Govt champions digital transformation with Next Gen Infraco Minister for Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovations, Mr Samuel Nartey George, has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to supporting the development of robust and resilient digital infrastructure. He said this when a delegation from Next Gen Infraco (NGIC) led by CEO Tenu Awoonor visited him on Tuesday in Accra. The meeting emphasized NGIC’s pivotal role in accelerating Ghana’s ambitious digitisation agenda, leveraging its innovative open-access infrastructure model. The Minister urged NGIC to fast-track the commencement of commercial operations, emphasising the need for the intended benefits of their innovative model to be realised as soon as possible. The NGIC team commended the Minister on the nation’s significant strides in digital transformation, acknowledging the government’s visionary leadership in fostering a digitally inclusive society. NGIC is focused on delivering an open, wholesale 4G network and an exclusive 5G backbone, enabling affordable, high-speed internet for telcos, ISPs and enterprises. NGIC is a digital infrastructure company building Ghana’s first open-access, wholesale fibre and wireless national network, deploying 4G and exclusive 5G technologies to drive connectivity and innovation.