Spurred by the power crises in the last decade, Ghana quickly ramped up production capacity and currently has excess capacity. But the added capacity came at a relatively high cost. The government's response has been to renegotiate some identified power-purchase agreements (PPAs) and encourage renewable sources of energy, notably solar.
Maame Ekua Yaakwae Asaam is an associate at Reindorf Chambers and is involved in the area of technology as well as dispute resolution through litigation or alternative methods.
Experience has included advising:
- As team member, a fintech company on the protection of its intellectual property rights.
- As a team member, an American tech company on compliance of its Terms of Use and Privacy Policy with Ghana law and the requirement to register its agreement with a Ghanaian entity as a technology transfer agreement.
- As a team member, an American cloud service provider on government access to data in transit and data held by service providers.
- As a team member, multiple clients including a global B2B platform for the retail trade industry and a financial services company on their obligations under Ghanaian law following a data breach.
- As a team member, a multinational technology company on restructuring its workforce following its acquisition of a local technology company.
- As a team member, a multinational technology company on its obligations in relation to a redundancy exercise.
Professional Qualifications
- Enrolled on the Roll of Lawyers to practise as a Solicitor and called to the Ghana Bar (2018)
Education
- Ghana School of Law, Qualifying Certificate (2018)
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, LL.B. (2016)
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, BSc in Quantity Surveying and Construction Economics (2012)