Mahama Launches Ghana's First National AI Strategy 2025–2035

Across the world, the race to codify national AI strategies has become a defining dimension of 21stcentury statecraft. Nations that publish clear, funded AI governance roadmaps attract more technology investment, negotiate better terms with global tech companies, and shape — rather than merely comply with — the international rules being written at the UN, OECD, and G20. A national AI strategy is now as foundational as a national defence strategy.

President John Dramani Mahama officially launched Ghana's first National Artificial Intelligence Strategy (2025–2035) today in Accra — a landmark 10-year policy roadmap for building a responsible, humancentred AI ecosystem across health, education, and agriculture. This is one of the most consequential technology policy moments in Ghanaian governance history. The strategy positions Ghana as one of the first West African nations to formalise an AI national framework and creates the legal and institutional scaffolding needed to attract AI investment, negotiate sovereign data agreements, and establish publicsector AI deployment standards.