 Welcome to ITU Telecom World 2017 here in Busan in the Republic of Korea, where I'm very pleased to be joined today by the Honourable George Ninyangya, who is Deputy Minister for Communications. Mr. Andar, thank you very much for being with us in the studio today. Thank you. Thanks for having us here. I'm Ganesh Privileged and we are honoured and humbled to be given this opportunity to engage with you. Well, we're very pleased indeed to have you here. Now, the theme for this year's event has been smart digital transformation. What does it mean in Ghana? Well, in Ghana we say it's digital time. His Excellency the President keeps on saying that he wants Ghana to become the most business friendly and the most people friendly economy on the continent. And obviously everything like this is going to run on the back of solid technology. So when we're talking about the theme, I think it's very, it's in sync and it's consistent with what Ghana believes in. All our services are from, you're talking about the health sector, you're talking about our Greek, you're talking about housing, you're talking about transportation, you're talking about education, you're talking about security. The backbone that all these services are going to run on in the future is technology. And I think it's just apt that the theme fits into what Ghana is doing. So once we're seeing this digital time in Ghana, we're looking at the national ID system, we're looking at the housing address system, we're looking at paperless offices, we're looking at the government services. And then it's interesting that at the port just one week after we had introduced paperless transactions, our revenue increased by 56% year on year. So just cutting out the waste, just reducing the opportunity for people to be corrupt and the speed at which people are claiming their things. So it's a good time, I mean we are fully in sync with the theme and we are actually practicing it in Ghana. That's brilliant. And what do you think are the major challenges and opportunities over the next five years, let's say, in terms of the digital technologies? I mean, there are a number of challenges that I envisage, I mean, one would be people resisting change, people used to doing things in a different way and now having to use technology and they feel like it's a bit difficult for them to change their old habits, but I mean that is normal, we have to keep on engaging them. The other thing is to make sure that we have the right policies, we have the right regulatory framework to make sure that we are ready for the takeoff that is happening. There's a bit of infrastructure that needs to be put on the ground, we need to make sure that we have the right infrastructure at the right place, delivering the right solutions to all the players of the ecosystem. And I think one other thing is to make sure that we are building the right capacity, we are building the right skills, we are building the right competencies in our people for them to be able to take advantage of the whole digitization process. As far as the benefits are concerned, I think it's a no-brainer, it's a better way of doing business, a better way of living. The vision of the president, making sure that Ghana becomes the most business-friendly and the most people-friendly economy on the continent. Once you go into detail, then it means that your taxation processes are better monitored, the way the companies are registering, you take down from entertainment to the ways of doing business and everything is going to be transformed. The benefits are clear, we came to Busan and we are seeing the benefits of a smart city. Very soon our crowd should become a smart city and I think that there's no, it's not negotiable, it's not negotiable, we are quite excited and we are ready for that opportunity as well. What about e-government services, how's Ghana working towards those? Well at the moment we've launched a number of e-government services, there's e-parliament, so the members of parliament are working smart, it's not 100% complete, but we are almost there, there's e-immigration, so there's database that's being collected quickly, people are being cleared at the ports, their travel experience is much better, so I mean there are a number of e-services that are on plan and we are in a good place to deliver these experiences to the right stakeholders. And finally, we talked a little bit about you attending this event, it's quite a way to get here and obviously it's been an investment for Ghana to be here with the pavilion etc. What's the value of attending events such as ITU Telecom World? I think there are a number of benefits, I mean the first one of course is a network and opportunity, making sure that we are in line with the new technologies that are being discussed, making sure that we are connected to the right organisations, the right people, we brought some SMEs over, making sure that they also have an opportunity to engage with other ex-bitters, making sure that they can engage with other potential businesses and I think for me the other thing was to try and get into the right way of doing things, you learn from the countries that are taking the step forward and we want to leap from these things, so there's an opportunity to ask the right questions and to set up the right meetings and of course as far as Ghana is concerned, we are putting ourselves up for renomination on the Executive Council and it's a great opportunity for us to show the rest of our colleagues what we are capable of doing, what we are doing in the country and the reason why they should give us an opportunity to serve on the Council. Certainly sounds like you're doing great things. Deputy Minister George Nenienda, thank you very much indeed for being here. Thanks for the opportunity and take care of yourself too. Thank you.