GIMPA@65: Make Responsible AI, Digital Governance Central to Teaching and Research – Otumfuo

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, has urged the Ghana Institute of Public Administration (GIMPA) to make responsible Artificial Intelligence and digital governance central to its teaching and research as the institution marks 65 years.

Otumfuo made the call as the distinguished guest at the climax of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) 65th anniversary celebration in Accra on November 11, 2026.

He said digital transformation presents important challenges concerning personal privacy, fairness, accountability and protection of human dignity, and that questions about automated decisions, inequality and human responsibility cannot be left to technology specialists alone.

Otumfuo stated that those questions fall directly within the responsibilities of institutions such as GIMPA, because they are questions of governance, law, ethics and public policy.

His Majesty affirmed that future leaders must understand both the opportunities offered by emerging technologies and their limitations.

“A computer may process information at extraordinary speed, but it cannot assume the moral responsibility of a public officer,” he said.

“I therefore encourage the institute to make responsible artificial intelligence and digital governance central to its teaching and research. Future leaders must understand the opportunities offered by emerging technologies, but they must also recognise their limitations.”

Present were Nananom, Prof. Yaw Agyeman Badu, Chairman of the Governing Council; Prof. Samuel Kwaku Bonsu, Rector; Prof. Ebenezer Adaku, Deputy Rector; Prof. Stephen Adei, former Rector; Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, John Dumelo; and Hon. Kan Dapaah, former Defence Minister.

Story by Hajara Fuseini

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