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GhanaWeb reports on the state of Ghana Telecom:

The age-old notion that national telecom firms represent a crown jewel in assets for countries is ill-conceived and should make way for modern-day realism. Due to rapid changes in the telecommunication industry, governments are not well-positioned to preside over the industry’s affairs. Government bureaucracies are inherently lethargic and not nimble enough to leverage the ever-changing technological innovations that have persistently engulfed the industry. This explains why many governments have chosen to privatize their telecom ministries…It is only by so doing that telecommunication can become a backbone to the economic transformation of Ghana that invariable culminates in the realization of the country’s vision of accelerated economic development.