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Ghana's AI record is led by the state — every import declaration at Tema screened by AI, an AI assistant promised to all 445 judges — with the National AI Strategy 2025–2035 launched in April 2026.
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The Ghana Revenue Authority runs import declarations at Tema Port through an AI valuation system.
RegulationGovernment & Public SectorGhana2 Oct 2026
Ghana to put every public-sector AI purchase through central review
Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations (Ghana) — Samuel Nartey George, Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, will route all public-body AI purchases through technical review, tightening Ghana AI regulation, he told the US Embassy AI Forum in Accra. For public-sector AI procurement, the National Information Technology Agency (NITA) scopes proposals as the ministry tests interoperability, cybersecurity, sustainability, data protection and local skills transfer.
Evidence of impactGovernment & Public SectorGhana16 Sep 2026
Ghana's customs revenue rises by up to US$100m a month after AI valuation
Ghana Revenue Authority — Ghana Revenue Authority customs takings leapt from roughly US$350 million to as much as US$450 million monthly, up to about US$100 million more, after AI customs valuation switched on in April. Commissioner-General Anthony Kwasi Sarpong cited the figures at the West African Tax Administrators Forum. No independent evaluation has isolated how far machine-assisted import pricing, rather than other reforms, drove the leap.
Evidence of adoptionGovernment & Public SectorGhana14 Sep 2026
Ghana takes AI skills to 140 technical colleges with a one-million target
Ghana TVET Service — UNESCO has signed the Ghana TVET Service and the Ghana Education Trust Fund into phase two of AI EmpowerED, carrying AI skills training for TVET to roughly 140 vocational colleges. A pilot at AAMUSTED University has already certified more than 30 master trainers and about 3,300 learners through Microsoft. By 2027 the target is a million TVET teachers and students holding digital and artificial intelligence credentials.
DeploymentGovernment & Public SectorGhana23 Jun 2026
Ghana's courts will give all 445 judges an AI assistant
Judicial Service of Ghana — Ghana's Judicial Service will equip all 445 judges and magistrates with Eskwai Clerk, an AI judicial assistant built alongside Kwame AI for legal research, reviewing documents and writing rulings and judgments. Training will frame the AI helper for the bench as an aid that leaves judicial discretion intact.
DeploymentGovernment & Public SectorGhana27 May 2026
Ghana's disaster agency launches an AI chatbot for flood and drought alerts
National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) — Ghana's National Disaster Management Organisation introduced a WhatsApp tool for AI disaster alerts on 27 May 2026, developed by UNESCO with Government of Japan backing. The flood and drought chatbot sends forecasts, warnings and advice, and residents flag hazards and updates to disaster agencies. NADMO's Director-General wants responders using it daily.
RegulationGovernment & Public SectorGhana24 Apr 2026
Republic of Ghana National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2025-2035
Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations — A decade-long Ghana AI policy took effect with Cabinet backing: the Republic of Ghana National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2025-2035, unveiled 24 April 2026 by Minister Samuel Nartey George's Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations. Funding comes via a National AI Fund rising from GHS 5 billion to GHS 15 billion, aimed at fair, ethical uptake spanning education, health, farming, banking and government services. Workforce skills, data rules and infrastructure spending anchor the national artificial intelligence strategy's foundations.
RegulationGovernment & Public SectorGhana24 Apr 2026
Ghana develops Emerging Technologies Bill for AI oversight
Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations — Ghana is drafting an Emerging Technologies Bill, a step toward formal AI regulation for rolling out artificial intelligence alongside other advanced technologies. Minister Samuel Nartey George revealed the plan at the National AI Strategy launch, calling it the legal backing needed for safe, effective use while curbing risks. The bill sits within a broader legislative overhaul and will pair with the incoming Data Protection Bill for fuller AI oversight nationwide.
Evidence of adoptionGovernment & Public SectorGhana24 Mar 2026
Ghana begins nationwide AI literacy training for civil servants
Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations — Ghana's Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, with UNESCO, is delivering AI literacy training for civil servants nationwide, an AI skills training for government staff effort built on a train-the-trainer model. An Accra-based group learns first, then passes the material to colleagues across ministries and agencies, one of four rounds finishing by May 2026. Machine learning, generative AI, algorithmic bias and data privacy make up the curriculum.
