South Korean Amb. visit Ursula to discuss Trading, E-commerce

H.E Jung-Taek Lim, the South Korean Ambassador paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Communication and Digitalisation, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful to discuss how technology can be used to develop Ghana in terms of trading and e-commerce.
In digitizing the economy, the Government of South Korea is constantly providing e-government services to every sector of the country, said H.E Jung-Taek Lim. He also stated that, since Ghana is a secured Country, he would want more investors from South Korea to transact businesses in the country.
The Minister of Communication and Digitalisation, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful was very impressed about how the south Korean has used technology to manage the COVID-19 pandemic, and the opportunity derived from that as a country.
According to Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the ministry is in the process of spearheading the digitalization of the entire government and is working with the Ministry of Finance to see how to digitalize the entire economy.
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She revealed that His Excellency the President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo sees the need to use technology to improve the delivery of government services at all levels that is why he added the additional mandate of digitalization to the Ministry of Communication.
Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful noted that the ministry will be grateful to partner with South Korea to establish digital infrastructure, application services, linking the country’s data basis, and e-government services.