The National
Communications Authority (NCA) has hosted a delegation from the National
Institute for Security Studies (NISS), Nigeria at the NCA Tower. The visit, led
by Esther Oyeyele Emiloye, Director for Coordination and Liaison Services at
the NISS, forms part of a one-week African study tour on the theme: Artificial
Intelligence, Security, and Emerging Economies in Africa: Challenges and
Prospects.
Welcoming the delegation,
Prof. Ezer Osei Yeboah-Boateng, Deputy Director-General in Charge of Technical
Operations (DDG-TO), reiterated the NCA’s commitment to knowledge sharing in
the communications industry and expressed the NCA’s pleasure to be a part of
the educational visit. He indicated that the NCA, in the performance of its
mandate, has invested resources in the creation of infrastructures that help us
carry out our mandate, such as the Type Approval Laboratories, the common
platform, the NCA Computer Emergency Response Team (NCACERT), and the
Broadcasting Monitoring Centre (BMC). These facilities, he said, provide unique
features using artificial intelligence to ensure that regulatory requirements
are met and the NCA carries out its mandate for regulating the communications
industry.
Speaking on behalf of the delegation, Esther
Oyeyele Emiloye stated that the visit, among other things, seeks to understand
how the NCA regulates the communications spectrum visà-vis artificial
intelligence. She further expressed appreciation to the NCA for the warm
welcome they had received and said that the visit is a testament to the
long-standing relationship Ghana has with Nigeria.
Delivering a presentation
on the NCA's readiness for artificial intelligence, Nii Ayitey Komey, Senior
Manager at the Regulatory Division, stated that the NCA is well positioned to
play a leading role in government plans to accelerate digitalization. He also
stated that the NCA will lead the public sector in AI application deployment.
The delegation had the opportunity to tour some of the NCA's regulatory
infrastructure, including the new Broadcasting Monitoring Centre, the
Communications Monitoring Centre (CMC), NCA-CERT, and the Type Approval
Conformance Laboratories.
By:
Nana Appiah Acquaye
