TIME FOR A DIGITAL AUTHORITY
The next world is the e-world and every country is positioning herself to either have a first mover advantage or take advantage of what has already been done by others so as not to re-invent the wheel. The next e-generation may not need the traditional physical brick and mortar schools, courts, offices, hospitals as we have now since everything will be prefixed with “e”. Countries that do not start the change management process of moving their people, government, private sector business and economies “on-line” would be doing a big disservice to their next generation of e-citizens. It is heartwarming to see the Vice-President trying to champion the actualization of the existing e-government agenda in Ghana. However, there is the need to institutionalize this process of digital transformation through a body. This body will take a holistic approach with a blueprint of where we want e-Ghana to be in may be 20 years instead of a piece meal approach with no known specific destination for