We are Building! 🇬🇭🚀🌎

Relevant stories about Ghana’s digital economy. Check YouTube/Spotify every Friday for new episodes. For business email: [email protected]

[We are Building! 🇬🇭🚀🌎 @BuildingBytes]

Ghana Tech is rising but the story is more complex than the headlines. 🇬🇭🚀

Watch the full season: https://t.co/ewUjv49qBG

#ghanatech #buildingbytes #insightslab #africantech #ghanatechrising

[#SavingKantamanto 26th June @ ALX Airport @demofridays]

Demo Fridays 8.0 is spotlighting Saving Kantamanto: Sustainable Innovations to Build Ghana’s Economy.

We’re inviting sponsors to support climate tech, green innovation, circular economy, green mobility, and inclusive growth.

DM us or email [email protected]

[Moolre HQ @moolrehq]

Join us this Wednesday at 7 PM GMT for an X Space on the Moolre Startup Cup!
Learn how to build, launch, and compete for a share of GHS 245,000 in prizes by creating innovative solutions with Moolre APIs.

Set your reminder and come with your questions: https://t.co/K4lSbiWK9i

[Moolre HQ @moolrehq]

Set a reminder for my upcoming Space! https://t.co/xJlY1y2LH6

[Darlington Akogo @darlingtinho]

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[We are Building! 🇬🇭🚀🌎 @BuildingBytes]

The clothes the West throws away end up here and someone's turning them into jackets sold in London.

15 million garments hit Accra's Kantamanto every week. Up to 40% can't be sold.

Yayra Agbofah's bet: that "waste" is Ghana's next industry. ♻️

Read: https://t.co/B2ttc6YS6u

[#SavingKantamanto 26th June @ ALX Airport @demofridays]

♻️ Save the Date: Demo Fridays is back!

Saving Kantamanto: Circular Solutions to Build Ghana’s Economy.

📍 ALX Tech Hub | 🗓️ 26 June | 🕔 5 PM

Reserve your seat: https://t.co/MAIWEjZtXm

[Kofi Yeboah @kofiemeritus]

In the last 24 hours, a group of Ghanaians came together to draft a letter to @MoCDTI & @NITAGhana — asking them to publish the latest digital bills and every public comment received.

We need 100 names to send it. Add your name👇🏿 https://t.co/c1pO4X54wN

[Road To Green @roadtogreenpod]

Africa contributes only about 3–4% of global emissions, yet receives less than 3–5% of global climate finance — despite being among the hardest hit by climate change.

This week on Road To Green we unpack the systems, capital gaps, and realities behind Africa’s green transition.

[We are Building! 🇬🇭🚀🌎 @BuildingBytes]

Ghana doesn’t have a coding problem. It has a trust problem.

We tell young people to learn to code, but not how hard it is to get someone to trust them with a first opportunity.

That’s why The Skill Club is building the bridge.
#AfricanTech #YouthEmployment

@Sedem233

[TheSophisticatedDumbTechGuy @TheDumbTechGuy]

Let's be clear, if this regulation passes, I'll be fine.

I have options.
I can leave.
I have no need to fight this.
Infact fighting places me in the sights of an ill intentioned official.

We aren't doing this for us, but for the industry.

Find time Tuesday and make it please

[Bright Simons @BBSimons]

Despite a very full plate, I have been needled by a Ghanaian business journo friend of mine based in NYC to have a go at the debate that has taken Ghana's tech community by storm: the draft NITA bill.

My short essay effectively aligns with what everyone else is saying: shred the bill and come back with something more aligned with modern tech reality!

But in the tradition of the Scarab, I try to go into a bit more detail than most mainstream pieces.

I also point out something that seems missing in the debate. With the rapid surge of technologies like AI, everyone is or will soon be doing stuff previously considered "ICT professional stuff."

Licensing ICT professionals is akin to licensing bloggers in today's rowdy information environment: trying to stop a hurricane by blowing fumes from one's mouth.

https://t.co/hrmLM6SKtE

[Alloysius 🇬🇭 @alloysiusattah]

Thank you Minister @samgeorgegh for engaging publicly. A few points in good faith.

You are right the bill has not been laid before Parliament. That is exactly why we are speaking now. It is easier to fix a draft than a law.

The concerns are in the actual text. Section 46 bars any uncertified person from being appointed as an ICT professional in any public or private institution. I studied Renewable Natural Resources Management at KNUST and taught myself to code. Under that provision I would not have been hireable at the company I founded. Section 35 criminalises operating without a NITA licence. Section 37 restricts licences to companies wholly owned by Ghanaian citizens. That bans foreign investment in our tech sector. These are not bandwagon claims. They are in the document.

On the 1% revenue levy. Not profit. Revenue. What does the Ghanaian tech sector receive in return?

Here is what could move the needle. Open 95% of state funded tech contracts to go to or through Ghanaian companies on merit. Use our AU and AfCFTA seat to open Pan African procurement to our best companies. Build a regulatory sandbox for ECOWAS market access. Introduce tax holidays before taxing growth.

And you do not have to do this alone. The Foreign Ministry is doing an amazing job opening doors across the continent and beyond. Work with them to put Ghanaian tech companies in those rooms. Partner with the Energy Ministry to fix the power that every founder in Ghana is losing money to every single month. Work with Transport to reduce the logistics costs that eat into every hardware and infrastructure deployment.

There are real ideas in this conversation worth engaging with. Open online dialogues that anyone can join from anywhere would go a long way. Not everyone can make it to a consultation room in Accra or a closed Zoom meeting.

I am rooting for you to succeed Minister. Your success is our success. Revise the draft, open the conversation, and let us build this together.

