Sarata Omane

Affiliation:	Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT
Country:	Ghana
Email:	amasarata@gmail.com
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Sarata Omane is the Business Development Manager at the Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT (AITI-KACE).

She is part of a team committed to using opportunities that exist within the organisation and innovations globally to bring about accelerated growth generally towards the achievement of the organisational goals.

She is currently the manager for the International Computer Driving Licence ( ICDL), an internationally recognized end-user certification programme run at the centre with its presence in over 150 countries.

In the last four years with AITI-KACE, Sarata has been involved in managing, marketing, organising and coordinating AITI-KACE activities. She has,among other achievements, successfully coordinated and organised Technology Transformation Seminars and IT training programmes on different topics for targeted individuals and corporate bodies in Ghana. She is the main brain behind the Open day for Senior High Schools programme which introduces the students to coding, scratch, online safety and brain games. Sarata Plays varied supporting roles to the Business Development Unit and she is a member of the consultancy team

She is currently managing the Girls Can Code project in collaboration with UNESCO and Ghana Education Service to train 300 girls in coding and leadership skills

Passionate in developing women and entrepreneurs interest in IT.

Professional Development

DNS Entrepreneurship Workshop (2016)

Workforce Collaboration and Development (2015)

Strategies for Personal Growth and Development (2015)

Management Strategies for People and Resources (2015)

Affiliations

Fellow: ICANN 57 Hyderbad in 2016 , ICANN 59 Johannesburg, ICANN 62 Panama City

Committee member: IGF Ghana;

Committee member: Open Educational Resources, Ghana

Committee Member: IT Association of Ghana

Member: Ghana Women In IT;

Member: ISOC.

Education

University.Cape Coast, Ghana

Sikkim Manipal University, Ghana