President and Chief Executive Officer of IMANI Centre for Policy and Education, Franklin Cudjoe, has shared his opinion on the ongoing fracas between the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) and IT firm, SOFTribe.
According to Franklin, “The more I listen to the Softribe-Ghana Water Company saga, the more I conclude that Softribe cannot win against a clan of hyenas with a strategy to outsmart lions who have toiled for their meal. It is their turn to eat, sadly. So much for homegrown champions.”
“The Vice-President cannot be championing a bevy of e-solutions to stimulate growth, backed by innovation, receiving accolades in the process and just look on for the annihilation of a locally grown tool to deal with a public utility’s enigma- how to truly account for decades of wasteful public investment into getting it efficient, which Ghana Water had been until Softribe gave it life. Absolutely nothing as has been explained by Ghana Water for its singular and treacherous economic decision to terminate Softribe’s contract is convincing. These disruptive behaviours feed into the narratives for ranking Ghana on economic indices- such as the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business. We just lost four places this year- from 114th position to 118th in 2019. And I expect the President to stop this symbolic embarrassment to his Ghana Beyond Aid- believe in thyself epistle.”