[We are Building! 🇬🇭🚀🌎 @BuildingBytes]

Is it too late to build fintech infrastructure in Africa?

Core rails are getting crowded, but the real opportunity is moving up the stack.

From APIs to credit, risk, and cross-border layers, that’s where the next wave of founders will win.

Watch | https://t.co/QQZDXYQLaO

[We are Building! 🇬🇭🚀🌎 @BuildingBytes]

Double click @NITAGhana

[Nana Yaw Architect 🇩🇪🇹🇷🇬🇭 @Yaw_Ridwan]

Dear
@NITAGhana

The questions and answers provided in your response comes off a bit as a deflection of the main concerns.

Below are our concerns and would be very beneficial if answers can be provided. A twitter space won’t be a bad idea for digital natives 😊.

1️⃣ Article 46 states that no person shall be appointed as an Information and Communications Technology professional in a public or private institution unless certified by the Authority.

What specific national problem is this provision trying to solve that existing university degrees, industry certifications, and employer hiring standards have failed to solve?

2️⃣ Under Article 46, why should a private startup hiring a software engineer require state certification before employment?
Does NITA believe private companies are incapable of assessing technical competence on their own?

3️⃣ If a globally recognized engineer from companies like Google, Microsoft, or Amazon relocates to Ghana, would they legally be unable to work until certified by NITA?

4️⃣ Article 46 gives NITA power to determine the criteria and procedure for certification.

Why does the Bill not define the minimum criteria directly in the legislation itself, considering the broad powers being granted?

5️⃣ Can NITA point to any major digital economy such as Germany, United States, United Kingdom, Singapore etc. where all Information and Communications Technology professionals in both private and public sectors require mandatory government certification before employment?

6️⃣ The Bill appears to centralize approval authority within NITA.
How does NITA plan to avoid creating a bottleneck where innovation moves at the speed of regulatory approval rather than the speed of technology?

7️⃣ If a university student builds a small application, an artificial intelligence model, or an e-commerce website from their bedroom, at what point do they become subject to certification or regulatory approval under this Bill?

8️⃣ The Bill introduces penalties including fines and possible imprisonment for non-compliance.
Why was a punitive approach chosen for a sector historically driven by openness, experimentation, and low barriers to entry?

9️⃣. Does NITA see software engineering as equivalent to professions like medicine or law where licensing protects life and safety?

If so, which categories of Information and Communications Technology work does NITA consider dangerous enough to justify state licensing?

🔟 Could Article 46 unintentionally encourage companies to relocate talent, outsource development abroad, or avoid hiring locally certified professionals due to compliance uncertainty?

Has NITA conducted an economic impact assessment on innovation, startup growth, foreign investment, and youth employment?

[Nana Yaw Architect 🇩🇪🇹🇷🇬🇭 @Yaw_Ridwan]

Dear
@NITAGhana

The questions and answers provided in your response comes off a bit as a deflection of the main concerns.

Below are our concerns and would be very beneficial if answers can be provided. A twitter space won’t be a bad idea for digital natives 😊.

1️⃣ Article 46 states that no person shall be appointed as an Information and Communications Technology professional in a public or private institution unless certified by the Authority.

What specific national problem is this provision trying to solve that existing university degrees, industry certifications, and employer hiring standards have failed to solve?

2️⃣ Under Article 46, why should a private startup hiring a software engineer require state certification before employment?
Does NITA believe private companies are incapable of assessing technical competence on their own?

3️⃣ If a globally recognized engineer from companies like Google, Microsoft, or Amazon relocates to Ghana, would they legally be unable to work until certified by NITA?

4️⃣ Article 46 gives NITA power to determine the criteria and procedure for certification.

Why does the Bill not define the minimum criteria directly in the legislation itself, considering the broad powers being granted?

5️⃣ Can NITA point to any major digital economy such as Germany, United States, United Kingdom, Singapore etc. where all Information and Communications Technology professionals in both private and public sectors require mandatory government certification before employment?

6️⃣ The Bill appears to centralize approval authority within NITA.
How does NITA plan to avoid creating a bottleneck where innovation moves at the speed of regulatory approval rather than the speed of technology?

7️⃣ If a university student builds a small application, an artificial intelligence model, or an e-commerce website from their bedroom, at what point do they become subject to certification or regulatory approval under this Bill?

8️⃣ The Bill introduces penalties including fines and possible imprisonment for non-compliance.
Why was a punitive approach chosen for a sector historically driven by openness, experimentation, and low barriers to entry?

9️⃣. Does NITA see software engineering as equivalent to professions like medicine or law where licensing protects life and safety?

If so, which categories of Information and Communications Technology work does NITA consider dangerous enough to justify state licensing?

🔟 Could Article 46 unintentionally encourage companies to relocate talent, outsource development abroad, or avoid hiring locally certified professionals due to compliance uncertainty?

Has NITA conducted an economic impact assessment on innovation, startup growth, foreign investment, and youth employment?

[We are Building! 🇬🇭🚀🌎 @BuildingBytes]

Wami Agro is tackling Africa’s infrastructure gaps that limit farmers’ access to markets, information, and finance

By connecting farmers to reliable data, credit, and buyers, they’re building stronger, more resilient agricultural systems

Watch: https://t.co/k4l70ytrWZ

[bitSpenda⚡ @bitspenda]

Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day 🍕⚡

From buying pizza with 10,000 BTC to enabling instant Bitcoin access across Africa
We all believe Bitcoin has come a long way.

Today we celebrate the moment Bitcoin proved it could be real money.

Buy. Sell. Spend Bitcoin with BitSpenda across Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and beyond 🧡

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[Dessy Ocean @dessy_ocean]

Unpopular opinion 🙃 Smartphone cameras aren’t getting any better