The future of Ghana depends on its ability to strengthen and grow its economy and industries now in place, to create new businesses and new jobs, and to attract foreign business and investment. It can only do these things if it is able to develop the literate and trained workforce that an economy needs if it is to compete in the global marketplace. Ghana must restructure its business and industry, and provide all of its people with the education that gives them the skills and the tools they need to join the global economy. In Ghana, the use of electronic networks and information technology is in its infancy.
Computers have yet to penetrate many sensitive sectors of the Ghanaian economy.
Added to this is the lack of educational and training facilities to help train people in electronic networking and information systems. This requires that people acquire computer skills to ensure that they are not left behind in this information age. Ghana needs people trained in business, in technology, in the trades, in science, in engineering. Ghana, however, does not have this caliber of trained workforce prepared to lead the country. If we wait until we have the funds to address these issues we lose another generations of Ghanaian youth, and our economy will continue the slide into desperation.