HON URSULA OWUSU-EKUFUL

Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful is the Minister for Communications and Digitalisation for the Republic of Ghana and a three terms Member of Parliament for the Ablekuma West constituency. As the Minister of Communications, she has oversight of the government’s infrastructure programme for the ICT Sector, the development of a robust framework to support the digitalisation of the economy and the scaling up of e-government services with a national broadband and total connectivity for the unserved and underserved at the heart of the agenda. She is passionate about supporting the local tech start up ecosystem, nurturing the development of indigenous technology and encouraging women, children and persons with disabilities to engage in ICT.
Mrs.Owusu-EkufulholdsacertificateinGovernmentIntegrityfromtheInternationalLaw Institute, Washington DC, a Project Management and Planning Certificate from Ghana Institute ofManagementandPublicAdministrationandaMastersinConflictPeaceandSecurityfromthe Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre. She is a lawyer, women's rights activist, technology advocate and a product of the University Of Ghana And The Ghana School Of Law.

• October1990

  She was called to the Ghana Bar

• 10 years

  as an associate at Akufo-Addo, Prempeh & Co., Legal Practitioners and Notaries Public.

• From Sept 2005 to May 2008

  She was the acting Managing Director, Western Telesystems (Westel)

• May 2008 to January 2009

  the Corporate and External Affairs Director, ZAIN Ghana.