Ghana’s Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has announced plans to roll out AI-powered tools in local languages to make learning more accessible across the country.
In a Facebook post shared on Friday, January 23, 2026, the minister said he held productive talks with Google’s Vice President during the ongoing Generative AI Summit in the United Kingdom.
The discussions centered on how AI can boost teaching methods, improve student results, and open up better education opportunities not just in Ghana but right across Africa.
Iddrisu explained that Google is teaming up with the University of Ghana and the GDI Hub to build better speech recognition and AI systems tailored for Ghanaian languages like Twi, Ewe, and Dagbani. The focus includes handling everyday, non-standard ways people speak to help more students and users.
He also pushed for Hausa to be included, noting it is widely spoken in Ghana and other parts of West Africa, which would bring in more communities.
The minister added that Google’s team gave solid promises: their education tools, including content matched to Ghana’s curriculum and guides on using AI safely in classrooms, will be made available free of data charges in Ghana. That means students and teachers anywhere—even in remote areas—can access them without extra costs.
He pointed out Google’s bigger moves, like the $37 million put into AI research and skills training in Africa last July 2025, plus an AI Community Center opened in Accra as part of a $1 billion push for digital growth on the continent.
“Ghana is not just joining the AI wave—we are helping guide it for Africa,” Iddrisu wrote.
The announcement has sparked interest among educators and tech watchers, who see it as a step toward bridging gaps in education through homegrown language support and zero-cost digital resources.