ONE MILLION CODERS PROGRAM

In this episode of ‘The Ghana We Want’ Conversations, Honourable Sam George, MP for Ningo Prampram, joins us as we discuss the 1 Million Coders Programme. This initiative, led by HE John Dramani Mahama, aims to equip one million young Ghanaians with essential coding skills. The program will focus on enhancing digital literacy through online courses, workshops, and mentorship, with support from tech companies and educational institutions. It is committed to inclusivity, aiming to reach diverse and underrepresented communities, and is expected to have a significant impact on employment and career opportunities in the tech sector. Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more updates!
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[@richn.5760]

Im a software engineer and worked for several Fortune 500 companies in the US. I'll be glad to contribute to this.

[@Crypton-yo2kn]

Ok snr

[@tn5403]

That would be great

[@mmuhamme2001]

Am a security engineer, will love to help and contribute however I can. The youths is the future

[@enochabassey2043]

I am a Principal Software / AI Architect for a fortune 500 company, and I can say I am very happy Ghana will look in this direction. Let's put politics aside and passionately follow what Sam is saying. This will transform the nation and keep brilliant minds busy with productive work to deliver products that cuts across international markets. In tech, there is no white or black, we all learn it here on earth. God bless you for this initiative and God bless Ghana.

[@Boom_Wealthy]

They will still mess it up bro. Only NDC members children will get admitted. That is Ghana for you. This is the gateway to success, but I know they are full of lies.

[@kanta_gh]

@@Boom_Wealthy Bro, even if only NDC members get admitted, they will be able to able to develop innovative ideas that will impact everyone in Ghana regardless of the persons political choice.

[@Boom_Wealthy]

@@kanta_gh Why don't we try a new party instead of these two stealing groups, NDC and NPP?

[@WiseD3v33]

@AKDeh please can we link up? any social link for us to connect?

[@JabInspiration]

Great! It sounds sweet

[@kanta_gh]

I love the idea. Put politics aside, with several years of experience as software engineer and a mentor, I believe this initiative is one of the best ideas I have heard from any politician in recent times. I have observed that Ghana needs even more than 1m codings. I am currently an Organizer for the Google Developer Groups in Kumasi, and we promise that we will do everything in our power to support this initiative. God Bless Ghana

[@motiveskillsdigital95]

Ur email pls

[@emmanuelameyaw9735]

How is the coding job market in Ghana?

[@lindadelalifiasam5878]

@@emmanuelameyaw9735😂😂

[@kanta_gh]

​@@emmanuelameyaw9735 The job market for coding global. Most of the the developers I know live in the Ghana and works for a foreign company thanks to remote work environment. If this is executed as planned, I promise you that it will attract all the tech gaints to establish offices in the Ghana. This has happened in India, China, etc.

[@emmanuelteye3723]

I am a DevOps engineer and a Ghanaian, I will be gladly contribute to this.

[@alaboah4720]

Brilliant initiative. To reduce unemployment Ghana needs to provide the workforce of skilled labor to the global community just as India and other countries have done. We need call centers, and Hon Sam George is spot on. The Ghanaian student and professional diction and accent is much more understandable than India.

[@sharifmohammedalhassan1707]

Great news for the people of Ghana, this is very visionary

[@preciouskwashieattakpah9063]

That is a smart move for future for Ghana and the world

[@CodeSnacks]

This is a very good program... I just can't wait to support or be part of such a good policy.Lets put the politics aside and help develop the future of this country 🙏

[@princeakoensi3031]

As a software engineer, I always knew there will come a time where we acknowledge our geographical location (being close to the center of the earth) and using that to our advantage in IT. It’s time to put that theory into practical use

[@nytemann1404]

That is a very good idea. I learnt this in school which is called the "Globalization"

[@niimorale4311]

After this please launch 1 million farmers programme too. After we've written the code we will need food to eat.

[@brainites]

I couldn't agree more.

[@YawAnsongSnr]

This is quite embarassingly, a very myopic take. Irrespective of your political affiliation. He is teaching you how to fish. You are ask asking for fish.

[@niimorale4311]

@@YawAnsongSnr You need to read my post again. You are the one embarrasing yourself. I am a software engineer myself with 10 years experience. I don't eat software, I eat food. If I ask that farmers' version of this programme is launched, I'm not asking them to go and farm and bring me the food. Or is the government going to learn the coding and work with the skills they've acquired so they can feed the million coders. Cost of food is a huge problem in this country and i was only saying they should look in that area as well probably using some of the strategies they are going to employ in this coding program. If you care to know, I am a member of my constituency's Elections and IT unit (NDC)

[@mawuliduse-anthony9785]

​@@YawAnsongSnr no don't get him wrong. He's saying that our income distribution in the population will increase. As in the purchasing power of the average people will be good enough to afford food. So others should also look at the Agriculture sector to balance everything

[@alomatsilawrence5497]

That one has been done by your fake president's Planting for food and jobs 😅😅

[@knightthompson2938]

Great!

