By: Evans Attah Akangla| ignewss|
President John Dramani Mahama has officially launched Ghana’s National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy 2025–2035, describing it as a national call to action to ensure that AI becomes a force for inclusion, productivity, creativity, and national progress.
Speaking at the launch ceremony, the President said the strategy goes beyond policy direction by urging government to lead responsibly, academia to innovate boldly, the private sector to invest with confidence, and the youth to prepare with urgency for the digital future.
He emphasised that Ghana must build an AI future shaped by its own values rather than one that is imported. “Let us deploy innovation not for its own sake, but in the service of our people,” he said, adding that Ghana must lead in the new technological age with vision, purpose, and responsibility.
The president stressed that AI cannot thrive without robust infrastructure, noting that data, computing power, connectivity, and energy are now as critical to development as roads, ports, and railways were in earlier eras.
He announced that the government is strengthening the national data centre to ensure a secure and resilient digital backbone.
To back the agenda, Ghana will invest $250 million to establish a world-class AI computing centre, alongside $20 million to support the short- to medium-term implementation of the strategy.
The President described the investments as bold but necessary for positioning Ghana as a hub for research, innovation, and enterprise across Africa.
He acknowledged that government alone cannot build a thriving AI ecosystem and called for strong partnerships among the state, academia, civil society, industry, and development partners.
The strategy, he said, is the result of collaboration with the Ministry of Communications, Digital Technology and Innovation; the UK High Commission, GIZ, the UN system and KNUST’s Responsible AI Lab, among others.
The 10-year strategy will be guided by clear targets and indicators across all its pillars, with implementation closely monitored for discipline and results. A key step will be the establishment of a Responsible Artificial Intelligence Office to oversee coordination and drive the strategy’s objectives.
By 2035, Ghana aims to have built a truly national AI ecosystem that expands digital literacy and access, strengthens jobs and entrepreneurship, supports local innovation, deepens data sovereignty, promotes indigenous language technologies, and improves public service delivery.
The president also outlined plans to embed AI across the educational system adding that, the Ministry of Education’s Curriculum Review Committee has been tasked to complete its work by the end of June 2026, with AI, coding, robotics, and electronics to be introduced at the basic level to prepare children for the digital economy.
President Mahama called on all stakeholders to work together to ensure AI serves the people inclusively. “Let us build an AI future that reflects who we are, a Ghana that leads with vision, purpose, and responsibility,” he declared before officially launching the strategy.
Source: www.ignewss.com|Ghana