production of advanced technology in most developing nations worldwide has
been found to be a key component for accelerated development this is evident
in the role played by mobile telecommunication and information
technology in changing the socio-economic phase of Ghana in the
past few years the establishment of the Ghana space Science and Technology
Center is an initiative which began in 2010 by the Ministry of Science and
Technology in association with the African Square Kilometre Array project
since its establishment the government's through the mother Ministry of the
center has put together efforts to ensure that the center is fully
operational the vision of the center is to uncover and explore the capabilities
of space science and technology for national socio economical and
technological advancement and development through education and
research the Minister for the sector Madame sherry IT said the center will
coordinates the implementation of national space Science and Technology
activities the journey to space science and technology development is long and
there is no shortcut to arrive at the destination we all need to invest in
infrastructure and human capacity development to meet the goals and
objectives we have set for ourselves the center will create jobs for the youth
and promote innovations and spin-offs for our Science and Technology
Innovation Program a member of the Council of State professor Kofi you know
officially launched the center he said the establishments of the center
signifies the government's preparedness to move the country ahead in advanced
technology this according to him who plays gun on the pedestal of development
government will demonstrate without any shred of doubt seriousness for the
pursuance of these programs these include institution of a scholarship
scheme for science students in both tertiary and praetor cheri levels of it
the better Ghana ICT project the establishment of and the equipment of
the sciences Resource Center's an exhibition was mounted to showcase the
nation's technological sector and its readiness to support the operation of
the center a Memorandum of Understanding was also signed between Vodafone Ghana
and the leadership of the center to seal Vodafone's running of the satellite
Atkinson RC a building complex is being constructed to host the centre and
allied departments the environment ministers conference the use of a move
by Ghana to join the world of astronomers in 2011 Ghana decided to
convert the telecom antenna expansion say on the salam highway that was built
in the 70s into radio astronomy observatory this led to the creation of
Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute's within the premises of
atomic energy at cabina in Accra the move was held in building the capacity
of about 67 Ghanians in astronomy and today through the support of a south
african institution Square Kilometre Array Ghana has become the first country
in West Africa to have a radio astronomy the development came in handy and the
meeting of environment ministers from nine countries in West Africa provided
an opportunity for Ghana to share her experience with their peers the meeting
expressed appreciation for the progress in the development of the AVN project
particularly with gonna be the first of the eight partner countries to complete
the conversion of a communications antenna into a functioning radio
telescope according to research radio telescopes naturally produce large
quantities of data the Minister of Environment
science technology and innovation professor Frimpong Wharton was of the
view the Ghana have to step up efforts in developing the capacity to
manufacture spare parts machine parts and components
to build and maintain simple technologies the so-called Luca content
participation she's not just refer to Luca cheap labor
and knowable care activities but she also involved high tech and high end
managerial skills as well I wish to remind all the scientists technicians
astronomers Computer Sciences is the minister of Science and Technology of
South Africa madam Greece na lady bundle said scientists should make it a point
to ensure the smooth transfer of Technology and innovation we are
absolutely pleased for the first time we've been able to attract a wide
diversity of talents to the SKA project I will remember when we were launching
the range Observatory initiative in Caen to see we met a young PhD student who'd
come back from the United States because he wanted to participate in this
initiative so what initiatives like this do they offer us playing game when we
have lost a lot of our talent because they're on projects that they can get
their teeth into the project such as that bring our talent back home the
meeting brought together ministers and representatives of environment science
technology and innovation from Ghana Kenya South Africa Madagascar Mauritius
Mozambique Namibia and Zambia Beatrice anagen GPC 24 Eclair