Broadspectrum Limited is leveraging technology and local expertise to deliver practical solutions across Ghana, with its interventions spanning digital infrastructure, agriculture, data centres and public-sector services.
The Group Chief Finance Officer of Broadspectrum Limited, Sam Osew Kwatia, said the company’s approach was focused on ensuring that technology addressed real-world challenges and delivered measurable value to businesses, government and communities.
Speaking at the National ICT 2026 conference in Accra, Mr Kwatia said Broadspectrum had developed end-to-end technology and network solutions, including fibre infrastructure, spectrum-related services, security systems and other network projects.
He said the company had also developed data processing and digital systems to support businesses and government institutions, while investing in infrastructure capable of supporting Ghana’s growing digital economy.
A major area of the company’s work, he noted, was agriculture, where technology was being used to support more than six million farmers across the country.
According to him, the farmers reached through the company’s agricultural technology solutions accounted for about 65 per cent of Ghana’s food basket, making the application of technology in the sector critical to food production and economic development.
He explained that the company’s solutions supported farmers across the agricultural cycle, from planting and application through to harvesting, while providing information on the health and condition of crops.
The use of digital tools, he said, enabled farmers to obtain better information about their farms and make more informed decisions, demonstrating how technology could move beyond infrastructure to produce tangible outcomes at community level.
Broadspectrum has also deployed tablets and other digital solutions to support government ministries and agricultural programmes, further expanding the use of technology in public service delivery.
Mr Kwatia said the company’s data-centre operations formed another key part of its portfolio, providing infrastructure and services to meet the growing demand for secure and reliable data processing.
He added that Broadspectrum was complementing its infrastructure investments with efforts to build local capacity, with about 25 local experts involved in training and supporting businesses and partners.
He stressed that technology deployment should not be viewed as an end in itself, but as a means of solving practical problems and creating measurable value.
The remarks highlight the growing importance of combining digital infrastructure with local expertise to scale technology solutions across Ghana, particularly in sectors such as agriculture where improved access to information and digital services can directly influence productivity.
For Ghana’s digital transformation agenda, the emphasis on locally developed expertise alongside infrastructure also points to the need for technology investments to translate into sustainable capabilities, stronger institutions and solutions that respond to the country’s specific development needs.
