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Public Voting For Second National ICT 2008 Awards Opens

The public voting for the Second National ICT Awards 2008 to be held
on Saturday May 17, 2008 as the world celebrates World
Telecommunications Day and Information Society Day has opened. The
awards is being organized by Ministry of Communications and Ghana's
ICT industry stakeholders.

Members of the general public can vote either by going to
www.ghanaictawards. com or send the full name of their choice to
1419(all mobile networks in Ghana) via SMS until 13th May 2008.
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The categories opened for public voting are as follows:

1. ICT PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR

· NII NARKU QUAYNOR

· ENGR MRS FLORENCE SERIKI

· AKWASI PIANIM OSEI

· DR HARRIET SOMUAH

· SAQIB NAZIR

· SAMUEL QUARSHIE

2. TELECOM COMPANY OF THE YEAR

· TIGO

· MTN

· KASAPA

· ONE TOUCH

3. TOP CAFÉ OF THE YEAR

· SMART INTERNET & MULTIMEDIA

· CYBERCITY INTERNET

4. TOP ICT TRAINNING/INSTITUTI ON

· KNUST COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

· IPMC

· NIIT

· KiNET

· DZODZE CHILDRENS RESOURCE CENTRE

The winners from the second national ICT awards would be entered into
African Achievers Award to be held in South Africa. The awards night
slated for the evening of 17th May 2008 will be a celebration of
excellence in Ghana's ICT sector.

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