Ghana wants to be a regional techhub & at the same time @NITAGhana wants to regulate who is allowed to work in the tech sector and which tech products get operational licenses. This is a bad idea 👎. #NITAdropthebill, shoutout to @kwekutech for consistently pointing this out
@samgeorgegh@kwekutech@TheDumbTechGuy
Can you all see this?
One of the biggest technology companies in the world is openly saying:
“Show us evidence of exceptional ability and what you’ve built.”
Not:
“Bring your national ICT licence first.”
Not:
“Where is your mandatory certification before you can work?”
This is exactly the concern many people are raising.
Tech has historically been one of the most skill-driven industries globally. Many great developers, engineers, founders, and builders learned through curiosity, experimentation, open-source work, freelancing, and learning on the job.
Nobody is saying high-risk sectors should not have standards.
But broad gatekeeping across general ICT work risks filtering out unconventional talent before people even get the chance to grow.
Dear Mr. President @JDMahama and @samgeorgegh ,
The One Million Coders initiative gave many young people hope for the future of Ghanaian technology and innovation.
That is why many of us are deeply worried that the proposed NITA bill may unintentionally contradict that same vision.
You cannot encourage young people to learn coding, AI, robotics, and software development while creating broad barriers that could make experimentation, freelancing, startup building, and entry into the tech ecosystem harder.
Nobody is saying there should be no regulation. High-risk sectors absolutely need stronger oversight.
But Ghana’s innovation ecosystem still needs room for curiosity, experimentation, self-learning, mentorship, and real-world building.
Some of the greatest innovations globally started with young people experimenting freely long before formal recognition followed.
And even if part of this is about regulatory revenue, we must ask ourselves:
Are we willing to trade the future of indigenous Ghanaian innovation for short-term fees and bureaucracy?
The real opportunity is not just regulating technology.
It is creating an environment where Ghanaian builders can grow technologies the world actually uses.
Please let your legacy be one that protected and accelerated indigenous African innovation coming out of Ghana.
Many young people in the tech ecosystem are genuinely worried and hope our voices will be heard.
Please share until the President sees this.
@kwekutech@gyaigyimii@TheDumbTechGuy@kwadwosheldon@MacJordaN@barkervogues@thenanaaba@tech_twi
President John Dramani Mahama receives a standing ovation and a heartfelt welcome, accompanied by vibrant African cultural performances, at the United Nations headquarters, where he is set to deliver a speech at the Dialogue on Reparatory Justice.
Adam Neumann
on the quiet revolution:
“Young people are interested in going to church. For years and years and years, the people who went to church were getting older and older, and the amount of people was declining, declining, declining, declining.
And something happened, in the last few years, where young people are interested in going to church.
More Bibles are being sold.
Something’s happening.
100%. It's everywhere you go.
People are more open.
People are ready for it. It's natural.
As technology is going to make us more and more digitally connected. We are going to feel more and more disconnected.
The more disconnected that we feel, the more we’re going to crave a real connection.
A real connection will never come by buying another car or buying another house, or owning another material.
A real connection comes from the inside.
A person who has unity from the inside, has unity to the outside.”
People are speaking on neutrality as if it means we should avoid the reasonable man objectivity of the situation. Let’s not play devil’s advocate with what sensitive issues like these.
'Wesley Girls asks girls to spy on the muslim girls to make sure they don't pray. They have to hide to pray. We are playing with something that can degenerate our society.'
- Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak (Interior Minister)
#Newsfile