Ghana approved a nationwide “Dig Once Policy” that mandates fiber-optic conduits and access chambers in all new road projects. Road and construction activities caused 60% of Ghana's fiber cuts, including 10,832 outages in 2023–24, costing 138 million cedis in 2024 alone. The announcement was made by the Minister for Communications, Digital Technology and. Ghana plans to incorporate fibre rollout into road building A move described as “a bold and visionary step” by Sylvia Owusu-Ankomah, CEO of the Digital Chamber of Ghana, has seen the Ghanaian government give the green light to plans to build fibre chambers alongside roads, effectively eliminating. Ghana's Cabinet has approved a landmark “Dig Once” policy requiring fibre-optic ducts and access chambers to be built into all new road projects — a move officials say will transform the country's digital infrastructure landscape. The policy eliminates the need for telecom operators to repeatedly. Nkawkaw (E/R), Sept. 24, GNA – Dr Kenneth Ashigbey, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, has expressed concern over recent telecommunications network disruptions caused by recurring fibre optic cable cuts during construction works.