The Ghana Digital Innovation Week is set to return with amplified excitement and achievements.
Following two years of over 6,000 attendees, 96 exhibitions, and 60 insightful sessions led by ecosystem actors, this year’s highly anticipated event is scheduled for November 15th – 17th, 2023.
Ghana Digital Innovation Week (GDIW) is a nationwide series of events showcasing and celebrating milestones in Ghana’s Digital Innovation Ecosystem. This platform allows various actors to learn, share ideas and create connections to enhance the progress of the landscape.
The event is co-created and co-owned by actors from the private sector, academia, policymakers, Development Partners, and Civil Society Organizations through the support of the Digital Transformation Centre, implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). It is also held in collaboration with MASHAV, Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation through the Embassy of Israel in Ghana, The Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, and the Ministry of Communication and Digitalization.
This year, GDIW will kick off with regional events in Tamale, Koforidua, and Kumasi, leading up to the three-day finale in Greater Accra. By involving participants from across the country, GDIW aims to promote discourse on enhancing digital literacy and adoption, particularly in remote areas.
Collaborations and synergies will be created as the three-day event will bring together digital policymakers, startups, corporates, intermediary organizations and grassroots across the country. The outcomes of this collaborative event will encompass networking opportunities, the creation and presentation of digital policies, and a heightened emphasis on digital transformation.
More than a festival, GDIW offers an immersive and impactful experience for all participants. At its core, the event aims to nurture the rapid growth of technology and innovation in Ghana. This year’s event will host over 30 sessions nationwide, featuring presentations and innovative displays from influential digital leaders and key players in the innovation ecosystem. With its diverse range of event options, there is something extraordinary for everyone to experience.
About the Digital Transformation Centre, Ghana
The Digital Transformation Center Ghana together with our local partners, offers trainings to small and medium enterprises and entrepreneurs to further equip them with digital skills and digital tools. We address women and youth in urban and rural areas with the aim of closing the existing economic gaps between them. To support in preparing the society for a digital future, the DTC Ghana combines expertise for capacity strengthening from four different projects implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH’ on behalf of The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). These include:
Enabling an environment for micro-enterprises to use digital transformation to strengthen their economic condition and enabling intermediaries to do trainings and coaching for female entrepreneurs with DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
E-Commerce trainings that support small and medium enterprises in bringing their business online and reaching more customers with the Pan-African E-Commerce Initiative (PeCI).
Developing policy frameworks and providing access to data, trainings, and A.I technologies with FAIR Forward.
Co-creating strong foundations for innovation by empowering Africa Innovation Ecosystems with Make-IT in Africa.
About MASHAV
MASHAV – Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation is dedicated to providing developing countries with the best of Israel’s experience in development and planning. As a member of the family of nations, The State of Israel is committed to fulfilling its responsibility to contribute to the fight against poverty and to the global efforts to achieve sustainable development. MASHAV, representing Israel and its people, focuses its efforts on capacity building, sharing relevant expertise accumulated during Israel’s own development experience to empower governments, communities and individuals to 5 improve their own lives. MASHAV’s activities focus primarily on areas in which Israel has a competitive advantage, including agriculture and rural development; water resources management; entrepreneurship and innovation; community development; medicine and public health, empowerment of women and education. Professional programs are based on a “train the trainers” approach to institutional and human capacity building, and are conducted both in Israel and abroad. Project development is supported by the seconding of short and long-term experts, as well as on-site interventions. Since its establishment, MASHAV has promoted the centrality of human resource enrichment and institutional capacity building in the development process – an approach which has attained global consensus. www.mashav.mfa.gov.il ; www.facebook.com/MASHAVisrael
