The Ghana Roundtable Conference was the fourth in the series of Roundtable on ICT, Trade and Economic Growth conferences being piloted in six African countries namely Ghana, Egypt, Kenya, Ethiopia, Senegal and South Africa. The idea was mooted at a forum hosted by the ECA, under the auspices of the Africa Node of the ePol-NET + CePRC in March 2006. Subsequently a meeting of Experts on ICTs, Trade and Economic Growth was held from 29 - 31 May 2006 as a follow up to the Forum that led to the launching of the country studies on ICTs, Trade and Economic Growth.

The Ghana Conference was organized to discuss the report titled " the ICTs, Trade and Economic Growth Study: The Ghana Report" prepared by the Ghana Country Research Team. In all 46 participants from the Ministries, Departments and Agencies and the Private Sector attended the roundtable conference. The Deputy Ministers of Communications and Trade, Industry, Private Sector Development & President's Special Initiative gave their remarks during the opening session. Prof. Clement Dzidonu, Fellow of the International Institute of Information Technology and the Chairperson, African Technical Advisory Committee (ATAC) to the African Information Society Initiative (AISI), chaired the two-day Roundtable Conference. more...

Programme

Mon, 25 June 2007

9:00 - 9:30

Registration of Participants

9:30 - 10:30

Session 1: Opening session

Chair: Prof. Clement Dzidonu, Fellow of the International Institute of Information Technology (INIIT) and Chairperson, African Technical Advisory Committee (ATAC) to the African Information Society Initiative (AISI)

9:30 - 9:45

Welcoming remarks by: Mr. Afework Temtime, Information Officer, ICT and Science and Technology Division, ECA

Mr. Frédéric Nolin, Project Director, ICT Programs, Industry Canada

9:45 - 10:00

Opening speech by: Prof. Mike Oquaye(MP), Minister for Communications

10:00 - 10:15

Brief Statement by: Hon. Alan Kyerematen, Minister for Trade, Industry, Private Sector Development & PSI

10:15 - 10:30

Coffee Break

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 15:30

Session III: Presentation of the Study - ICTs, Trade and Economic Growth in Ghana (Part II)

Chair: TBD

Presentation: [Assessing the National Capacity to utilize ICT services/tools to facilitate Trade & Economic Development]
By: Dr. Godfred Frempong, Science and Technology Policy Research Institute

Discussions

15:30 - 15:50

Coffee Break

15:50 - 17:30

Discussions continue

Tue, 26 June 2007

9:00 - 10:30

Session IV: Breakout sessions

Breakout Session 1 - The Role of ICT and Trade in Ghana's growth strategy (Economic impact of ICT)

Breakout Session 2 - Readiness of Ghanaian enterprises for E-business and ICT facilitated trade with focus on SMEs

10:30 - 10:50

Coffee Break

10:50 - 13:00

Breakout sessions continue

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

15:30 - 15:50

Coffee Break

15:50 - 17:00

Session VI: Closing

Chair: Prof. Clement Dzidonu, Fellow of the International Institute of Information Technology (INIIT) and Chairperson, African Technical Advisory Committee (ATAC) to the African Information Society Initiative (AISI)

The Way forward: Mr. Kofi Larbi and Dr. Godfred Frempong

Closing remarks