services to support the activities of various sectors of the economy and the 4th and the 5th plans laying emphasis on the production, development and delivery of ICT products and services. The Policy is also strategically focused on both the development of the local ICT industry targeted at the export market as well as on using ICTs as an enabler of Ghana’s broad developmental goals. The Government believes that: Ghana being an under-developed nation, will need to use ICTs as a broad enabler of its socio-economic development process as well as implementing polices and programmes targeted at the development of the ICT sector and industry. The policy recognizes that the spill-over or catalytic effect of developing the ICT sector on the economy as a whole will not be enough to accelerate Ghana’s socio-economic development process. The Policy goal is to simultaneously focus on developing the ICT industry while at the same time using ICTs to drive other sectors of the economy. This strategy it is hoped will accelerate Ghana’s development and spread the social and economic impact of the development, deployment and exploitation of ICTs much faster than a singular focus of the development of the ICT sector. 28