Local counsel

Kwesi Mensah

Independent counsel for West Africa deployments: local-content rules, local-currency invoicing, and how the vendor file separates the UK OEM from the in-country operator.

Role

Kwesi is independent counsel for West African vendor-risk files. He is retained to say what must be local — invoicing, staff, data — so the OEM licence is not asked to do a job it cannot do.

Background

He does not replace the buyer’s counsel and does not represent the CBN or any FIU. Counsel of record is set out in the implementation agreement.

Works with the West Africa managed-services node and the CBN IMTO brief.

What this seat is for

Local invoicing

How the SI / SLA layer bills in local currency while the OEM licence stays a UK contract.

Local content

What on-the-ground presence the RFP is actually scoring.

Operator overlays

How IMTO licensing conditions attach to the deployed system, not the website.

Engagement

Independent retainer. Not an employee of Inject Group Ltd.