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The Institute of ICT Professionals Ghana's 2022 Tech Entrepreneurs Forum was a success, revealing many perspectives on the issue of remote Information Technology (IT) service delivery, difficulties, and prospects in Africa.

The forum tackled issues relating to challenges and opportunities in the remote IT service delivery, particularly, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), a process of contracting standard business functions to a party outside of the company to handle.

The two-day forum brought together experts and businesses that provides remote office spaces, technology hubs/parks, BPO service providers, and offshore remote IT services, shaping discussions about opportunities for technology entrepreneurs and graduates. Educational institutions, students, and professionals also spoke about how to prepare for remote work chances.

International Management Advisor, AFOS Foundation, Mike Loose complimented efforts in ICT education but was quick to add that the country must increase its efforts in strengthening the capacity of its population, particularly youths, and collaborate to boost growth in the tech field.

"You cannot see each element in isolation, we have capacity building for a purpose, and it is to help students or graduates move from capacity building and from being students into an employee or entrepreneurs. As one of the speakers said about evolution, there is an evolution in capacity building. It must be for a certain purpose and once you complete capacity building it should result in something and that is ideally employment for personal benefit and the benefit of the nation,” he said.