COUNTRY FOCUS : GHANA
The ICT sector has posted growth over the past decade , increasing its contribution to GDP from 2.3 % in 2014 , to 3.9 % in 2020 , according to the Ghana Statistical Service and was fastest growing in 2021 .
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Panoramic view of the city of Accra , Ghana
Ghana ’ s ICT sector has proven to be one of the country ’ s fastest-growing industries in recent years . The ICT sector incorporates a range of telecommunication firms and Internet service providers , infrastructure operators , software companies and start-ups .
The telecommunication industry was liberalised in the early 1990s and has become increasingly competitive in the intervening decades , with four mobile network operators , three fixed network providers and four broadband wireless access companies in the market as of the first quarter of 2021 , according to the National Communications Authority , NCA .
The Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation oversees the ICT subsector and is responsible for developing national policy to deliver costeffective infrastructure and services and enhance economic competitiveness .
Since the rollout of the government ’ s public sector digitisation policies in 2017 , Ghana has significantly improved its ranking on the E-Government Development Index , which provides a composite measure of three dimensions of e-government : online services , telecommunications connectivity and human capacity .
Growth in the ICT sector is attributed to significant developments in telecommunications . Increased investment in communications infrastructure , lower telecommunication prices and a competitive market have led to broad mobile network coverage
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