[@ImEli2215]

Interesting initiative. I hope it does not turn out just as 1D1F, PFJ implementation. Coz Gh de3 we are good at sloganeering.

[@PointMan5000]

Remove age restrictions as a whole lot of people are out of work and self training in IT.

[@ImEli2215]

Very true sir

[@obedkrampah7472]

wow great initiative

[@adjeiebenezer9426]

Great idea. I’ll be looking forward to this. But please pay the employees (software/network/A.I/Cybersecurity engineers, QA, Hardware developers, etc. ) well. Pay them well. No cheating

[@motivationalpillars8038]

Wow I would love to partake in this as a software developer

[@megatronDelaMusa]

Ghana can corner just one aspect of the digital landscape....cyber security..... and make it the world's go to country for cyber security.

[@enochabban9454]

😂😂😂 and beat Israel?

[@henryamos]

I would be glad to be part of this initiative

[@BuildnCode4506]

eeeeeiiii prof Amos🤭

[@henryamos]

@@BuildnCode4506yes boss

[@joojojeffrey]

Great initiative

[@Dreysimmons]

This will be a very good initiative if implemented....but we all know politicians and their sweet promises prior to elections lol.......I will becoming to Ghana to vote for Cheddar. He's more likely to accomplish this than any other party led by old men. I would have easily voted for the NDC if it was led by Sam George, at least, hes shown some credibility in the past few months.....but it is what it is.

[@edistvgh]

Great

[@bnartey1]

As a Senior Global Applications Manager for a Global Organization, It was quiet difficult and a hunt to get find an expert in Microsoft Technologies in Ghana when I was recruiting recently. This program sounds to be like a generational thought that would, in the coming years, create a pool of IT engineers/ developers / analyst that would be ready for the world of work. Great initiative Sam Nartey George. Please ensure this does not fall into the cracks. Let me know in anyway how I can support.

[@piusbozumbil4650]

Not an NDCNPP member or fan but this is something I can get behind because it’ll be a great initiative for our country. This is a fantastic initiative if it is executed.

[@sk_jay]

thats great news

[@alfredjallah5708]

I'm from Liberia and a programmer. I'm working on coming to Ghana soon and hope to meet or join a community of coders

[@wizardofkwoz6298]

👋👋👋👋👋 what we have been waiting for. Stop exporting talent and start importing opportunity

[@Rapha_Mr.Mention]

John Mahama understand how things work

[@Justix233]

I love how detailed and well thought out the plan is Bawumia de3 kasa hunu nkoaa W'ab)n ruff

[@kwaku1058]

good!

[@simpleneurons]

Software without infrastructure is insane. Programs run on hardware, not liquid. Invest in both hardware and software talent. There only we can safely make good meaning and value of data and information.

[@HybrainAiTech]

We should perhaps be looking at creating our own version of Silicon valley, a typical tech hub.

[@HybrainAiTech]

I was discussing this with a colleague software engineer a couple of days ago. Well as a student Software engineer, I this is a brilliant idea. I think we should also have exchange program with the Indian gov't for some of their reputable technocrats, because I believe that INDIANS are the best when it comes to this.

[@alankwasi2401]

Woow

[@TechplugGhana]

Now you guys are thinking. The way forward is technology

[@devSackey]

Am a software engineer. I would love to join this movement

[@enochabban9454]

Beautifully said. However, the infrastructure is not only the labs and computers. You need massive power to run ML/AI servers, more so you'll need to adequately cool them. And not to talk about internet connectivity, we're dragging out feet when it comes to that. Besides that, there's an overwhelming lack of documented data for training ML/AI models especially in the African context....making it obviously discouraging to even go into it. Look at GhanaNLP 😅. With a well curated plan and agencies deployed to enforce the plan; and not putting square pegs in round holes.... We can achieve the impossible within a few years

[@wordpresscontent]

Not ignoring what we are saying we can't look at the problem and just be discouraged. We need to start from somewhere... SO lets look at that

[@alexsec6418]

Well said Sir, But the Question is do we have the qualify teachers to teach that?

[@maxwellawuah6738]

It still needs to be taught through well........coding is very good but we have to look at the trend and future of technology.........in just about 3yrs from now AI will do all the coding we need, It is actually able to code now,.....however we need the kids to know how to do critical and logical thinking in problem solving. But we should think through it.........i believe if we take one platform i way "Python" which a lot of AI apps and software are based on, it will help us a lot. As kids grow they can get into other areas. Currently, even in international schools we don't have teachers who know how to code. We were suppose to be teaching Coding in the early 2000 but we sat back and now its AI............very soon without any coding language you can sit behind your PC and come up with a code to solve issues.....because you have the AI to do it for you.

[@digitaldollarsdynamo]

If you don't have the basic knoledge of coding you can't even use the AI to write your code effectively and efficiently. The AI gives you what you fed into it to process and give you your meaningful outputs

[@maxwellawuah6738]

@@digitaldollarsdynamo Yes very true...........thats why i suggest we zoom in on "Python for kids"........however the challenge is that we don't have teachers who can teach programming in general. It has never been part of curriculum. Now once we introduce it into the curriculum, it poses a new challenge where teachers will have to undergo training. Yes I agree we should teach it......but who are those with the knowledge to teach.....we don't have trained teachers in coding.

[@ruthwilson8274]

You sound like a noob, ai can’t replace programmers...✍🏾 Programmers will do what they gotta do and ai will do what ai does, these can’t be interchanged

[@maxwellawuah6738]

@@ruthwilson8274 time will tell my friend...time wil tell.....

[@maxwellawuah6738]

@@ruthwilson8274 Relax my friend.....the world is changing....some of the best ai programs or software were developed by people without coding knowledge at all........programming has and will change.....we will no longer need to code, all we need is to have the idea and give the AI the prompt and work along side.......things are changing right before your eyes ...just give yourself some few years about say 2yrs.......you see understand more clearly what am talking about

[@blackhouse8311]

good initiative, how do i join this programe please

[@emmanuelameyaw9735]

How is the coding job market in Ghana? Are companies hiring?...it should not be like coders will be sitting at home after the program because there are no companies hiring and no capital to start your coding business.

[@SweetmoviesRECAP]

Speak Twi and GA as well please.

[@brandhightv]

Sam George Hello how can I help you

[@don_d1997]

How can I join?

[@Rapha_Mr.Mention]

John Dramani Mahama is far ahead of time and Ghanaians must give all the votes to make Him the president..

[@HappyBirthdayGreetings]

Have they thought about AI replacing most programmers soon🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Claude Anthropic is insane when it comes to coding and soon many programmers will be rendered jobless

[@asaresarkodiedaniel9672]

Hv you thought about who create AI?

[@Daskorpion]

All I'm hearing is tech talk by a politician. First off, Ghana is late to the paty but why not start with resolving dumsor and establish a solid, consistent, affordable internet infrastructure like Nigeria did. Provide better incentives to companies that are folding and leaving Ghana due to heavy taxation and unnecessary fees. Then, look into revamping the school curriculum across the board from nursery to SSS. Maybe then, and the keyword is "maybe," we might have something in place where coders can actually impact the economy. While India and the Philippines remain giants in this area, countries like Turkey, Israel, Brazil, and Costa Rica are quickly creeping up.

[@AKDeh]

Coding alone is no longer the future; consider this constructive criticism from someone born in Nkrumah, Ghana. With 35 years of experience as a USA-trained engineer, I am ready to help. Let's talk! :)

[@thomasagorhom1139]

Coding is the foundation. A good foundation harnesses the full potential, resilience and sustainability of any policy.

[@AKDeh]

@@thomasagorhom1139 u are not correct, Math and logic are the foundation, I don't know what policy has to do here

[@anthonyyawtwumasimensah197]

Why would you say it's not the future ?.

[@AKDeh]

@@anthonyyawtwumasimensah197 lot of people are responding to my comments so I posted an expanded version check it out

[@D_bugit]

@@AKDeh you were not supposed to insult him... learning to code comes with mathematics and logical reasoning unless you choose to be someone who go into web development or someone who heavily relies on framework. if you doubt it search for competitive programming questions and come and tell me the amount of logics you need to put together aside from the math part in order to solve some of the basic problems. in summary he wasnt wrong when he said coding is the foundation as it target both maths and logical reasoning

[@franciskoranteng4635]

THIS IS THE REAL DEGITALISATION NOT YAANOM

[@ruthwilson8274]

How i wish this can be deployed without the NDC and NPP bullshit ...✍🏾

[@benasante3227]

Exactly, only the independent private businesses can make something like this happen. I am Senior Manager at a BPO company in Ghana and I can tell you that this is not for politicians.

[@ibowyankson8306]

Stolen bawumia policy

[@ghkwame3615]

Copy cats! Ndc is always copying NPP. This is Bawumia's idea.😂😂

[@mosesthompson599]

Now you guys are now reasoning towards the digital man . Is better you steal those ideas and polish it , 24hrs nu enfa

[@princeadjeteyaddison1621]

Go and read the 2016 and 2020 NDC manifesto and you will who introduce it first

[@mosesthompson599]

So the man is not lying it is happening.

[@princeadjeteyaddison1621]

Yes

[@princeadjeteyaddison1621]

If we need someone to drive Ghana forward it is JM

[@alomatsilawrence5497]

Kwasiaman, do you know the one who proposed the 1 million coders first? Do you also know the one who led the foundation of digitization by connecting the fibre orbtic cables first? U can simply ask why was mobile money existing before Akuffo Addo- Bawumia came to government and who did that internet connectivity.