Ghana’s COVID-19 Tracker App was developed for free, according to the National Information Technology Agency (NITA).
The App was developed in conjunction with the Ministry of Communication and Ascend Digital Solutions with no bidding process.
“Ascend is a partner, we work with them and they did this as a CSR [Corporate Social Responsibility] offering for the Ghanaian people,” the agency’s Director-General, Richard Okyere-Fosu, said on the Citi Breakfast Show today, Friday.
“…They approached us and said contact tracing is being done in other jurisdictions so they felt that they could quickly get something for us so that we can do it [own contact tracing]… and the Ministry [of Communications] and NITA welcomed it,” he explained.
Since the app was launched on April 13, it has been met with criticism that it was rushed and had some security concerns.
Mr. Okyere-Fosu admitted that the process was rushed and attributed the lapses to attempts to keep up with the pandemic.
