245 Copyright © 2013, IGI Global. Copying or distributing in print or electronic forms without written permission of IGI Global is prohibited. Chapter 15 DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1909-8.ch015 INTRODUCTION By the last two decades of the twentieth century, the ubiquitous presence and impact of Informa- tion and Communication Technologies (ICTs) on societies across the globe had become a difficult to ignore reality. Inspired in part by the dot com boom, especially in the West and parts of Asia, African policymakers began to appreciate the po- tentially revolutionary value of ICTs with regard to fast tracking development. Not be left out, Ghana joined the race to leverage ICTs for development in Africa (Anyimadu & Falch, 2003). By 2003, the ICT4AD (Information and Com- munication Technology for Accelerated Develop- ment) policy document had been drawn up by the Government of Ghana. Preceding this was the rapid emergence of major players in the mobile telephony and software development sectors and increasing Internet awareness, access, and usage (Anyimadu, et al., 2005). In spite of all this, it is difficult to describe Ghana as an economy and Lloyd G. A. Amoah Ashesi University, Ghana Grey Hair, Grey Matter, and ICT Policy in the Global South: The Ghana Case ABSTRACT By exploring the case of Ghana, this chapter examines the often cited linkages between good governance, ICTs, and development in developing societies. Though some signiicant ICT-related infrastructural development projects have been undertaken in Africa, the empirics indicate that the region, compared to other regions, such as Asia, has yet to experience the magic expected. Using an e-government project at the presidency in Ghana as a case study, this chapter attempts to understand why the vast potential beneits of ICTs have not been realized in countries like Ghana. The argument put forward by the author is that e-government and by extension ICT policy outcomes in developing polities must be understood as partly a relection of the world view of policy elites, which is at best generally antagonistic, ambivalent, and even apprehensive of the very notion of a cyber society. The chapter concludes with recommenda- tions relevant to Ghana and other developing polities.