP
The following institutions have each been provided with a fully furnished and equipped ICT
laboratory with accessories, and Internet access:
38 Colleges of Education
37 NVTI
26 Technical Institutes
10 Youth Leadership Training Centres
344 Senior Secondary Schools
25 Basic Schools
24 Community Dev’t Institutes
3 OIC
82 Nursing Training Schools
9 Farm Institutes
30 ICCES
11 School for the deaf
2000 Basic Schools
Total: 639
27500 laptops have been provided to Basic Schools which do not have the infrastructure
for ICT laboratories. This is to support government policy of compulsory ICT education
at the basic level. About 2000 JHS have benefited from this initiative
12. Community Information Centers
Currently 173 out of 110
CICs are fully furnished and
equipped to provide
community internet access,
low cost ICT training and also
to serve as community-based
information resource centres.
• Basic school children receive
free ICT training at the
centres.
CIC
13. 31 Military units including all the training schools
34 Police units including all the training schools
100 Offices of the Bureau of National Investigations
34 Prisons centres including all the training schools
190 National Disaster Management Organisation centres
6 Immigration units including all the training schools
13 Fire service units including all the training schools
SECURITY CONNECTIVITY
14. ICT – INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT(MMDA)
MUSIGA, NCCE,
MMDA,
Actors Guild,
National House of Chiefs,
Passport Office, etc
LIBRARY CONNECTIVITY PROJECT
10 Regional Libraries
30 District Libraries
10 Mobile Van
CIP- Community Initiated Project—27
15. Universal Access To Basic Telephony
Rural Telephony Project= 51 Sites
Common Telecom Facility 38 Sites
Rural Community Payphone= 2700 phones in
458 SHS
Handsets for rural communities= 7000
handsets
16. ICT for Livelihood
E-Fishing Project:
18 Landing sites supported with 400 Fish Finders
ICTs for Persons with Disabilities
• 3 school for the blind,
• blind units in 8 SHS,
• 10 Disability empowerment
Emergency Call Centre 112
17. ICT Applications and Content
School Management System – implemented for NVTI,
Colleges of Education
Mobile phone programming application – 10 sch.
trained
YANOA (Exams Revision)- 100 schools and 25 CIC’s
Electronic Information Management System- 35
CIC’s
CIS- Criminal Information System- Ghana police
ICT Education and Awareness
MMDA training – 2050 trained
18. Ongoing Projects
Satellite Hub
80 new RTPs
School for Deaf and ICCES
Support to Blind Union
Support to Death and Birth Registry
Continue with Cyber Lab programs
Community Centralized Broadcasting System
112 Emergency Call Centre (Ho, Tamale and
Takoradi)
Support the digital immigration with setup boxes
ICT Support for E-Fishing
Continuation of all the above listed projects
20. THE WAY FORWARD
Tax waiver for provision of internet services
for rural area
Strategic partnership with the network
operators for subzidised bandwith for GIFEC
projects
A lot more of public private partnerships for
the implementation of GIFEC projects.