Internet Access in Ghana

Chapter 2: Literature review 1 Ghana's Internet access information and communication technology has become a tool for people's integration and resources are rich, including health, politics, society, culture, entertainment, and education. However, the Internet is always a valuable medium for knowledge dissemination, development and growth opportunities. 1.1 Student of SHS accessing the Internet By greatly improving all these technologies, students in the 21st century are recommended to be "digital indigenous people" [3].

Ghana is a contradictory country. Technology rapidly penetrates daily life. Most people have cell phones, most people can use electricity and millions of people use the internet. However, countries with basic sanitary facilities can use less than 15%, and one out of five Ghana people defecates outdoors. Anani Abeena of Taviefe-Dzefe village in the Volta region said that this is because rural toilets like him are not attractive. Abeena, a 54-year-old farmer and the father of five children, said that home toilets are too expensive, difficult to maintain, and uncomfortable to use. "There are several toilets around, but considering the number of flies and flies to fly around, this does not mean that I can recommend it," he says. Therefore, for the most part of his life, he chose to free himself in the jungle.

Despite the status that Ghana is one of the top 5 economic activists in Africa, most citizens still can not access basic services and only 14% can improve hygiene. It is estimated that 33% of the rural population in Ghana is still defecating publicly. Medical facilities in Ghana are expected to reach 15% by 2015, well below the achievement of 54% of the Millennium Development Goals. Cleanacwa and partners will choose ten finalists advertising innovative ideas at the World Toilet Day Innovation Awards event to be held Thursday, November 19, 2015. The best ideas are drawn even in the selected community of Ghana, and the results / answers will be announced in WASH sector participants, donors, academic researchers, and government. The Health Innovation Awards are designed to challenge all stakeholders, especially young people, to propose innovative ideas and strategies to tackle impending health problems over the next decade.

Internet access and data provision are the first and most important stage of development for any country IT department, Ghana's growth deserves praise in this regard. According to National Communications Administration, Ghana's Internet market is dominated by mobile operators and its mobile operators have 19.9 million mobile data users in September 2016 with a penetration rate of 69.22% did. Market leader MTN Ghana has a market share of 54.4% in September 2016 and currently offers 4 G LTE access in all 10 regions. By the end of June 2016, mobile phone operators in Ghana have transmitted a total of 43.3 million GB of data. As of the end of the second quarter of 2016, monthly mobile data usage per user was 815.72 MB, which increased from 452.84 MB in the same period last year. In sales volume, MTN accounted for 41.4% of Ghana's total data usage in the second quarter of 2016, followed by Vodafone (26.1%), Airtel (23.1%), Tigo (8.8%), and GRO (0.6%) It was.

Ghana's telecommunications market is evolving through fiber optic networks, 4 G LTE, and electronic transformation plans