Pass a bill mandating that 95% of all state funded technology contracts go to or through Ghanaian companies on merit. Open tender. Published online. No back room deals. No friends and family. That is the bill we need.
The NITA bill is just 1 out of 15 bills. I've downloaded all the bills and numbered them in an order that makes sense. Read them from 1 to 15 and the whole picture will be clearer.
Download them here: https://t.co/e5XUOyqLLN
The signal that the NITA bill is sending to the very people who are building the tech ecosystem might end up damaging the very ecosystem it intends to regulate.
The NITA Bill is still a draft. It has not passed Parliament. That means there is still time. But if it passes as written, it will be one of the most damaging things Ghana has done to its own tech sector. Here is why this is personal for me: