Day 3 C2C - Smarter Africa Ghana Case Study

National IT Agency GH

BY

George Atta-Boateng

Director General

NATIONAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AGENCY (NITA)

SMARTER AFRICA:

GHANA AS A CASE STUDY

CONNECT 2 CONNECT SUMMIT 2016 Pretoria, South Africa.

19 – 21 July 2016


Presentation Outline

Introduction

Ghana Profile

Focus Areas

1. G2G

2. G2B

3. G2C

National Information Technology Agency

Infrastructure/ Applications/services

1. Connectivity

2. Data Center

Future Projects

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Introduction

• The increasing rate of population growth and urbanization across the African Continent, and the needs of the citizenry have become irresistible trend and most Governments as well as private institutions are fully aware and appreciate the transformational role that ICTs play in enhancing life and economic wellbeing of Africans, hence the need to expand the frontiers of smarter technologies.

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Ghana Profile

• Location– West Coast of Africa

• North : Burkina Faso • East : Togo • West : Ivory Cost • South: Atlantic Ocean

• Area– Total : 238,535 km2

• Population– estimate: 26 m

• GDP (nominal)2015 est.– Total : US$37.86 billion-– Per capita :US$1,696.08

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FOCUS AREAS

• Government to Government services

– Services to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs): to improve communication in Government and increase efficiency

• Government to Business Services

– Service platforms that government provides to private sector business as a way of improving access and facilities in the country for ICT growth

• Government to Citizens Services

– to enable Government MDAs serve citizens and businesses with government services using ICT

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G2G SERVICES

• Internet Access• Wide Area Network (WAN) to include• Web Hosting and domain registration• Email Service• Anti-virus services• Storage as a service (StaaS) or for Backup• Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)• Platform as a service (PaaS)• Outsourced Services – LAN rollout, Technical &

Engineering Services, etc• Co-location (DC)

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G2B Services

• LTE Infrastructure Share

• Provision of LTE connections

• BTS Tower Co-location

• Datacenter Co-location

• Disaster Recover and Backup Services

• Fiber lease

• WAN For private Sector

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G2C Services

• One Stop Service Center

• e-Services and e-Payment portal

• Public Wifi Service ( Airports, Stadia, theaters, etc)

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National Information Technology Agency(NITA)

• IT Regulator: – Regulate provision of Information and Communication

technology– Ensure provision of quality information communications

technology– Promote standards of efficiency and ensure high quality of

service

• Network Operator– Build, operate Government network infrastructure

• Information Systems Solution Provider– Develop and deploy Information Systems solutions for

government and public service

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Infrastructure/Applications

A. Connectivity

1. Fiber Network (980KM)

2. LTE (120)

3. Metro Fiber(300KM radius)

4. Tier-3 Data center

B. ESERVICES/APPLICATIONS

– Business Registration, Marriage, Estate Administration, tax administration and other Shared Services www.eservices.gov.gh

– E-Workspace-E-Immigration, E-Parliament, E-Justice , E-Cabinet, E-Health, Cyber Security, Education, Open Data.

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GHANA FIBER NETWORK

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Tier-3 National Datacenter

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National Data Center

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• Reception



• Rack Room

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National Datacenter

• High Voltage Area

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National Datacenter

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• Chilling room



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Future Projects

• Implementation of TV Whites spaces

• Solar technology as an option for our energy needs.

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Email:

[email protected]

Website:

www.nita.gov.gh

www.eservices.gov.gh

www.epay.gov.gh/epay

www.data.gov.gh

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.nita.gov.gh/

http://www.eservices.gov.gh/

http://www.epay.gov.gh/epay

http://www.data.gov.gh/