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Embrace ICT, Minister Hughes urges girls

FEMALE students from 10 city schools were on Thursday given the opportunity to tour several tech-intensive agencies and private companies, including the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO), Digicel and the NDMA/E-Government Unit as part of the Ministry of Public Telecommunications’ ‘Girls in ICT’ Day observance. During their tour, the girls met with […]

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Boosting Our Capacity: Seminar On Big Data Hosted In The Republic Of India

Over the past months, several staff of the National Data Management Authority (NDMA) Ministry of Public Telecommunications,eGovernment Programme seized the opportunity to develop and strengthen their ICT and related skills. These opportunities came in the form of ICT-based training courses/seminars sponsored by the governments of the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of South Korea, […]

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MOU signed to better UG’s ICT platforms

Minister of Public Telecommunications Catherine Hughes and University of Guyana’s (UG), Principal and Vice Chancellor Professor Dr. Ivelaw Griffith today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to boost the Information Communication Technology (ICT) platforms at the Turkeyen campus. One of the major goals of the Ministry of Public Telecommunications is to better equip UG, so […]

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e-Government Agency and NDMA officially merged

-will strengthen capacity of implementing Government’s eGovernment Agenda Georgetown, Guyana – (March 31, 2017) As part of its overall mandate to transform Guyana into a nation driven by Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Government has fulfilled its promise of merging the e-Government Agency and the National Data Management Authority (NDMA). This merger will lead to […]

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Linden CDCs receive computers for ICT hubs

Three Community Development Councils in the mining town of Linden have been furnished with computers for its Information and Communications Technology (ICT) hubs. These communities are Block 22, Bamia and Victory Valley. The computers were presented to the CDC’s by Deputy Director of Community Development Council, Sandra Adams. The ICT hubs’ main aim is to […]

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More Guyanese Schools to have I.T Labs, Internet in 2017

The Ministry of Education is working to harness the use of Information and Communication Technologies including Internet to enhance education delivery in Guyana. The head of the Management Information System (MIS) Unit of the Ministry of Education, Yoganand Indarsingh, told the Government Information Agency (GINA) that particular focus has been placed on improving learning outcomes in the […]