Rockefeller Foundation Awards $3.8 Million for IT Jobs in Ghana

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Rockefeller Foundation Awards $3.8 Million for IT Jobs in Ghana, reports Philanthropy News Digest.

The Rockefeller Foundation has announced a $3.8 million grant to the Ghanaian government in support of its job creation efforts in the field of information and communications technologies.

Awarded through the foundation's $100 million Digital Jobs Africa initiative, the grant will help fund the completion of a mini-ICT park in central Accra that is expected to attract tech companies and generate up to ten thousand jobs, primarily for disadvantaged youth. The grant from the foundation leverages a $5 million grant from the World Bank through its eGhana Project...