Evidence of adoptionGovernment & Public SectorGhana21 Mar 2026
Ghana runs second AI masterclass for senior public officials
Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations — Ghana's Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations has opened a second National AI Masterclass cohort in Akuse, part of its ongoing AI training for government officials, running to 25 March 2026. Deputy Directors and similar ranks build skills in AI, policy formulation and evidence-based decision-making. Around 100 officials across various ministries and agencies have already gone through this public sector AI capacity-building push.
RegulationGovernment & Public SectorGhana2 Mar 2026
Ghana begins drafting Data Protection Bill to regulate AI systems
Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations — Samuel Nartey George, Ghana's Communications Minister, unveiled a draft law for AI regulation Ghana needs, covering automated decision-making, deepfakes, and data transfers across borders. Speaking at Accra's Data Protection Conference, he framed it as overhauling enforcement as AI spreads across health, finance, telecoms and government. A parallel Emerging Technologies Bill would extend AI systems oversight to advanced analytics and digital assets.
DeploymentGovernment & Public SectorGhana1 Feb 2026
Ghana runs every import declaration through an AI valuation system
Ghana Revenue Authority — The Ghana Revenue Authority says customs takings rose from GH¢2.4 billion to GH¢3.6 billion within weeks of Publican AI going live at Tema Port. This AI customs valuation system checks declared import prices against global trade databases with machine-learning models and routes suspicious entries to a customs officer before clearance. Freight forwarders and importer groups call it opaque and slow at the busiest port, prompting an April media briefing.
RegulationGovernment & Public SectorGhana27 Sep 2025
Ghana launches AI Practitioners' Guide for ethical AI
Government of Ghana — Ghana now has a national blueprint for building AI systems responsibly: the Ghana AI Practitioners' Guide (GAIPG), produced by Heritors Labs alongside BMZ and GIZ. Unveiled in Accra, it lays out ethical steps for every phase of AI development, from design through deployment, and is intended to shape upcoming legislation and Ghana AI policy through practical AI governance guidance.
Evidence of adoptionGovernment & Public SectorGhana25 Jul 2025
Ghana puts ministers through AI bootcamp
Government of Ghana (Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations with UNDP) — Ghana's Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations and UNDP ran a three-day Ministerial AI Bootcamp in July 2025, an AI capacity building government drive for Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State and focal persons. Chief of Staff Julius Debrah opened it, tying AI adoption metrics to ministerial KPIs with yearly reporting required.
The Bank of Ghana is using AI and machine learning to sharpen its inflation forecasts.
RegulationFinance & InsuranceGhana10 Oct 2026
Bank of Ghana drafts a directive on AI in financial services
Bank of Ghana — The Bank of Ghana is preparing a directive on artificial intelligence in banking and finance, Governor Johnson Pandit Asiama told the 43rd Annual General Meeting of the Ghana Association of Banks in Accra. As Ghana AI regulation, the rules would allow supervised trials under lifecycle oversight and target consumer protection, cybersecurity, model risk and data quality. No draft timetable exists.
Bank of Ghana puts AI behind its inflation forecasts
Bank of Ghana — The Bank of Ghana is applying AI, big data and machine learning to quicker economic intelligence, AI inflation forecasting, growth projections and earlier financial-risk spotting. First Deputy Governor Dr Zakari Mumuni outlined it at the Ghana Statistical Association's 4th Annual Statistics and Data Science Conference in Tamale. Fuzzy definitions, mismatched categories or badly checked data, he cautioned, can mislead even the most advanced forecasting models.
Stanbic Bank Ghana deploys AI monitoring to strengthen fraud detection
Stanbic Bank Ghana — Stanbic Bank Ghana is countering financial crime through AI fraud detection in banking, deploying tools that track spending habits and flag irregularities before damage spreads. Felicity Osafo Sampong said the technology reads shifting customer patterns to catch suspicious activity as it happens, replacing after-the-fact review with real-time transaction monitoring powered by AI.
