Your weekly insights into AI technologies shaping the future. In this edition,

News

●      Mahama Duped by AI: How Fraudsters Used Deepfake Technology to Impersonate Ghana's President Even as He Champions a National AI Revolution
●      UNESCO partners Ghanaian government to deepen use of Artificial Intelligence in operations of public sector
●      Prompt engineering, the 24-Hour Economy, and Ghana’s AI future
●      Accra Becomes Africa AI Diplomacy Hub This September   
●      Blewett Predicts AI Will Replace Mobile Apps in Ghana
●      The $2.9tn question: Will Ghana shape Africa’s AI decade or be shaped by it?


Event

●      Ghana AI Summit & Awards
●      Ghana AI Innovation Challenge
●      From Cocoa to Code: How AI Can Diversify Ghana’s Economy


Opportunity
●      LINGUA Africa Project/Projet LINGUA Africa
●      ATF Google AI Bootcamp & Innovation Challenge 2026
●      AI governance: fundamentals


News

Mahama Duped by AI: How Fraudsters Used Deepfake Technology to Impersonate Ghana's President Even as He Champions a National AI Revolution
At the very moment President John Dramani Mahama was positioning Ghana as Africa's next great artificial intelligence hub, criminals were busy weaponizing that same technology against him and against the Ghanaian public.

UNESCO partners Ghanaian government to deepen use of Artificial Intelligence in operations of public sector
Ghana’s drive toward a digitally empowered public sector is gaining momentum as more than 120 civil servants complete an intensive Artificial Intelligence literacy training programme designed to improve governance, innovation and service delivery across state institutions.

Prompt engineering, the 24-Hour Economy, and Ghana’s AI future
There is a question worth asking carefully as Ghana moves into the implementation phase of the 24-Hour Economy and Accelerated Export Development Programme: who will run it, and with what cognitive equipment?

Accra Becomes Africa AI Diplomacy Hub This September
Ghana’s Communications, Digital Technology and Innovations Minister Samuel Nartey George held talks with AlphaVecta Technologies Limited on Monday on a new partnership for the One Vecta Summit 2026, scheduled for September in Accra.

Blewett Predicts AI Will Replace Mobile Apps in Ghana
MTN Ghana chief executive Stephen Blewett has predicted that artificial intelligence assistants will gradually displace mobile applications, signalling what he described as the next major inflection point in how Ghanaians interact with digital services.

The $2.9tn question: Will Ghana shape Africa’s AI decade or be shaped by it?According to the Further Africa report and SAP research, AI is projected to contribute up to $2.9 trillion to Africa's economy, with 230 million new digital jobs forecast for the continent over the same period.


Opportunities

LINGUA Africa Project/Projet LINGUA Africa
The Microsoft AI for Good Lab, in partnership with the Gates Foundation, Masakhane African Languages Hub, and Google.org, is inviting applications for a funding opportunity focused on advancing African language technologies and inclusive AI innovation across the continent

ATF Google AI Bootcamp & Innovation Challenge 2026
This is a fully funded Pan-African AI programme organized by the African Technology Forum with support from Google.org. The initiative is designed to equip students and recent graduates across Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa with practical AI skills, mentorship, and innovation experience.

AI governance: fundamentalsThis online self-paced course introduces participants to the fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence (AI) governance through five structured modules. Each module blends clear explanations of key AI concepts with practical, real-world scenarios to illustrate how AI impacts daily life, public services, and global policy.

Events
 
Ghana AI Summit and Awards 2026
The Ghana AI Summit & Awards 2026, organized by Knowledge Innovations in partnership with Deloitte Ghana, is a premier event focused on advancing artificial intelligence for economic transformation...
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Ghana AI Innovation Challenge
The AI Innovation Challenge is an action research initiative that brings together data scientists, technologists, researchers, and innovators to develop AI-powered solutions using Ghanaian datasets. It focuses on addressing local challenges, fostering collaboration, and generating practical insights that demonstrate the real-world impact of AI in Ghana.
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From Cocoa to Code: How AI Can Diversify Ghana’s Economy
This event explores how Artificial Intelligence can unlock new economic opportunities across agriculture, finance, education, healthcare, manufacturing, and entrepreneurship
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