Accra, June 18, GNA – The Management of Huawei, the Leading Global ICT Company, has equipped the Ministry of Education with a set of fully installed Body Sensing Camera.
The support is to enable the Ministry screen all persons coming to its premises as a measure to curb the spread of COVID-19.
The donation is the latest in a series of initiatives and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities that have been undertaken by the ICT to support Ghana’s fight against COVID-19 through the use of innovative technology.
Mr Kweku Essuman Quansah, the Chief Technical Officer, Carrier Business at Huawei Ghana, said: “Huawei is committed to helping Ghana win the battle against COVID-19 and we are determined now more than ever to use the full force of our innovative technologies to do this.”
He said it was, therefore, their hope and believe that through this donation the Ministry of Education would be able to automatically detect persons with elevated body temperature thereby help control the spread by identifying individuals, who may be exhibiting symptoms while ensuring physical distancing.
He said Huawei has over the past 19 years of operation in Ghana supported the education sector immensely through various initiatives, citing the Huawei ICT Talent Ecosystem, which has trained some 1 500 plus tertiary students to help grow Ghana’s ICT talent pool and CSR initiatives like donation of ICT laboratories to Public Universities in Ghana among others.
Mr Essuman Quansah also commended government for putting in place robust measures in gradually returning life to normalcy while controlling the spread in other to effectively lives and businesses.
Madam Barbara Ayisi Acher, the Deputy Minister of Education, expressed gratitude to Huawei for their continuous support to the sector.
She said the donation was very useful to the Ministry as it would help them screen people more easily.
“The Ministry looks forward to more partnership with Huawei during and post COVID-19 to collectively work towards the development of the education sector and the nation as a whole,” she added.
GNA