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Ghana Pursuing Open Source Policy–Minister

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 25, 2007

“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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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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