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| Kumasi is the capital of the Ashanti Kingdom and hosts the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and its eleven different schools/faculties/institutes and colleges |
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Population of the KNUST community: ~26,000 |
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Population of the Ashanti and Easter Regions of Ghana that will benefit directly for the IT infrastructure at KNUST is about 4 million |
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Only 5% are over 55 years-old |
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Approximately 40% are illiterate |
From the king of the Ashanti kingdom:
"Improve education and create jobs to advance the living standard of people in the Ashanti Region." |
| "To be recognised as the premier centre of excellence in Africa for teaching, research and entrepreneurship training in science and technology using IT". |
The University put in place an efficient IT backbone infrastructure which enables the university to serve its existing faculties, the basic schools on the campus as well as act as a hub for Community Technology Centres (CTCs) serving local communities in Kumasi and the Eastern provinces.
Community Services Foundation (CSF) oversees the deployment of the CTC’s, provides training and sustainability models for future expansion.
The main goal is to improve education and help in the creation of jobs to advance the standards of living of the surrounding communities.
Main objectives and targeted population: |
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to train university students who will then train elementary and secondary school teachers |
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to provide school children with basic IT knowledge |
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to train community members for employability |
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to provide an advanced, sustainable ICT infrastructure to support institutional research and entrepreneurship in the Ashanti Kingdom |
The project infrastructure consists of several computer centres among which a fully equipped computer lab in the main library of the University that is serving as a computer resource centre for the KNUST students. It is also used to train the teachers from primary and secondary schools.
In addition, CTCs are operational in KTI-Kumasi, CRIG- Akim Tafo, Lady Leech Library-Kyirapatre, Nkwatia Secondary School, Kwahu Daah-Eastern province. |
| "As of today, equipment and cash grant with a total value of USD 700,000 consisting of 250 PCs, 23 servers, 40 peripherals and project management fee over 3 years". |
| Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST): |
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resource management and Internet Service Provider |
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content spreading over the other centres |
| Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Alumni Association in US: |
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fund raising campaign in support of the project |
| University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (USA): |
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train/support IT labs on the KNUST campus and CTCs in the Kumasi and Eastern regions communities |
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remote technical support and performance monitoring |
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define educational programme content |
| CIS, HP’s partner in Ghana: |
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installation services |
| Community Services Foundation: |
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project management and training on site |
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partners / government relations management |
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operational management |
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sustainability models |
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