Artificial Intelligence
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AI4SD Podcast: Can AI really drive sustainable development in Ghana?
Brought to you by: Artificial intelligence is everywhere in the conversation. But what does it actually mean for Ghana’s development — and how do we move from AI hype to real-world impact? In Episode 1 of the AI for Sustainable Development (AI4SD) Podcast, host Ammishaddai Ofori sits down with Elisabeth Morzadec, Programme Manager at the…
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SuperRadiant joins Y Combinator to build AI-powered robotic scientists
SuperRadiant, a startup building AI-powered robotic experimentalists, has been selected for Y Combinator’s Fall 2026 batch. The company was founded by Benedict Quartey, Cooper Niu and Owen Tower. Quartey announced the news in a LinkedIn post, describing SuperRadiant’s goal as building robots capable of carrying out scientific experiments in the physical world. The startup is…
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Viamo launches 231 Voice Platform in Ghana, expanding inclusive offline AI access.
Viamo has officially launched the Viamo 231 Voice Platform in Ghana, creating a national voice channel through which organisations can reach and engage people who may be excluded from internet-first digital services. Started in Ghana in 2012 and now operating across 23 countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, Viamo’s partnership with MTN brings critical…
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Seven startups advance to the incubation phase of the MEST AI Startup Programme.
The MEST AI Startup Program has selected seven ventures to advance from its training phase into incubation, following seven months of product development, customer validation and business training. The selected startups span food and health, data infrastructure, financial compliance, maternal healthcare, mobility, agriculture and AI infrastructure. Their products target practical challenges across African markets, with…
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How 3Farmate’s FAMA robot is replacing hoes and cutlasses on farms.
.Ghana’s agriculture sector still runs largely on hoes, cutlasses, and unreliable manual labour. In a country with millions of hectares of arable land, that gap between potential and actual productivity is what 3Farmate’s co-founder and CEO, Clinton Anani, is trying to close with FAMA—a fully autonomous, locally built farm robot designed to handle planting, fertilising,…
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African HR & payroll SaaS leader becomes Seamless Technologies, unveils AI solutions for Ghana’s workforce.
Africa’s leading HR technology company, SeamlessHR, today announced its evolution into Seamless Technologies, marking a new chapter in the company’s growth and reflecting its vision to build technology that powers work, business, and everyday life across Africa. Going forward, the company will operate in Ghana under the Seamless Technologies brand, bringing together its expanding portfolio…
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Speeding up justice: How Kwame AI is helping Ghana tackle its courtroom backlog.
The maxim that justice delayed is justice denied is a haunting reality in many parts of the developing world. When legal disputes drag on for years, businesses stall, human rights languish, and public trust in the rule of law erodes. In Ghana, the legal system operates under an overwhelming caseload. Only 445 judges and magistrates…
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Analysis: Ghana’s AI Strategy is a laudable list of operating imperatives, not a strategy.
Ghana’s AI strategy is a laudable list of operating imperatives, not a strategy. Ghana’s newly launched National Artificial Intelligence strategy deserves credit for treating AI as a national development question rather than a narrow technology policy issue. It is one of the more ambitious public AI documents to emerge from Africa, linking artificial intelligence to…
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The Death of the Hoe: 3Farmate launches fully autonomous robot to tackle manual farming.
Ghanaian agritech startup, 3Farmate is poised to transform the Africa’s agricultural sector with the launch of its innovative autonomous farming robot, FAMA. The Field Autonomous Machine for Agriculture (FAMA) promises to address longstanding challenges in tropical farming by boosting productivity, reducing costs, and enhancing food security through precision AI. Founded in 2021 by Clinton Anani…
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6 Questions with Dr. Paul Amissah (CEO, Qwesi AI)
6 Questions is where we cut through the noise to spotlight the innovators reshaping Ghana’s future. In each edition, we go beyond the headlines to ask six pointed questions — about the ideas they’re testing, the risks they’re taking, and the impact they’re chasing. For this edition, we sit down with Dr. Paul Amissah —…