MobileMoney Fintech deploys AI fraud surveillance across mobile money platforms
MobileMoney Fintech Limited — MobileMoney Fintech Limited has built AI fraud detection in mobile payments into Ghana's top mobile money service. Chief Executive Shaibu Haruna said the tool tracks spending patterns continuously, retracing payment paths to flag anomalies that static, rule-based checks miss. That signals a move toward AI-driven transaction monitoring platform-wide.
Cyber and Information Security Directive 2026 with AI governance
Bank of Ghana — The Bank of Ghana has made AI governance in banking central to its revised Cyber and Information Security Directive (CISD) 2026, introducing AI and Machine Learning Governance in place of the 2018 framework. Regulated lenders must show their AI systems in financial institutions are transparent, fair and secure, covering credit scoring, fraud checks and client support, with boards answerable for cyber risk. A data sovereignty rule requires core systems and customer records to stay within Ghana, applying to payment providers, fintechs, microfinance firms and banks.
MTN Ghana deploys AI to block fraudulent mobile money messages
MTN Ghana — MTN Ghana built AI fraud detection mobile money algorithms that intercept fake MoMo alerts before phones receive them. Abdul-Majeed Rufai said the system flags impersonation even when scammers alter headers or misspell words — part of AI-driven fraud detection in mobile money services spreading across telecom operators.
GFX Brokers launches Kojo, an AI Eurobond sales agent on WhatsApp
GFX Brokers — GFX Brokers built Kojo, an AI Eurobond sales agent running inside WhatsApp for Sub-Saharan clients. Built on Salesforce Agentforce with partner Evolf, it delivers live securities pricing, handles queries and lets buyers haggle bids and offers by text, cutting out calls and email. It turns the broker dealer's chat app into a bond trading channel.
Evidence of adoptionFinance & InsuranceGhana26 Aug 2025
PwC survey finds 68% of Ghanaian bank CEOs adopted GenAI
PwC Ghana — Ghana's bank chief executives are embracing generative AI in corporate banking, with 68% confirming use of the technology across 2024, according to PwC's 2025 Ghana Banking Survey. Chatbots now handle personalised customer interactions at several lenders, while staff lean on tools like ChatGPT to speed up everyday internal tasks. That level of uptake signals a clear shift toward automation spanning both front-line service and behind-the-scenes operations, a trend in AI adoption across banking that the survey highlights.
DeploymentHealthcare & Life SciencesGhana27 Sep 2026
UTAS students launch SafeSiso AI chatbot for adolescent reproductive health
University of Technology and Applied Sciences — SafeSiso delivers confidential reproductive guidance to Ghanaians aged 10 to 19, an AI chatbot for adolescent reproductive health built by two University of Technology and Applied Sciences students on WhatsApp. Launched in Navrongo, it now runs across Upper East Region schools with a referral link to health professionals. Girls needing judgement-free health answers form the core audience for this adolescent health chatbot.
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RegulationHealthcare & Life SciencesGhana6 Aug 2026
Ghana's Ministry of Health develops National AI Health Policy and Guidelines
Ministry of Health, Ghana — Ghana's Ministry of Health is drafting a National Artificial Intelligence Health Policy and Guidelines: legal, ethical, operational healthcare AI rules. The healthcare AI policy spans governance, regulatory oversight, data protection, workforce readiness and digital infrastructure, aligned to WHO, OECD and EU standards. The health AI framework debuted at Ho's International Conference on AI in Healthcare and Pharma.
DeploymentHealthcare & Life SciencesGhana21 Jul 2026
GPHA commissions AI-powered CT scanner at International Maritime Hospital
Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority — The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority has commissioned a Philips Incisive 128-Slice CT Scanner with AI CT scanning at Tema's International Maritime Hospital, restoring CT scan services there. Its AI-supported diagnostics cover advanced cardiac imaging, stroke assessment and lung nodule detection.
DeploymentHealthcare & Life SciencesGhana14 Jul 2026
GHS and Jacaranda Health launch AI maternal health platform Nurse Mary
Ghana Health Service — PROMPTS, an AI maternal health platform nicknamed Nurse Mary from Ghana Health Service and Jacaranda Health, now serves over 7,000 mothers at Greater Accra Regional Hospital. Via SMS, pregnant women and new mothers submit queries sorted by urgency, answered or forwarded to a clinic. It extends AI-driven maternal care tools across Ghana.
