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23 November 2005
UN and Africa, a weekly 15-minute radio programme, aims to cover topical and current-affairs-related stories about what the UN is doing for Africa, in Africa, and about Africa.          Press Release
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24 November 2005 - Programme Number 75

LIBERIAN ELLEN JOHNSON SIRLEAF BECOMES AFRICA'S FIRST ELECTED HEAD OF STATE;
GHANA PROMOTES INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf becomes Africa’s first women to be elected head of state. The National Election Commission of Liberia confirmed her election on Wednesday. What impact does the Liberian president-elect think her election will have on other African women?

“This one added value of having reached the highest political office in the land I think will set the example and I expect that women all over Africa will compete with much more confidence and more effectively so that they will be I think before the end of this decade more women that will be presidents or heads of state.”

Ghana is doing to promote information and communication technologies which are increasingly playing an important role in the economic and social developing of countries around the world.


“We have decided to use ICT not only as a tool to create wealth but also to use ICT to improve upon delivery of government services.”

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