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Girls-in-ICT Initiative

Ghana · Accra · See the Ghana profile

Ghana's national Girls-in-ICT programme runs regional coding, cybersecurity and mentorship boot camps for school-age girls, jointly funded by government and MTN. Roughly 14,000 girls trained since 2017, though Ghana's Parliament has called for stronger outcome monitoring.

~14,000 girls
Girls trained (cumulative, self-reported) (2017-2025)
1000 girls
Girls trained, October 2025 Wa regional cycle (Oct 2025)
100 laptops
Laptop recipients, October 2025 Wa cycle (Oct 2025)
15.6-17 million GHS
MTN Ghana cumulative co-funding (2021-2025)
Girls-in-ICT Initiative

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations (Ghana) / Ghana Girls-in-ICT Trust
Period
2012–present
Keywords
digital literacy, gender digital divide, girls in STEM, ICT skills training, coding education, public-private partnership

Context

Ghana's national implementation of the ITU Girls-in-ICT Day framework, run by the Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations since 2012, expanded into a rotating regional model from 2014.

Objectives

Close Ghana's gender digital divide and channel more girls toward STEM careers by teaching school-age girls coding, website design, cybersecurity and data privacy.

Activities

Bi-annual regional boot camps (1,000-3,000 girls per cycle) combining technical training with mentorship and company 'open days'; MTN Ghana became lead corporate co-funder from 2021; government created the Ghana Girls-in-ICT Trust to institutionalise funding beyond a single sponsor.

Results

ModernGhana reported roughly 14,000 girls trained since 2017; the October 2025 Wa cycle trained 1,000 girls with 100 laptop recipients. Cumulative totals vary across press releases (14,000 vs 9,000 vs regional counts) with no single audited figure, and Ghana's Parliamentary Select Committee publicly called for stronger monitoring, evaluation and employability outcomes in October 2025.

Implementation

Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.

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