Telecel Ghana has officially launched the Ashanti Codes training program to equip young people in the Ashanti Region with digital literacy, innovation, and entrepreneurship skills. The 12-week program, which trained young people in IT and robotics, was crowned in a grand ceremony at the Afia Kobi Serewaa Ampem II Public Library on Thursday, June 11, 2026.
Speaking at the ceremony, Mr Kwaku Aseidu, Telecel Ghana’s Executive Head for the Ashanti Region, indicated that equipping young people with technological skills is key in a fast-paced, technology-advancing world.
“Connectivity alone is no longer enough. The world our young people are entering is being shaped by technology. The important question is whether our young people will simply control technology or become the creators, innovators, and entrepreneurs who build solutions for their own communities and the world”, he stressed.
Mr Kwaku Aseidu revealed that Telecel was inspired by the need to provide young people with the relevant digital skills that would help them become problem solvers and inventors. He added that by the end of 2026, Telecel Ghana was aiming to train 1000 young people across Kumasi, Wiamoase, Nsuta, and Obuasi in coding, robotics, Internet of Things technology, and digital problem solving.
The Ashanti regional Minister, Dr Frank Amoakohene, graced the occasion and expressed the government’s support of the initiative. He said that ensuring young people not only become part of the future but also have the opportunity to create the future was key to national development.
The Regional Minister also emphasised the need for young people to be trained with dynamism, especially in the technological space.
“If you don’t blend in and advance yourself, machines and robots will take over the traditional work that needs human intervention to be done. So I am glad that the younger generations are being integrated now, so that they are able not only to witness the super AI coming up, but they also become part of creating it”, the regional minister said.
Students from some public schools gave brief demonstrations of their inventions. Among the projects that were displayed was a smart dustbin that could sense trash and automatically open, a smart drying line that was self-regulated by measuring the moisture on the house roof and a model car that detected obstructions and automatically stopped.
Telecel Ghana partnered with the Ghana Library Association to make selected centres digital hubs for the Ashanti Codes training program and promised that teachers had been trained to ensure continuity of the program across several public schools in the Ashanti Region.
By: Janice Opoku-Agyemang
