Ghana’s ability to leverage artificial intelligence as a governance and development instrument depends less on the sophistication of its technology imports than on whether its institutions can bridge the persistent gap between research output and practical implementation. That was the…
Kenya’s emerging social-commerce economy raises a pointed policy question for West Africa: will African economies build the regulatory, payments and trade infrastructure required to capture the value created by this new form of commerce, or will they simply host transactions…
The Policy Question at Stake Kenya’s government has positioned digital services exports as a cornerstone of its economic diversification strategy, training over 1.8 million young people through the Ajira and Jitume programmes and claiming more than 300,000 digital jobs created…
When a listed Ghanaian manufacturer triples its net profit in a single half-year, the figure demands more than a headline. FanMilk Ghana’s 214% jump in net profit to GH¢81.9 million for the six months ending June 2026, set against revenue…
Africa’s financial institutions face a structural reckoning: the tools used to assess creditworthiness are changing faster than the governance frameworks designed to regulate them, and the borrowers of tomorrow bear little resemblance to those the current lending architecture was built…
Kenya is preparing to receive two new submarine fibre optic cables before 2027, a development that raises a concrete governance question: who controls the digital infrastructure underpinning East Africa’s economic future, and how do investment decisions made in California or…
Ghana’s Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has staked out a governance position on artificial intelligence in the country’s classrooms, arguing that the technology must be subordinated to pedagogical goals rather than permitted to reshape learning outcomes by default. His remarks,…
At its July 2026 congregation ceremonies, the University of Ghana conferred degrees on 1,884 students and issued a pointed institutional directive: that its graduates treat Artificial Intelligence not as a career accessory, but as a governance and development instrument with…
Nigeria’s competition regulator has launched a formal investigation into Meta, Alphabet, X, and unnamed generative AI platforms, targeting what it describes as anti-competitive conduct and the unauthorised harvesting of Nigerian journalistic content — a move that positions Africa’s largest economy…
UN Transparency Push on AI’s Environmental Costs Carries Direct Governance Implications for West Africa’s Digital Ambitions UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday demanded that major artificial intelligence companies publicly disclose their full environmental footprint, launching a global transparency initiative that…
