By: Nana
Appiah Acquaye
Kenya has proposed Ghana as
the first country with which it will establish reciprocal recognition of
professional and educational credentials under its Masterkey skills and work
wallet initiative, following discussions between the two countries’ ministers
responsible for communications and digital technology.
Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary
for Information, Communications and the Digital Economy, Hon. William Kabogo
Gitau, disclosed this after holding a bilateral meeting with Ghana’s Minister
for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, on
the margins of MWC26 Doha and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Plenipotentiary Conference.
According to Kabogo, the
discussions focused on follow-up actions to the Accra Reset, convened by
Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama.
At an Accra Reset event in
New York in September, Kenya’s President William Ruto announced that Kenya
would become the first country to implement Masterkey, a skills and work wallet
designed to allow people to carry verified qualifications across borders.
Kenya’s proposal to make
Ghana its first partner for reciprocal credential recognition is intended to
enable qualifications verified in either country to be recognised across both
jurisdictions.
The ministers also discussed
closer cooperation between their respective ministries in information and
communications technology and the digital economy.
Key areas identified
included digital public infrastructure, connectivity and regulation, as well as
collaboration in advancing Africa’s positions at the ITU.
Kabogo thanked Minister
George for the meeting, describing it as an opportunity to strengthen
cooperation between the two countries on shared digital development priorities.
