To summarize everything @NITAGhana, I don't understand why you guys are doing this. why is the power this broad?
Section 35 says ICT businesses need a licence.
Section 36 lets NITA create more licence categories.
Section 46 says ICT professionals need certification.
Section 49 says ICT companies need approval to merge, sell or change business direction. ah! why??
Sections 48 and 69 - 73 allow inspection, seizure, suspension and closure. Then the fines and jail terms are huge.
So please explain clearly to us who exactly needs permission to work or build in tech? What problem are these heavy powers solving? and what stops this from becoming abuse? Because this looks less like innovation policy and more like a gatekeeping system for Ghanaโs digital economy. We want clear, simple answers.
As a young Ghanaian startup founder, paid for my own online course on codecademy, self-taught in some areas and scraping by, these NITA fees, renewals, licensing, + 1% gross revenue levies are outrageous.
Payment providers already take 1-3.5% per transaction.
Weโre broke, building with nothing, no real government support or funding for tech.
You canโt tax/charge us for skills we taught ourselves while offering zero help.
This kills innovation. #StopTheNITABill
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Be part of the change and let your impact resonate. #PurposeDrivenImpact#bqea#sipandpaint
The GSE marked its 33rd Anniversary by 'Ringing the Bell' with guests on the Trading floor of the Exchange on November 14, 2023, under the theme: 'Resilience and Adaptability: Thriving in Challenging Times'.
I saw them at Circle yesterday and I approached one of them and he told me:
"sir, I don't even know what we're doing, it's ยข100 daily pay, from 7am to 5pm.... It's to just stand and be turning up and down, you can join tomorrow own"๐โโ๏ธ๐คทโโ๏ธ
This our country errh๐๐๐