В Гане назначен новый директор Национального агентства информационных технологий

Ghana has named Nana Yaw Amoah-Yeboah as the new head of the National Information Technology Agency (NITA), as government moves to split the agency’s regulatory and commercial functions. Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations Samuel Nartey George introduced Amoah-Yeboah as NITA’s new Director-General, succeeding Dr. Mark-Oliver Kevor, who stepped down last month to focus on his re-election bid as the NDC’s Eastern Regional Chairman. George praised Kevor’s tenure, crediting him with strengthening the National Data Centre and advancing digital government initiatives, work that built on Kevor’s own effort last year to elevate NITA from an agency into a fuller regulatory authority. “We are now transforming NITA from an agency into an authority,” Kevor had said at the time. George said the new Director-General takes over as government prepares a proposed NITA Act that would separate the agency’s regulatory and commercial functions, a change he said is meant to strengthen governance, improve transparency and position NITA as a more effective regulator of Ghana’s expanding digital economy. He also announced that all payments tied to infrastructure managed by NITA would now go directly to the agency, a move intended to protect public assets and tighten accountability over the country’s digital infrastructure. George described Amoah-Yeboah as an experienced technology professional with more than a decade in the sector, including work on major government digital transformation projects, and urged him to keep an open door leadership style as the agency evolves. NITA Board Chair Estelle Akofio-Sowah said she was confident in Amoah-Yeboah’s ability to lead the agency’s next phase and pledged the board’s full support. In his acceptance remarks, Amoah-Yeboah thanked the government for its confidence and pledged to work with the board, management and staff to deliver a secure, innovative and digitally inclusive public service.