Ghana Pursuing Open Source Policy--Minister

"The government of Ghana is serious about free and open source software. This is according to Ghanaian communications minister Mike Oquaye who was speaking at a free and open source software media training conference in Ghana's capital Accra yesterday.

"Oquaya, speaking at the Fossfa-hosted media workshop in the West African nation told delegates that government had already 'tasked the Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT to spearhead the national consultation process on open source policy and to provide an initial draft document for our consideration...'"

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