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African countries can now get online training on healthcare and education. Governments on the continent can also engage one another and transact business without having to physically travel miles to the next country.
These become possible with the introduction of the pan-African E-network project.
The E-network project which began in 2006 is an initiative of the Indian government and will enable all 53 African countries share Indian expertise through voice and video conferencing.
The project is the brain child of the former Indian prime minister Dr. Abdul kalem.
So far sixteen African countries have been networked through the E-network. What this means is that Ghana or any other African countries can get direct online training from top notch institutions in Indian through voice and video conferencing.
In Ghana, three sites have been established for the facility - the komfo Anokye teaching hospital for tele- medicine, the Kwame Nkrumah university of science and technology as the hub for tele-education programmes for the sub region and the University of Ghana to serve as the learning centre for teaching undergraduate and post graduate courses in business administration, tourism and computer science.
For instance students at the University of Ghana should be able to attend lectures online - ask questions, get further clarifications on specified courses from a lecturer in a university in Indian.
The facility can also be extended to facilitate government business.
It is to enable all African heads of state hold meetings and discussions online without having to travel from one country to the other.
In Ghana the facility has been installed at the golden Jubilee house.
So any time president Mills might want to chart with say Yaraduah in Nigeria, all the two have to do is to activate the facility and there they go.
But is this part of a ground ploy by India to woe Africa? Ghana alone in the past couple of years has benefited substantially from India including building of a Presidential Palace for her.
India's economic influence on Africa is spreading like a wildfire, and the country's eyes on Africa is growing keener by day- so why is that? stay tune......
These become possible with the introduction of the pan-African E-network project.
The E-network project which began in 2006 is an initiative of the Indian government and will enable all 53 African countries share Indian expertise through voice and video conferencing.
The project is the brain child of the former Indian prime minister Dr. Abdul kalem.
So far sixteen African countries have been networked through the E-network. What this means is that Ghana or any other African countries can get direct online training from top notch institutions in Indian through voice and video conferencing.
In Ghana, three sites have been established for the facility - the komfo Anokye teaching hospital for tele- medicine, the Kwame Nkrumah university of science and technology as the hub for tele-education programmes for the sub region and the University of Ghana to serve as the learning centre for teaching undergraduate and post graduate courses in business administration, tourism and computer science.
For instance students at the University of Ghana should be able to attend lectures online - ask questions, get further clarifications on specified courses from a lecturer in a university in Indian.
The facility can also be extended to facilitate government business.
It is to enable all African heads of state hold meetings and discussions online without having to travel from one country to the other.
In Ghana the facility has been installed at the golden Jubilee house.
So any time president Mills might want to chart with say Yaraduah in Nigeria, all the two have to do is to activate the facility and there they go.
But is this part of a ground ploy by India to woe Africa? Ghana alone in the past couple of years has benefited substantially from India including building of a Presidential Palace for her.
India's economic influence on Africa is spreading like a wildfire, and the country's eyes on Africa is growing keener by day- so why is that? stay tune......
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