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Techno Legal Support for e-Governance and Implementation Challenges in Ghana


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1 Pan African University, Institute of Governance, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Yaounde II, Soa, Cameroon
2 University of Ghana Business School, Ghana
     

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The Government of Ghana has taken various steps and initiative to provide speedy and quality services to Ghanaians through e-governance but in our legalistic societies, the success of e-governance depends of the availability of legal frameworks and policies. The objective of the study to review and understand the various legal policies and framework that support e-governance in Ghana as well as the challenges of implementing e-governance initiatives. To satisfy the objectives, secondary data were retrieved, reviewed and used for the study. The findings of the study indicate that several polices and frameworks support e-governance in Ghana but their implementations are burdened with social, cultural, political and legal constraints. The study provides some recommendation that is necessary to tackle the challenges of e-governance implementation.

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e-Governance, Policies, Legal Frameworks, Ghana, Government of Ghana.
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Asare-Nuamah Peter
Pan African University, Institute of Governance, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Yaounde II, Soa, Cameroon
Darko Emmanuel Agyepong
University of Ghana Business School, Ghana

Abstract


The Government of Ghana has taken various steps and initiative to provide speedy and quality services to Ghanaians through e-governance but in our legalistic societies, the success of e-governance depends of the availability of legal frameworks and policies. The objective of the study to review and understand the various legal policies and framework that support e-governance in Ghana as well as the challenges of implementing e-governance initiatives. To satisfy the objectives, secondary data were retrieved, reviewed and used for the study. The findings of the study indicate that several polices and frameworks support e-governance in Ghana but their implementations are burdened with social, cultural, political and legal constraints. The study provides some recommendation that is necessary to tackle the challenges of e-governance implementation.

Keywords


e-Governance, Policies, Legal Frameworks, Ghana, Government of Ghana.