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Rev. Ing. Edmund Yirenkyi Fianko
National Communications Authority of Ghana (NCA), Director General
Speaker Bio
Rev. Ing. Edmund Yirenkyi Fianko is the Director General of the National Communications Authority (NCA). He is a member of the Radio Regulations Board (RRB) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) having been elected to represent Region D (Africa) for the 2023–2026 term.
Since joining the NCA as a National Service Person in 2004, Rev. Ing. Fianko, with exceptional performance, rose to be confirmed as the Director for the Engineering Division in January 2024.
His notable contributions to the industry in Ghana and West Africa telecommunications include spearheading Ghana’s transition from analogue to digital broadcasting, serving as Secretary to the Digital Broadcasting Migration Committee (DBMC) from 2010 to 2016. developing DTT receiver specifications, which were later adopted as ECOWAS standards.
Rev. Ing. Fianko is the current Chairman of the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) Task Group on Development of Spectrum Recommendations for Rural Connectivity and a member of the Technical Committee of the ITU Policy and Regulation Initiative for Digital Africa (PRIDA).
He holds a first degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), a Masters in Communications Management from Buckinghamshire New University, England, and an MPhil in Applied Business Leadership and Management from Universidad Católica de Murcia, Spain.
A member of the Ghana Institution of Engineers (GhIE) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), he is also a Minister of the Methodist Church Ghana, a published author, and the founding leader of the evangelistic outreach ministry, Nkwa.Life.