Sagnarigu, May 7 – Thirty (30) women from various communities across the Northern Region have completed a two-week intensive Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Training of Trainers (ToT) programme, organized by the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC).

The initiative, which aims to empower women with digital skills and promote gender inclusion in the ICT sector, ended on Tuesday in Sagnarigu with a call for beneficiaries to utilize their newfound knowledge to uplift their communities.

Addressing participants at the closing ceremony, Madam Francisca Adjei, Head of Corporate Affairs at GIFEC, urged the women to consider themselves as digital ambassadors and change agents within their respective communities.

“You have not only gained digital skills, but you have also prepared yourselves as digital ambassadors. This is how we bridge the gender divide in ICT,” she said.

“I commend GIFEC for this initiative and also thank our partners and stakeholders for taking you through this journey over the past two weeks.”

Madam Adjei encouraged the women to go out with confidence, noting that their new role as trainers is critical in fostering inclusive development through technology.

“You are now trainers,” she emphasized. “You are going to make meaningful contributions to your societies.”

The participants expressed their gratitude to GIFEC for the life-changing opportunity, pledging to apply their skills to benefit their communities and to justify the investment made in them.

The ICT Training of Trainers programme is part of GIFEC’s broader digital inclusion agenda, aimed at ensuring that underserved and marginalized groups, especially women, are not left behind in the digital era.

Report By: Fuseini Safianu Mandeya