President John Dramani Mahama has appointed Dr. Mark Oliver-Kevor as the acting Director General of the National Information Technology Agency (NiTA).
He replaces Richard Okyere-Fosu, who was appointed by the erstwhile Akufo-Addo government.
Dr. Oliver-Kevor is the current Eastern Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Science and Technology at the Presbyterian University, Ghana.
With nearly 20 years of experience as a lecturer, he has research interests in Knowledge Management Systems, ICT and SME studies, telecommunications, and information security.
He previously served as a board member of the National Communications Authority under President Mahama’s first administration, where he also held an additional role as Ghana’s government expert on International Information Security at the United Nations.
Dr. Oliver-Kevor holds a PhD in Information Systems from the University of Ghana, a Master of Science degree in ICT and Management, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).
In 1999, he led St. Peter’s Boys Secondary School to the semi-finals of the then Brilliant Science and Maths Quiz.
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