Ghana: Minister for Communications and Digitalisation's policy requiring government external data to be stored locally in Ghana
Progress
Current status
under deliberation
26 Jun 2024 under deliberation
Scope
Implementers
Ghana
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data localisation requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
infrastructure provider: cloud computing, storage and databases
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Minister for Communications and Digitalisation announced policy requiring government external data to be stored locally in Ghana
On 26 June 2024, the Minister for Communications and Digitalisation announced government plans to relocate all external data hosted in other countries to local data centres in Ghana. This initiative aims to reduce operational costs associated with d…
SourceEvent type
order
Action type
announcement
Government branch
executive
Government body
central government