Government determined to make Ghana West Africa IT hub

President John Agyekum Kufuor on Thursday said government was determined to make Ghana the hub of the provision of Information Technology (IT) facilities in the West Africa Sub-region.

He said this was due to the capabilities, competence and dynamism Ghanaian experts have shown in the field that has been attested and compared to their counterparts’ world-wide.

President Kufuor made this observation when a three-man delegation from the Affiliated Computer Services (ACS)-Business Process Solutions (BPS) based in the US paid a courtesy call on him at the Castle, Osu.

He said the major challenge facing the government was how to move the economy forward, expand it to create more job opportunities for the people to feel happy and secured.

"If the economy is not well managed, the government would have all the brilliant ideas but their implementation would be a problem."

Mr Tom W. Blodgett, President of ACS-BPS, said the visit was to assess the operations of ACS, Ghana, which was their first office to be established in Africa about a year ago and employs about 700 people.

He said in addition they are seeking assistance to expand their operations to employ about 1,000 people and possibly increase it to about 2,000 in future because of the high calibre of the technicians who are comparable to other offices of the company in the world.

Mr Blodgett said the company, which deals in data processing of clients from their base to other parts of the world, chose Ghana to establish an office because of the stability and the use of one satellite hub from their base. The company has 10 other offices including Mexico, Jamaica and Guatemala.