ONE MILLION CODERS PROGRAM 

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 🙏

I would be glad to be part of this initiative

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Great

wow great initiative

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

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

Great!

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.

Great initiative

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

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

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

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

John Mahama understand how things work

thats great news

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.

Now you guys are thinking. The way forward is technology

good!

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

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

Speak Twi and GA as well please.

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.

Woow

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! :)

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.

good initiative, how do i join this programe please

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

Sam George Hello how can I help you

How can I join?

THIS IS THE REAL DEGITALISATION NOT YAANOM

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

Stolen bawumia policy

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

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