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[Amā 💎💥 ♊️ @odopama]

A few weeks ago, while taking a stroll through Sint-Gillis, a friend & I came across this huge mural. We were both astonished, asking: “How often do you get to see Black love celebrated like this?” Today, I discovered it was created to celebrate the love of @badassboz & Watson ❤️

[Amā 💎💥 ♊️ @odopama]

@_Princesss_AJ @Pramfestival BigBadWolf ❤️

[Amā 💎💥 ♊️ @odopama]

@papayaw_asare @iamdanielampofo Ei Yaw, enter eh 😅

[Amā 💎💥 ♊️ @odopama]

We have @amaarae & @JulsOnIt repping 🇬🇭 at Couleur cafe this year 🔥🔥🔥

https://t.co/CZ9w0lJnI3

[Amā 💎💥 ♊️ @odopama]

WOW! Beatrice “Bee” Arthur 👏🏾 I’m in awe. This is a masterpiece. We are indeed witnessing something larger than one individual artist @kwartenggonline

[kwartengg @kwartenggonline]

https://t.co/1bjysJIPmA

[Amā 💎💥 ♊️ @odopama]

Yesterday, you praised him because the attack was aimed at a minority you did not belong to. Today it’s shifting towards the tech sector. Tomorrow, he may come for another group, maybe yours. Do not wait until it reaches your doorstep before you speak up. #DropTheNITABill

[Hubert Tieku Esq @KwesiHubert]

I barely do this but I beg any Ghanaian to read the following write up by Chris-Vincent Agyapong. Bookmark, share etc cos wtf 😳

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“Ghana's NITA Bill 2025: How a Government That Cannot Fix Potholes Wants to Certify Your Keyboard Strokes

There is a particular brand of Ghanaian governance that operates on a simple, well-rehearsed logic: identify the one sector in which ordinary young people, without connections, without family money, without a politician uncle are actually building something for themselves, and then erect a magnificent bureaucratic tollbooth right in the middle of it.

The National Information Technology Authority Bill, 2025 currently making its way through Ghana's legislative machinery with the quiet confidence of a document probably written by a majority of people who have never debugged a line of code in their lives is precisely that tollbooth. It is, in its 105 sections and accompanying Schedule, one of the most breathtaking exercises in regulatory overreach this country has produced in recent memory. And given our regulatory track record, that is genuinely saying something.

The ICT sector is the one industry where a boy from Ashaiman, or, like my friend from Pulima, Aliu Wahab, with a second-hand laptop and a YouTube tutorial, can compete with someone whose father went to Achimota. It is the one space where talent, not tribe; skill, not surname; output, not old-boy network, still carries meaningful weight. It is, bluntly, the only functioning meritocracy left in Ghana's economic life.

And our government, with the NITA Bill 2025 has decided that this is precisely the sector that requires the most elaborate regulatory architecture since the tale of Moses coming down from Sinai with the Ten Commandments.

The Absurdity of Section 46: Certifying Everyone, Everywhere, Always

Let us begin with what is, without competition, the most extraordinary provision in this bill. Section 46(1) states, in plain and unambiguous terms:

"A person shall not be appointed as an ICT professional in a public or private institution unless that person is certified by the Authority."

Read that again. Public or private.

This is not a provision that limits itself to government systems handling national security data. This is not a narrow carve-out for critical infrastructure. This is a provision that means the software developer at a startup in Osu, the data analyst at a logistics firm in Tema, the web designer freelancing from her bedroom in Kumasi, all of them, every single one must first obtain certification from a government authority before they can lawfully be employed.

Who dreamed this up? Under what theory of governance does it make sense for the government of Ghana which cannot consistently process a DVLA licence within six months, which spent years and hundreds of millions on a national identification system that still cannot talk to the health insurance database to position itself as the certifying gatekeeper for an entire profession across the entire economy?

And here is the delicious irony that the framers of this bill seem constitutionally incapable of perceiving: the government's own ICT record is the single most compelling argument against giving it certification authority over anyone. You do not hand the keys of the wine cellar to the person who has been drinking the wine.

Politicians: The One Profession That Needs Certification Most, and Gets It Least

Since we are on the subject of certification, let us pause to consider who in this country is not required to demonstrate any competence whatsoever before being handed consequential power over millions of lives.

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[M.anifest @manifestive]

U have the video of the year thus far! @kwartenggonline 🎬 Shot in Tamale at @ibrahim_mahama ‘s Red Clay Studio. It was so dope to see Kwartengg oscillate between being behind the 🎥 as director and getting in front of it as a performer. Mo ni adwuma 👏🏿
https://t.co/B8rGkXJplz

[kwartengg @kwartenggonline]

Love is the soul remembering itself
While fear is identity losing its reflection. #outthemud ft. @manifestive

https://t.co/jc83ij5ccT
https://t.co/JDn1h1awhv

[Amā 💎💥 ♊️ @odopama]

@lindaniellaart ❤️

[kwartengg @kwartenggonline]

Clear intentions backed by committed action. #outthemud

[🌹How Do The Flowers Bloom?🌹 @theanabelrose]

Hi! My name is Anabel Rose, I’m a musician from Ghana and the Philippines. I’m putting my music out there to find my people❤️ This is called Imperfect Daughters

[Amā 💎💥 ♊️ @odopama]

When you travel across Africa, you notice that Ghana is far behind, especially considering that it was the first country to gain independence. Hold your leaders accountable!

[Amā 💎💥 ♊️ @odopama]

@kiddiebeatz My brief time in Addis showed me that good leadership can make a difference, hope restored for Ghana. But dabɛn?

[Amā 💎💥 ♊️ @odopama]

Jill makes singing easy. What a come back 🥰

[They Have The Range @HaveTheRange]

Jill Scott drops a new single “Don't Play” on COLORS! 😍

[Amā 💎💥 ♊️ @odopama]

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[kwartengg @kwartenggonline]

Fear and faith both require belief in what you cannot see. Choose wisely. #Power https://t.co/M2u1Ygfw5j

[Amā 💎💥 ♊️ @odopama]

SPREAD YOUR WINGS AND FLY 🚀

[kwartengg @kwartenggonline]

preserved by discipline and multiplied by wisdom. #2026 #Power
https://t.co/7a9sJBbZYY

[Amā 💎💥 ♊️ @odopama]

🔥 FIRE

[kwartengg @kwartenggonline]

I believe art has the power to save us from ourselves. #Power

[Amā 💎💥 ♊️ @odopama]

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[Film Updates @FilmUpdates]

Tessa Thompson is officially a first-time #GoldenGlobes nominee.

[Amā 💎💥 ♊️ @odopama]

Belgian cats🇧🇪 playing super well against Finland

[Amā 💎💥 ♊️ @odopama]

For real for real, Nyame nhyirawo bebiree @KOJO_Cue. You've stayed true to your art from day one, been an advocate for many, and unapologetically shared your truth even if meant being vulnerable. #KANI is another great addition to your greatness. On replay all day ❤️