Wireless Ghana

20th March 2008: LAUNCHING - 2ND GHANA ICT AWARDS 2008 at International Press Centre, Accra. 2ND GHANA ICT AWARDS.

Feb 2008: Gideon Amoah,Wireless Ghana Project Coordinator participated in the wireless training workshop organized by ICTP,Italy. View Wireless school 2008 pictures here.

Nov 2007:Installation of the wireless infrastructure at Sakuomono, Ghana. View Sakuomono Wireless pictures here.

Sep 2007:Preliminary installation of the wireless infrastructure at Twifo, Ghana (Twifo Connect). View Twifo Connect pictures here.

May 2007:We are working to expand Twifo Connect, a partner of Wireless Ghana. Read about how Wireless Ghana is influencing Digital Inclusion worldwide in this article by Sascha Meinrath. This summer Wireless Ghana team members will be participating in WSFII Ghana and The International Summit for Community Wireless.

25 January 2007:Gideon Hayford Chonia from University of Zurich, Switzerland visited Wireless Ghana to see how the project is going and to help us expand the project from Apirede through Aburi to Legon. Also he mention of helping us to form a LINUX USER GROUP in Eastern - Region.

10 December 2006: The project coordinator of Wireless Ghana, Mr. Gideon Amoah visited the OVF(www.onevillagefoundation.org) and the
WiLUG(www.wilugghana.org)in Winneba to see how the project is going and to discuss partnership and support for Phase II of the efforts.

1 November 2006: Added a Forum for discussion on implementing community wireless networks in and around Ghana. Active topics are listed on the right side of every page. If you are interested in building wireless networks in Ghana, this is the place to ask questions and share ideas.

Akwapim Community Wireless Network:

The Akwapim Community Wireless Network is an open-architecture mesh network that uses cost-priced WiFi technology and open-source software to share Internet access. The network currently has ten nodes, and spreads out over a 20km range, offering connectivity to schools, businesses, and community activity centers throughout six towns in the mountainous Akwapim North district of Ghana's Eastern Region. The figure below maps out the existing nodes of the network.

(Snapshot: June 28th, 2006)

(click on the map for a more detailed image.)

Click here for a gallery of this network.