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Ministry of Communications opens nomination for Second
National ICT 2008 awards
Accra, April 11, Ghanadot/GNA – The
Second National ICT Awards 2008 would be held on 17, 2008 as
the world celebrates World Telecommunications Day and
Information Society Day, the Ministry of Communications
announced on Friday.
A statement issued in Accra said the awards reinforced the
commitment of the government of Ghana to place emphasis on
the potential of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
to provide a foundation for building an information and
knowledge society within the overall framework of its ICT
policy for accelerated development, as driver and enabler,
within the three-pronged GPRS II development strategy.
The statement said the procedure to nominate a company or an
individual, was to go to www.ghanaictawards.com and select
one’s nominee.
There are two category types – competitive, which has 10
awards and non-competitive, which has two awards.
Awards in the Competitive Category are: 1. Top ICT
Personality of the year 2. Top ISP of the year 3. Top Mobile
service of the year 4. Top Software Company of the year 5.
Top Hardware Company of the year 6. Top ICT4D Project of the
year 7. Top Government ICT Project of the year 8. Top
Education/Training ICT Institution of the year 9. Top
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) of the year 10. Top
Internet Café of the year.
The awards in the Non-Competitive Category are: 1. Best
Foreign entity Supporting ICT Development in Ghana 2. Best
ICT incubate/young personality.
The statement said winners would be entered into African
Achievers Award to be held in South Africa.
GNA
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