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Other applications under the
e-Government project include:
• e-Workspace Platform - which is an
automated collaborative platform for
Government agencies for their day to
day back end processes.
all the ports unto one shared database.
When completed it will allow for visa
management, tracking of Ghanaians
and foreigners and their activities
in the country (where necessary),
permit management, border control
management etc.
Ongoing works at Business
Process Outsourcing Centre
e-gates for
e-Immigration Project
A Solar-Powered Rural
Telephone Facility
A Solar-Powered Rural Telephone
Facility, Botoku, Volta Region
• e-Cabinet - An automated and
collaborated platform for the workings
of President Mahama and his cabinet
launched by the President on 19th
March, 2015 to inject greater efficiency
and effectiveness in the conduct of
cabinet meetings and procedures.
• e-Health - The eHealth solution,
currently being piloted at the Korle
Bu Teaching Hospital, the Upper West
Regional Hospital and the Zebilla
District Hospital, is a comprehensive
enterprise level system for managing
the automation needs of the healthcare
environment . The components include:
a) Hospital Information Management
System (HIMS)
b) Centralized electronic Medical
Records System and
c)Radiology Information System/Picture
Archiving and Communication System
(RIS/PAC)
• Automated Tax Administration
System - This is a one stop online
platform for filing tax returns. Through
this, businesses and citizens carry out
processes related to filing and payment
of taxes online.
• e-Register - This makes it possible for
online registration of businesses with
the Registrar General’s Department. It
also allows for online search for business
names and other related business
registration activities. This is integrated
with the tax payment platform.
• e-Immigration - A complete
Integrated system that is automating
immigration processes and enrolling
Other Universal Access
Interventions
The Ghana Investment Fund for
Electronic Communications (GIFEC)
has rolled out a comprehensive
programme aimed at bringing ICT
services to the doorstep of Ghanaians
especially in underprivileged
communities and remote parts of
Ghana. These initiatives include;
• The Rural Telephony project - This
project is being executed to ensure
improved coverage of mobile telephony
services in the remotest parts of the
country.
• Distribution of ICT equipment
and software applications to selected
Schools and institutions-Under this
project thousands of computers and
school management and examination
applications have been distributed to
selected schools to facilitate ICT uptake.
• ICT Training - Under this initiative,
managers, students, members of security
agencies and prison inmates have been
afforded the opportunity to acquire ICT
skills to ensure that they are not left
behind in the ICT age.
• Disability Employment Project
This initiative has resulted in the
supply of trading booths to physically
challenged persons to engage in ICTbased
services in order to earn incomes.
Among others they engage in repair of
ICT gadgets and sale of ICT accessories.