Ep 2: Ghana's Responsible AI Lab Story

In this episode, Professor Jerry John Kponyo introduces us to the Responsible AI Lab (RAIL) at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana. RAIL isn't your typical research lab. It's a multidisciplinary hub where AI meets real-world challenges in agriculture, health, energy, and education with responsibility baked in from the start.Prof. Kponyo takes us behind their work running coding programmes for girls and training the next generation of AI researchers at PhD level. It's a model that thinks long-term about who gets to shape AI on the continent.The AI for Local Impact Podcast is part of the AI4D programme, supported by IDRC and FCDO.