Huawei supports Ministry of Education with body temperature sensing cameras to fight coronavirus

Leading Global ICT Company, Huawei has equipped the Ministry of Education with a set of fully installed Body Sensing Camera to enable the ministry to screen all persons coming to their premises as a measure to curb the spread of COVID-19.

The donation which took place on thursday,18th June, 2020 at the Ministry of Education Office Complex is the latest in a series of initiatives and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities that have been undertaken by the Tech giant to support Ghana’s fight against COVID-19 through the use of innovative technology.

Receiving the donation on behalf of the Ministry, the Deputy Minister of Education, Hon. Barbara Ayisi Acher (MP), expressed gratitude to Huawei for their continuous support of the sector.

She said the donation was very useful to the Ministry as it will help them screen people coming in more easily.

She added that the Ministry looks forward to more partnership with Huawei during and post COVID-19 to collectively work towards the development of the education sector and the nation as a whole.

In his remarks, Chief Technical Officer, Carrier Business at Huawei Ghana, Kweku Essuman Quansah said; “Huawei is committed to helping Ghana win the battle against COVID-19 and we are determined now more than ever to use the full force of our innovative technologies to do this.

It is therefore our hope and belief that through this donation the Ministry of Education would be able to automatically detect persons with elevated body temperature thereby controlling the spread by identifying individuals who may be exhibiting symptoms while ensuring physical distancing”.

He mentioned that Huawei has over the past 19years of operating in Ghana supported the education sector immensely through various initiatives, citing the Huawei ICT Talent Ecosystem which has trained some 1500+ tertiary students to help grow Ghana’s ICT talent pool and CSR initiatives like donation of ICT laboratories to Public Universities in Ghana among others.

Mr. Essuman Quansah also commended the Government of Ghana for putting in place robust measures in gradually returning life to normalcy while controlling the spread in order to effectively save lives and businesses.