November 14, 2022 – Accra, Ghana The seaside community of Chokor, a suburb in Accra with a population of about 3000 people, gets free broadband through an exciting new collaboration.
In Ghana, CSquared has over 1,070+ km of metro fiber in Greater Accra, Tema and Kumasi with plans to expand into Takoradi before the end of the year. CSquared also has in partnership with GRIDCo provisioned a high speed Backbone connecting Accra, Kumasi and Takoradi with plans to expand to the Togo and Ivory Coast borders and other regions of Ghana.
At CSquared we are committed to championing the progress of the African continent, providing opportunities for development and growth by bringing broadband closer to them, their families and their businesses.
That is why we are so excited to announce our support in partnership with Teledata, to BASICS International, a non profit organization that is working to empower the community of Chorkor and other areas in Ghana, through investing in education and providing holistic services to children.
Commenting on the initiative, Estelle Akofio-Sowah, CSquared’s West Africa Manager stated “Every day, broadband is connecting the unconnected. From education to health care to economic opportunity, more people in Ghana continue to benefit from living in a fully digitized world. This partnership goes a long way towards achieving CSquared’s goal of #InternetForAll. I am personally excited to partner with BASICS as I firmly believe that increased connectivity and digital transformation has a positive knock-on effect on economic development and growth, especially for our motivated and vibrant youth.”
This initiative is part of CSquared’s corporate social responsibility held under the theme, “LetsGrowTogether”. The goal of the program is to drive digitisation and economic activity through connectivity, career development and digital skills training.
Gregory Eid, Teledata CEO commented “We have known BASICS International for some time and are excited to contribute to their objectives through this CSR program with CSquared. It is a known fact that the Internet, as a utility, cannot be taken out of education. Leveraging on it to drive social interventions is a necessity to bridge the gap between marginalized and affluent communities. We plan to keep the momentum by volunteering in mentoring initiatives with BASICS. We hope the community embraces all the interventions wholeheartedly.”
Ironically Accra being the most densely internet-connected city in Ghana, is not spared in the lack of ICT infrastructure in the country’s educational system. Therefore for a nonprofit organization to be interested in the use of the Internet in their engagements is commendable and must be supported. The Chorkor community deserves to be part of the Internet connectivity wave that the world is seeing.
Patricia Wilkins, Basics Int Founder & Managing Director shared “Thank you CSquared and Teledata for this huge investment in BASICS International and the Chorkor community. This act of kindness and corporate social responsibility is an example of the pillars that we stand on and help us to grow. Our commitment for the past 22 years has been to provide access to education and social inclusion to those underserved, and your contribution just made it a bit easier. Education and technology is an important (if not the most important tool in ending poverty, and your donation of high speed internet – will allow hundreds of people access to the tools, resources, and the world that they need to advance.”
For more information, please contact: info@csquared.com
About CSquared
CSquared is a technology company, making commercially driven investments into broadband-enabling infrastructure throughout Africa. While a basic connection is useful when it comes to Internet access, abundant, affordable broadband can transform communities and help people make the most of opportunities online. By investing in open-access broadband infrastructure and making it available to local Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and mobile network operators (MNOs), CSquared helps bring high-quality broadband access to Africa’s major cities.
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About Teledata
Teledata has close to twenty years experience providing nation-wide Internet services to customers in all sectors. With Empathy and Lifelong Learning being two core values it holds high, Teledata believes in equal opportunities for everyone especially in the deprived communities. This is what drives its mission to connect people to enable progress and make lives complete.
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Twitter: @TeledataICT
Facebook: @teledataict
LinkedIn: @Teledata ICT
About B.A.S.I.C.S International
Brothers And Sisters In Christ Serving (B.A.S.I.C.S International) is a faith based not for profit located in Ghana, West Africa. B A S I C S International ( USA) is a registered 501 (c)(3) charitable organization. Founded by Pat Wilkins in 2000, BASICS provides education and resources to impoverished communities in Ghana.
BASICS believes in sustainable development; using education to empower communities to rise out of poverty and achieve social equality. The key to permanent change is not to provide ‘aid,’ but rather to share our wealth, information and resources to those less fortunate. By arming our brothers and sisters with information, they are able to demand what they need from their leaders; better education, sanitation, working conditions, gender equality, social equality and accountability
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LinkedIn: @Basicsinternational
FAQs
- Who is CSquared and what benefits does CSquared bring to Ghana?
CSquared is a technology company, making commercially driven investments into broadband-enabling infrastructure throughout Africa. While a basic connection is useful when it comes to Internet access, abundant, affordable broadband can transform communities and help people make the most of opportunities online. By investing in open-access broadband infrastructure and making it available to local Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and mobile network operators (MNOs), CSquared helps bring high-quality broadband access to Africa’s major cities.
- What is open access and why is it so important to CSquared?
Deploying and operating infrastructure on a shared basis can help lower installation and consumer costs. The open access philosophy is integral to the CSquared model and its shareholders.
- What can the region achieve with increased access to broadband?
Increased access to broadband improves the rate of information sharing and this creates a positive social and economical impact. Immediate benefits could include digitized voting systems, online educational facilities, remote medical consultations, facilitated and trading media, to name a few. Increased access to broadband will also improve communication with the rest of the world.
- How has CSquared been working to give back to the community in Ghana?
CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) activities to date continue to create a major impact on our immediate society in Ghana. This all starts with ensuring that our OpCos are run by nationals of the countries we operate in. We thrive on our FRESH culture that is based on Fun, Respect, Excellence, Sharing and Heroism. Then it is equally important to us that we invest in our communities. We are particularly passionate about supporting girls in ICT and have partnered with the Minister of Communication, Hon Ursula Owusu in a campaign very dear to her that encourages girls to go into STEM.
- Why is Internet connectivity, career and digital skills training important to CSquared?
CSquared champions development and progress of the African continent by investing in telecoms infrastructure to bring broadband connectivity closer to everyone. This cause empowers the youth by availing the required technology, equipping them with the right skills and guiding them in the right direction providing the youth a chance to fully take advantage of opportunities in the digital economy.