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ITSA Tech Conference: IT students advised to use their skills to solve social challenges

Vice Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Studies at UPSA, Dr. Emmanuel Owusu-Oware, has advised students of the faculty to hone their IT skills in order to solve social and economic challenges facing their communities.

“It is not just enough to build your technological knowledge,” he said, adding that IT students or professionals must use the knowledge they have acquired to solve problems wherever they find themselves.

Dr Owusu-Oware gave the advice to IT students at the second edition of the faculty’s Internet of Things Tech Conference held on Thursday, February 9, at the Justice Aryeetey Auditorium.

The tech workshop, themed “The 4th Industrial Revolution and the Future of Work,” was put together by the Information Technology Students Association (ITSA) of UPSA.

“Technology is not an end in itself; it is a means to an end,” said Dr. Owusu-Oware. “What this means is that, as IT students and aspiring professionals, we must always situate what we know within the boundaries or confines of where we are working.”

“So, for instance, if you are working for a corporate organisation, and there are issues, you need to leverage your technological knowledge to address the problems. That is the essence of technology.”

The vice president of the Internet of Things (IoT) Network Hub and facilitator for the program, Mr Prince Boateng Asare, urged the students to take advantage of the many career opportunities in the IT sector.

He said the arrival of the 4th Industrial Revolution has necessitated the need for students and potential employees to reskill in order to stay relevant as the waves of the digital revolution unfold.

“Students must develop new skills in areas such as data analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, DevOps, programming, cloud computing, coding, and cyber security in order to catch up with the evolving digital transformation,” Mr. Asare said.

Sylvester Oliver Tetteh, President of ITSA, encouraged students to take advantage of the technology workshops to learn new skills and expand their knowledge of emerging technologies and innovations.

The second edition of the Internet of Things Conference was attended by more than 150 participants from the faculty.

It was also graced by some high-profile personalities from the faculty, including Dr Godfred Yaw Koi-Akrofi, Head of the Department of Information Technology; Mr Bob Nakuku Baduong, faculty officer; Mrs Sadia Mahama, IT Departmental Officer; and Mrs. Belinda Adzomani Diapim, Departmental Officer, Department of Communications Studies.

 

 

 

 

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