Ghana: Minister for Communications and Digitalisation announced policy requiring government external data to be stored locally in Ghana

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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…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data localisation requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
infrastructure provider: cloud computing, storage and databases
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

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2024-06-26
under deliberation

On 26 June 2024, the Minister for Communications and Digitalisation announced government plans to r…