Ghana Health Service deploys Qure.ai X-ray AI to screen for TB
Ghana Health Service — Ghana Health Service now runs AI TB screening at 37 Military Hospital in Accra using a Qure.ai X-ray system. It flags pulmonary abnormalities within seconds, easing a shortage of radiologists and catching undiagnosed cases via the Active Case Finding project. The AI-powered X-ray diagnosis tool targets faster, more accurate results.
Development Bank Ghana launches Boa Mi AI adviser for farmers and lenders
Development Bank Ghana — Development Bank Ghana (DBG) has rolled out Boa Mi, a WhatsApp-based AI-powered agricultural finance platform, alongside Opportunity International and the Ghana Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (GIRSAL). Smallholders and extension officers get AI farm advice instantly; lenders see live portfolio data. A rice trial logged 8,500-plus queries over three months at 75 per cent satisfaction, with six more commodities next for this WhatsApp crop guidance.
3Farmate launches FAMA, Ghana's first AI-powered autonomous farming robot
3Farmate — 3Farmate's FAMA, billed as Ghana's first AI-powered autonomous farming robot, was unveiled before Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture John Dumelo. Computer vision replaces GPS for guidance, letting the machine plant seed, spread fertiliser, weed and spray while one worker oversees several units across 27 to 35 acres daily. Savings of 60% versus hand labour are expected, with design, engineering and assembly done locally. Officials pledged backing to expand this AI farming automation nationwide.
CSIR rolls out AI crop disease detection apps for Ghanaian farmers
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-INSTI) — Snap a leaf, get an instant reading: CSIR-INSTI, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research's Institute for Scientific and Technological Information, has built AI crop disease detection apps for Ghanaian growers. Its Maize Leaf Disease Detection App and Tomato Leaf Disease Detection App flag infections from one image, speeding up treatment. A companion Cropping Calendar tool adds locality-based sowing, watering, pest control and harvest advice, feeding wider AI-driven precision agriculture nationwide. Dr Paul Asante Danquah confirmed free, open online access.
CSIR pilots AI spore traps to predict crop disease outbreaks
CSIR-Crops Research Institute — Ghana's CSIR-Crops Research Institute (CSIR-CRI) runs SporeSmart, an AI crop disease prediction pilot catching airborne fungal spores and analysing images to flag outbreaks early. Five SmartSpore traps gathered over 2,000 spore photos between September 2025 and February 2026, targeting Fusarium pathogens harmful to maize, rice and tomato. UK Innovate funds the work with UK and Brazilian partners, advancing AI-driven disease outbreak detection.
University of Ghana gives 96,000 staff and students Google's Gemini
University of Ghana — More than 96,000 Gemini for Education licences now cover University of Ghana students and faculty under a Google partnership, an AI in higher education rollout. Lecturers and administrators spent two days practising with the AI assistant on teaching, research and office tasks, and will now coach peers and students as departmental champions.
KNUST rolls out Google Gemini AI tools to 95,000 students and staff
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology — A tie-up between Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and Google for Education has extended AI tools in higher education to 95,000 people, with Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals licences reaching students, staff and administrators. Recipients gain entry to Gemini and Gemini Notebook, forming a Gemini AI rollout for university communities. Online preparation for lecturers launched September 2026, with a Gemini Academy following in November.
Evidence of adoptionEducation & TrainingGhana29 Jul 2026
University of Ghana makes AI training compulsory for all first-year students
University of Ghana — Ghana's University of Ghana will require AI training in higher education for every incoming undergraduate, folded into a compulsory Level 100 module from next semester. The One Million Coders Programme supplies four credentials: Prompting Essentials, AI Essentials, AI Professional and Digital Literacy. Ghana's Ministry of Communication donated 2,000 laptops to back the mandatory AI education drive.
Ghana gives 1.4 million SHS students AI learning apps
Ministry of Education (Ghana) — Over 1.4 million students in Ghana now have AI learning apps for senior high school, an AI-powered SHS curriculum tools push by the Ministry of Education reaching 68,000-plus teachers under the new curriculum. Built from local content, the apps work offline. A prior test phase covered 712 schools before nationwide launch.
