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UNESCO’s Internet Universality indicators in Ghana
Status: Ongoing
Launching Year: 2020
Completion Year: 2023
Ghana has made significant progress towards closing the gender gap in internet access, with 29% of women now online; up from fewer than 20% in 2016 (Web Foundation and the Media Foundation for West Africa, 2016). However, women using the internet in Ghana still experience a lower quality connection, preventing them from fully benefiting from digital technology. Ghana has a 14% gender gap in meaningful connectivity, a measure based on whether users have fast speeds, enough data, a suitable device, and regular access to the internet. Source: Ghana report
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Partners and funding
- Funding: IPDC
- Author(s): Researchers: Dr. Simon-Peter Kafui Aheto (team lead and categories R and O), Dr. Clement Adamba (categories M and Contextual indicators), Dr. Gideon Mensah Anapey (categories O and A), Dr. Doreen Ahwireng (categories M and X) and Anita Sarpong
- National Partner(s): Development House;Ministry of Communication and Digitalisation;Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC);UNESCO4S Information For All Programme
- Focal point: Abdul Hamid Yakub, UNESCO Office in Accra National Office