NITA REGULATORY | IT Service Provider REGISTRATION
This application form is for the purpose of registering all IT Service Provider in the country for certification purposes by the NATIONAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AGENCY (NITA)
BACKGROUND
As part of its activities, the Agency intends to register IT professionals and certify IT Suppliers/Vendors who provide IT services and equipment to MDAs/MMDAs in the fulfillment of government’s ultimate strategic goal of ensuring a secure, robust, and interoperable e-government Infrastructure for communications, networks, servers, Internet and web services, applications, security and core cross government systems.
The registration will enhance the level of IT security needed to ensure confidentiality, integrity and availability of IT at all times cognizance of cyber security challenges.
OBJECTIVE
Certifying these IT individuals and organizations is as a result of the level of IT security needed to ensure confidentiality, integrity and availability of IT at all times cognizance of cyber security challenges that we face in the use of IT. The objective of this is therefore to create a vast array of credible IT professionals and cohesion in the development, deployment and investment in IT in fulfillment of government’s digital agenda.
APPLICATION PROCESS
- Organizations would be mandated to fill and submit an online application form via (regulatory.nita.gov.gh) at a fee based on some requirements.
- After application, organizations would be contacted and certificates issued.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Application Requirements for IT Service Provider Certification
a. Various company certificates and other documents include;
- Certificate of incorporation; (from Registrar General).
- Certificate to commence business.
- Regulations of the Company.
b. Tax Identification Number (TIN) of the IT Service Provider
c. Certified copies of the shareholders' certificates of the company; (If it applys choice of company type provided in the initial forms)
d. Digital address of IT Service Provider
e. In the case of a Foreign Company;
- Proof of registration with a contractor(s) or a local partner.
- Proof of current registration status from their country of domicile or origin.
PURPOSE OF CERTIFICATION
- Once certified, there is credibility amongst individuals and organizations providing services to government.
- The certification of individuals and organizations will indicate some level of assurance of IT security from the individuals as well as the IT Vendor.
- This will reinforce coherence in IT adoption, implementation, development, deployment and investment by government and MDAs
APPLICATION PRICE
Below is a table of application cost breakdown for IT Service Provider Registration
| Category | Cost GH₵ |
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| Business and productivity software and licensing services |
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| Information technology consultancy and services |
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| Leasing or rental services for ICT equipment |
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| Miscellaneous ICT components and goods |
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| E-Commerce Service Providers |
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| Fintech Entities |
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| Network Connectivity Providers |
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| Consumer electronic equipment |
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| Communications equipment |
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| Computers & peripheral equipment |
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Categories of IT Service Providers and thier various Principal Activities
i. Computers and peripheral equipment
- a. Point-of-sale terminals, ATMs and similar machines
- b. Portable automatic data processing machines weighing not more than 10 kg, such as laptop and notebook computers.
- c. Personal digital assistants and similar computers.
- d. Automatic data processing machines, comprising in the same housing at least a central processing unit and an input and output unit, whether or not combined.
- e. Automatic data processing machines presented in the form of systems.
- f. Other automatic data processing machines whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of units: storage units, input units, output units.
- g. Input peripherals (keyboard, joystick, mouse, etc.)
- h. Scanners (except combination of printer, scanner, copier and/or fax) Inkjet printers used with data processing machines.
- i. Laser printers used with data processing machines.
- j. Other printers used with data processing machines.
- k. Units performing two or more of the following functions: printing, scanning, copying, faxing Other input or output peripheral devices.
- l. Fixed media storage units.
- m. Removable media storage units.
- n. Other units of automatic data processing machines.
- o. Parts and accessories of computing machines.
- p. Monitors and projectors, principally used in an automatic data processing system Solid-state non-volatile storage device.
ii. Communication equipment
- a. Burglar or fire alarms and similar apparatus
- b. Transmission apparatus incorporating reception apparatus.
- c. Transmission apparatus not incorporating reception apparatus.
- d. Television cameras.
- e. Line telephone sets with cordless handsets.
- f. Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks.
- g. Other telephone sets and apparatus for transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a local or wide area network)
iii. Consumer electronic equipment
- a. Video game consoles
- b. Video camera recorders.
- c. Digital cameras
- d. Radio broadcast receivers (except of a kind used in motor vehicles), whether or not combined with sound recording or reproducing apparatus or a clock.
- f. Television receivers, whether or not combined with radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus.
- g. Monitors and projectors, not incorporating television reception apparatus and not principally used in an automatic data processing system.
- h. Sound recording or reproducing apparatus
- i. Video recording or reproducing apparatus.
- j. Microphones and stands therefore; loudspeakers; headphones, earphones and combined micro- phone/speaker sets; audio-frequency electric amplifiers; electric sound amplifier sets.
iv. Miscellaneous ICT components and goods
- a. Sound, video, network and similar cards for automatic data processing machines.
- b. Computers Telecommunications Equipment.
- c. Monitors
- d. Keyboards
- e. Printers.
- f. Servers.
- g. Drives
- h. Network HUBs.
- i. Printed circuits.
- j. Thermionic, cold cathode or photo-cathode valves and tubes (including cathode ray tubes).
- k. Diodes, transistors and similar semi-conductor devices; photosensitive semi-conductor devices; light emitting diodes; mounted piezo-electric crystals.
- l. Electronic integrated circuits.
- m. Magnetic media, not recorded, except cards with a magnetic stripe.
- n. Optical media, not recorded.
- o. Other recording media, including matrices and masters for the production of disks.
- p. Cards with a magnetic stripe.
- q. “Smart cards”.
- r. Liquid crystal devices; lasers, except laser diodes; other optical appliances and instruments.
v. Manufacturing services for ICT equipment
- a. Electronic component and board manufacturing services
- b. Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing services.
- c. Communication equipment manufacturing services.mdi-cloud-download
- d. Consumer electronics manufacturing services.
- e. Magnetic and optical media manufacturing services.
vi. Business and productivity software and licensing services
- a. Operating systems, packaged.
- b. Network software, packaged.
- c. Database management software, packaged
- d. Development tools and programming languages software, packaged
- e. General business productivity and home use applications, packaged.
- f. Other application software, packaged.
- g. Licensing services for the right to use computer software.
- h. Software originals.
- i. System software downloads.
- j. Application software downloads.
- k. On-line software.
vii. Business and productivity software and licensing services
- a. Operating systems, packaged.
- b. Network software, packaged.
- c. Database management software, packaged
- d. Development tools and programming languages software, packaged
- e. General business productivity and home use applications, packaged.
- f. Other application software, packaged.
- g. Licensing services for the right to use computer software.
- h. Software originals.
- i. System software downloads.
- j. Application software downloads.
- k. On-line software.
viii. Information technology consultancy and services
- a. Business process management services.
- b. IT consulting services
- c. IT support services
- d. IT design and development services for applications
- e. IT design and development services for networks and systems
- f. Website hosting services
- g. Application service provisioning
- h. Other hosting and IT infrastructure provisioning services
- i. Network management services
- j. Computer management services
ix. Leasing or rental services for ICT equipments
x. Other ICT services