Alhaji Abdoulie Cham is the serving Minister of Information and Communication Infrastructure (MOICI) of The Gambia Government which was created on 6th May 2002. The Ministry has the role of a policy maker, liberalisation of the ICT

Information and communication technologies

Information and communications technology or information and communication technology, usually abbreviated as ICT, is often used as an extended synonym for information technology , but is usually a more general term that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of...

 sector and with a requisite function to provide an enabling environment for ICT sector. Currently, the Ministry is headed Hon. Alhaji A. Cham, who is the Minister. MOICI has a Technical Division, which is headed by the Deputy Permanent Secretary, Mr. Yankouba Toure. Under this Division there are several sub units.

Alhaji A. Cham played a key role in the establishment and management of the Gambia Telecommunications Cellular Company Limited (Gamcel) a subsidiary company of the Gambia Telecommunications Company Limited (Gamtel). Alhaji coordinated the development of the Terms of Reference (TOR) of the Global System for Mobile Communications

Global System for Mobile Communications

GSM , is a standard set developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute to describe technologies for second generation digital cellular networks...

 (GSM) Project of Gamtel

Gamtel

Gamtel, or , is the principal telecommunications company of The Gambia. It is a state company, charged with the task of overseeing the provision of telecommunications and internet service in the country. In association with Gamtel's internet company, Gamnet, it has successfully built Gambia's...

. He was the Project Manager for the installation of the GSM Network, the first of it kind in the country, which was commissioned on 25 th May 2001.

Alhaji was the Team Leader for the installation of the first Electronic Telex Exchange (ELTEX ALPHA) of Gamtel in 1990 and was responsible for its operations and maintenance for several years.

Alhaji lectured Mathematics

Mathematics

Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...

 and the Principles of Telex

Telex

Telex may refer to:* Telex , , a communications network** Teleprinter, the device used on the above network* Telex , a Belgian pop group...

, Fax

Fax

Fax , sometimes called telecopying, is the telephonic transmission of scanned printed material , normally to a telephone number connected to a printer or other output device...

and Cellular Services to technicians and Customer Care Staff of Gamtel and Gamcel for more than a decade.

External Links

Minister Alhaji Abdoulie Cham - Curriculum Vitae (State House Banjul)