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Effective immediately, we are discontinuing all IT and Cybersecurity services in Ghana.
After careful evaluation, I have concluded that the increasingly burdensome over-regulation of the IT/ICT sector has made it unsustainable and unprofitable to continue operating technology services in the country. This was not an easy decision, but a necessary one for the long-term viability of the business.
Moving forward, Tactical Intelligence Security will focus our Ghana operations exclusively on defense supply and physical security guard services. All cybersecurity and IT services have been relocated to more favorable jurisdictions.
I want to personally thank our clients, partners, and team members who have supported us over the years. We will be reaching out directly to all active clients to ensure a smooth transition.
New inquiries for IT and cybersecurity services in Ghana will no longer be accepted.
We remain fully committed to excellence in the services we continue to provide.
Archzilon
Founder & CEO, Tactical Intelligence Security
Dear Honourable Minister,
With the greatest respect, I believe many of the concerns being raised by technology professionals are not about whether NITA has the legal authority to enforce the law. The concern is whether the law, in its current form and application, achieves the outcomes we seek as a country.
The fact that a law exists does not automatically mean it should be enforced without review, especially when the very stakeholders expected to drive innovation are raising legitimate concerns about its impact.
It is worth noting that some of these provisions have existed since 2008, while others have been introduced more recently. Yet successive governments, despite having the power to enforce them, exercised restraint. Perhaps they recognized the delicate balance between regulation and innovation, and the risk of imposing barriers on a young and growing technology ecosystem.
The technology sector is unlike many traditional industries. Today's startup founder could be tomorrow's employer of hundreds. Today's student developer could build the next Ghanaian unicorn. The challenge is ensuring that regulation protects consumers and national interests without discouraging experimentation, entrepreneurship, and growth.
Listening to the people who put you into office is not a sign of weakness. It is good governance.
If developers, cybersecurity professionals, startups, and industry leaders are overwhelmingly signaling that certain fees and compliance requirements may increase the cost of entry, stifle innovation, and create unnecessary barriers to growth, then that feedback deserves serious consideration.
Sanitizing the technology space is not simply about enforcing existing laws. It is also about having the courage to revisit laws that may no longer serve the realities of today's digital economy.
A law can be legal and still be problematic.
A regulation can be enforceable and still produce unintended consequences.
The request from many within the ecosystem is therefore not for lawlessness. It is for a pause, consultation, and urgent review of the fee structures and compliance requirements being introduced.
The goal should be to build a technology ecosystem that is secure, trusted, and well-regulated, while remaining accessible to young innovators, startups, and entrepreneurs who are trying to create value, jobs, and opportunities.
We all want a sane technology space.
The question is whether the path we are taking strengthens innovation or unintentionally suppresses it.
#WeAreAllLearning
there's one thing i refuse to believe.
that sections 35, 36, 46 and 49 of the NITA draft bill were drafted by a human.
you cannot regulate what you don't understand.
they clearly don't understand how the tech ecosystem works.
so they opened aku AI. typed "draft a comprehensive IT regulation." copied. pasted and submitted it.
because no human being who has ever used the internet in ghana looked at this bill and said "yes you need a certificate before you build a to do app"
no human did that.😭
@rps_josh There is a petition ongoing here. the people we put in power are the same exact people that goes against us. sign the petition. https://t.co/tIFbnXCif9
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“I try not to waste energy on that and to focus on what we’re doing here at Atléti”.
Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth. #ApostolicJourney#Cameroon https://t.co/bKteFZ3iWE