Samuel Nartey George, the Minister nominee for Communications, Digitalisation, and Innovation, has vowed to establish Ghana as Africa’s foremost hub for Artificial Intelligence (AI) by 2028.
During his vetting on Thursday, January 30, 2025, he shared his vision for Ghana’s AI ecosystem. He emphasized the importance of robust collaboration among government agencies, private sector entities, and global tech companies to ensure Ghana engages in the AI revolution and assumes leadership.
“AI in 2025 is like Bitcoin in 2013,” he stated,
“President John Mahama has a clear vision on his AI policy, and we are going to take the current AI strategy that the previous government developed, review it, and make it fit for purpose by engaging industry to ensure that Ghana becomes the hub for artificial intelligence on the African continent.
“We are going to do this by making sure that our innovation hubs, as promised in our manifesto, are executed, and then we will introduce AI on top of big data that we are taking, and Ghana will become the hub for AI, machine learning, cyber security, data analytics and data processing on the African continent.”
He highlighted that his strategy aligns with the government’s comprehensive digital transformation agenda, emphasizing AI, big data, cybersecurity, and digital innovation.
