ECG to set up utility telco business to support government’s digitization agenda

The Electricity Company of Ghana is working towards establishing a Utility Telco Business by the end of the year, Managing Director of the ECG, Engineer Samuel Boakye-Appiah has revealed.

The business is currently in its pilot phase.

Delivering his keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the 2019 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Africon Conference in Accra, Ing. Samuel Boakye-Appiah revealed that the outfit is exploring the possibility of re-using its power infrastructure assets to establish a Utility Telco Business.

He explains that the move is in line with modern trends in supporting the government of Ghana’s Digitization Agenda.

“This will be in partnership with other telecom operators. We want to enter into what we call the Utility Telecom Business and the deployment of fiber is enabling infrastructures that will enable us achieve that objective,” he explained.

The IEEE conference on the theme: “powering Africa’s sustainable energy for all agenda” brought various engineers from across the African continent to Accra to discuss and share ideas in that field. On the essence of the conference, Chairman of IEEE, Ghana Sector, Dr. George Eduful said it will aid African countries in sharing ideas to support each other’s drive.

“When we have a conference like this, we have different students coming together, researchers coming also to bring solutions they have solved from the various countries,” he said.