The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Norwegian Government and the Ghanaian government will sign agreements to support the Digital Transformation Centres (DTC) Initiative in Ghana.

According to reports, the new partnership with Norway will scale up and strengthen digital skills training for underserved communities in Ghana, in collaboration with Cisco and the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC).

The partnership, through 200 centres across the country, is set to provide around 14,000 citizens with job-ready digital skills, especially women entrepreneurs, pupils, teachers and marginalized groups,.

Launched by ITU in partnership with Cisco and its Country Digital Acceleration Program and Cisco Networking Academy in 2019, the Digital Transformation Centres (DTC) Initiative is operational in nine countries in Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America. Its main goal is to support countries to equip people with the skills needed to effectively participate in today's digital society and economy.

The new partnership with Norway will help Digital Transformation Centres, in particular in Ghana, to accelerate building an inclusive digital society, to ensure that lack of knowledge and skills is not a barrier to participation in the digital economy, and to contribute to the achievement of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.