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/Country
Ghana
36/100
attention index
attention index
Attention higher than 58% of countries
#66 of 157 countries · methodology v0.6 · 11 Nov 2026
The country in the five views
- Attention36
- Adoption · single source10
- Regulation71
- Problems and attacks41
- Opportunities32
/Why this colour
how it is computedReported incidents34
3 incidents in the last 24 months · percentile among countries
AI exposure27
percentile among countries
Generative AI use in the population: 10.4% (2026-Q2) · Microsoft AI Diffusion Report
Missing safeguards49
100 minus the safeguards percentile among countries: higher means fewer safeguards
Regulatory quality: -0.18 (2025) · World Bank
Rule of law: 0.00 (2025) · World Bank
Voice and accountability: +0.36 (2025) · World Bank
The state and AI
how it is computedNot part of the attention index
Openness to AI
56
Exposure to threats
18
as a target 15 · as a cause 21
Open, little exposedMedia coverage: medium (309 AI articles citing the country in the last 32 days)
Why this value
Exposure to threats = 50% × 15.2 (as a target) + 50% × 21.3 (as a cause) = 18.3
Reported cyber attacks against institutions and foreign disinformation
Social media monitoring, government disinformation, AI surveillance, spyware, internet shutdowns
What protects
Government access to personal data (V-Dem, expert scale)94
Rule of law (0-100 score)59
2025 · World Bank
Data protection law100
2026-11 · UNCTAD — Global Cyberlaw Tracker
Rules on AI used by the state (GIRAI)50
Shown alongside, not subtracted from the exposure
What we cannot see
We count reported cyber attacks, not all those that happened; there is no worldwide measure of threats made with AI; for surveillance and spyware the sources stop at 2022-2024.
/What we cannot see
Incidents never reported by the press · reports of serious incidents sent to the authorities and not published · systems registered in the non-public part of the EU database.
/Incidents by period
in the country1
last 6 months
0
6-12 months ago
0
12-24 months ago
+ 2 with only the year
/Reported incidents
3 in 24 monthsMay 2026
Purportedly AI-generated videos reportedly impersonated Ghana's president to solicit money and personal data (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
country inferred from the textaccording to AI Incident Database
Also reported by· 1 article from 1 outlet
- 11 arrested over alleged AI deepfake scam impersonating President Mahama (opens in a new tab) · theheraldghana.com · 7 May 2026
2025
Ghana moderators sue Meta over impact of extreme content (opens in a new tab)severity: serious · partly estimated from the textRecommendation and moderation
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repositoryorigin: United States (Meta Platforms)AI labs pages: Meta
Also reported by· 1 article from 1 outlet
- theguardian.com (opens in a new tab) · 27 Apr 2025
2024
Fake AI bots use ChatGPT to boost Ghana president (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repositoryorigin: United States (OpenAI)AI labs pages: OpenAI
Also reported by· 2 articles from 2 outlets
/Laws and safeguards
Regulatory quality-0.18
2025 · World Bank
Rule of law0.00
2025 · World Bank
Voice and accountability+0.36
2025 · World Bank
AI-specific laws and authorities: coming with new sources.
/In the news
how it worksAI news mentioning the country · 7 Nov – 13 Nov
- Ghana, Sweden to deepen cooperation in digital economy, AI and trade (opens in a new tab)ghanaiantimes.com.gh · Ghana · 12 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
- Nvidia CEO Resigns as Spying Scandal Shows China Intends to Win the AI Chip War (opens in a new tab)cbn.com · United States · 12 Nov 2026 · and 1 other outlet
- 2027 Budget: Govt to establish $300m National AI centre, 4G expansion in rural communities – Ghanamma.com (opens in a new tab)ghanamma.com · Ghana · 13 Nov 2026
- blackNgreen's AI Platforms Now Reach 225 Million People Across Africa, Bringing First-Time Credit to Over a Million and New Revenue to the Continent's Telcos (opens in a new tab)businessdayghana.com · Ghana · 13 Nov 2026
- Govt to deploy AI to strengthen border security (opens in a new tab)ghanaiantimes.com.gh · Ghana · 13 Nov 2026
- Will Uganda's youth power the AI economy, or be left behind by it? (opens in a new tab)independent.co.ug · Uganda · 13 Nov 2026
- AI will not take your job: A company using AI properly might (opens in a new tab)thebftonline.com · Ghana · 12 Nov 2026
- Caine Prize finds no AI use in Zimbabwean's winning story (opens in a new tab)punchng.com · Nigeria · 12 Nov 2026
- Caine Prize finds 'no evidence' winning story was AI-generated (opens in a new tab)newzimbabwe.com · Zimbabwe · 12 Nov 2026
- Cyprus Business Now: foreign investment, banks, energy, tourism, Keve, AI (opens in a new tab)cyprus-mail.com · Cyprus · 12 Nov 2026
AI articles mentioning the country in the last 30 days: 296 in total, at most 60 in one day (26 Oct 2026).
296 AI articles mentioning the country in 30 days
/Index trend
— country ··· worldIndex trend: 18 Oct 2026: country 37, world 36 · 19 Oct 2026: country 37, world 36 · 26 Oct 2026: country 37, world 36 · 2 Nov 2026: country 36, world 36 · 11 Nov 2026: country 36, world 36.
Previous years, reconstructed with today's data: 2023 insufficient data · 2024 41 · 2025 45 why
/AI models released
12 months · outside the indexNo releases recorded by Epoch AI for organisations in this country.