The Ghana-India

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Centre of Excellence in ICT is

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's first Advanced Information Technology Institute (AITI) l. It was established in 2003, through a partnership between the

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and the

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. The centre also houses West Africa's first supercomputer. The meeting and lecture rooms as well as the

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wireless network guarantee that the AITI can host close to 1000 people at any given time.

History

In August 2002, H.E. John Agyekum Kufuor, President of Ghana, went to

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on a four-day state visit, to find business partners to invest and undertake joint ventures in Ghana. During that visit, the two Governments came to a bilateral agreement, to facilitate cooperation in the area of ICT. The Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT (AITI-KACE) was created as a result. India provided computer hardware, software and other communication equipment, training for instructors and the curriculum. Ghana provided the infrastructure and the administrative and technical staff. AITI-KACE was launched on 9 December 2003. AITI premises

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External links

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