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Ghana opens continental AI hackathon as Accra positions itself at the centre of Africa’s push from AI ambition to execution

Africa is not short of artificial-intelligence strategies. Nearly a dozen governments have published national AI plans in the past three years, and Ghana added its own earlier in 2026. Turning those plans into technology that reaches ordinary people has proved far harder. A new competition opening in Accra wants to change that, and it is betting on the people most likely to do the building: the…

Ghana opens continental AI hackathon as Accra positions itself at the centre of Africa’s push from AI ambition to execution

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