The finance ministry's lawyers research Ghanaian case law with the Eskwai legal AI.
DeploymentLegal & Professional ServicesGhana26 Aug 2026
Ghana's finance ministry gives its lawyers the Eskwai legal AI
Ghana Ministry of Finance — Ghana's Ministry of Finance has given its Legal Directorate Kwame AI's Eskwai system for AI legal research across Ghanaian case law and legislation, Kwame AI says. The directorate researches and advises on law for the ministry and other economy-managing state bodies, now backed by the legal AI tool.
DeploymentLegal & Professional ServicesGhana2026-03
Sam Okudzeto & Associates integrates Eskwai AI across the firm
Sam Okudzeto & Associates — One of Ghana's oldest legal practices, Sam Okudzeto & Associates, now handles research, drafting and document review through Kwame AI's Eskwai AI across its entire staff. Spanning over five decades, the historic outfit's move exemplifies AI adoption by law firm trends nationwide, pointing to broader momentum behind AI-assisted legal work.
DeploymentLegal & Professional ServicesGhana13 Mar 2026
Legal Aid Commission Ghana gets Eskwai Pro Bono for free legal AI
Legal Aid Commission, Ghana — Kwame AI has made Ghana's Legal Aid Commission its debut partner for Eskwai Pro Bono, opening a legal AI platform to 190 staff for research, drafting and file review. The aim: stretch 45 salaried lawyers across a country of over 30 million. It signals a fresh push to fuse free AI legal tools with public defender work nationwide.
DeploymentLegal & Professional ServicesGhana2025-02
N. Dowuona & Company deploys Eskwai AI across its legal team
N. Dowuona & Company — Ghana's first firm-wide AI legal assistant deployment: N. Dowuona & Company has given lawyers Eskwai Firm Plans, an AI-powered legal research tool from Kwame AI, for drafting and contract review. Kwame AI calls the firm a top practice, citing a month's trial before launch. No earlier firm bought Eskwai's plan.
Octaplus Health unveils Xaida AI digital character for customer engagement
Octaplus Health — Octaplus Health has launched an AI customer engagement character, Xaida, designed to make health insurance easier to understand for younger, digitally connected members. Dr Dan Vincent Armooh said the teenage digital persona will feature across the firm's communications and digital content as a virtual interface for engaging members.
DeploymentMedia, Telecom & EntertainmentGhana27 Nov 2025
Tobinco Media Group unveils Ghana's first AI newscaster Margaret Tobbin
Tobinco Media Group — Bullet TV, under Tobinco Media Group, now airs Ghana's first AI newscaster, Margaret Tobbin. The AI news anchor fills in when staff work remotely or step away, keeping bulletins on schedule. Her debut came in November 2025, timed to the station's founding anniversary.
DeploymentUniversity of Ghana gives 96,000 staff and students Google's GeminiEducation & Training19 Oct 2026gna.org.gh
RegulationBank of Ghana drafts a directive on AI in financial servicesFinance & Insurance10 Oct 2026gna.org.gh
RegulationGhana to put every public-sector AI purchase through central reviewGovernment & Public Sector2 Oct 2026myjoyonline.com
Evidence of impactGhana's customs revenue rises by up to US$100m a month after AI valuationGovernment & Public Sector16 Sep 2026myjoyonline.com
Evidence of adoptionGhana takes AI skills to 140 technical colleges with a one-million targetGovernment & Public Sector14 Sep 2026completeaitraining.com
DeploymentDevelopment Bank Ghana launches Boa Mi AI adviser for farmers and lendersAgriculture & Food11 Sep 2026thehighstreetjournal.com
DeploymentBank of Ghana puts AI behind its inflation forecastsFinance & Insurance27 Aug 2026thebftonline.com
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Every entry on this page is a named organisation putting AI to work in a real job, taken from the State of Applied AI record. Each one is traced to the report it came from and dated, and where a figure is the organisation’s own the entry says so rather than presenting it as an independent result. Readiness, ecosystem and policy figures, where shown, are attributed on the card to the body that published them.
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