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1000 Girls Benefit from ICT Training in the Savannah Region The Ministry of Communications and  Digitalisation (MoCD) today started training for 1000 girls from seven districts in the Savannah region.  They will be trained in basic computing, e-safety and coding.  The training is being organized in two batches from 25th April to 6th May, 2023 amidst district and regional competition to select the best 100 girls. Also Mentorship and Climax for the Savannah region will be held on the 8th and 9th of May, 2023. Awards for the Girls-In-ICT program are as follows: 1. All 1000 girls will be awarded with certificates of participation; 2. Best girl in each district gets ICT lab set up in the schools they attended; 3. Top 100 girls would be given laptops and  4. Top three (3) girls would be awarded cash prizes and plaques.   The District Chief Executive for Central Gonja, Hon. Iddrisu Salia, represented by the Coordinating Director, Philimon Akorle expressed apprecia...

 Girls In ICT Initiative; Ministry of communications and digitalization to train 1,000 students and 100 teachers in the Savannah Region Ghana's Ministry of Communication and Digitalization has on Tuesday, 11th April, 2023 launched Girls in ICT Initiative in Damongo, Savannah regional capital at the Savannah Regional Coordinating Council. In Ghana, "Girls in ICT" refers to the initiative aimed at encouraging and empowering young girls and women to pursue careers in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector.  The initiative is part of a global effort by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to bridge the gender gap in the technology industry. Ghana is working towards increasing the number of women in ICT by offering mentorship, training and educational programs. By promoting girls in ICT, Ghana hopes to build a more diverse and inclusive technology industry, as well as support the development of the country's digital economy. These efforts incl...

 Green for Change Ghana holds stakeholder engagement workshop for smallholder Cashew farmers at Damongo.  Green for Change Ghana with funding support from USAID through the Feed the Future Ghana Trade and Investment Activity (GTI) has on Thursday, 6th April 2023 organized a stakeholder engagement workshop for key players in the cashew value chain within the West Gonja municipality under the “Building Capacity of Smallholder Cashew Farmers on Harvest and Post-Harvest including Nut Quality” project.  The stakeholder engagement workshop was aimed at creating awareness of the project as well as highlighting the main activities and interventions to be implemented within the project zones of influence. Speaking at the event, the Executive Director for Green for Change Ghana, Mr. John Balankoo Sumbo indicated that “over 88% of cashew was produced on smallholder’s farms ranging in size from 0.8ha to 3.0ha, however, the income potential from this cash crop was not being fully real...