Ghana and the World Bank on Friday signed two separate agreements for a grant of $55 million towards the implementation of the e-Ghana Project and the Education for All Fast Track Initiative, writes World Bank Press Review.
Forty million dollars would fund the e-Ghana Project to support the implementation of the selected components of the government’s information and communication technologies for accelerated development policy.
The objective of the e-Ghana Project, to be implemented over five years by the Ministry of Communications, is to assist the government to generate growth and employment by leveraging ICT and public-private partnerships to develop ICT services industry.
The EFA-FTI is a fund basket of $11 million, with various components to improve on teacher training, recruitment and deployment to deprived areas through provision of teacher accommodation, vehicles, motorbikes and bicycles.
