{"id":95623,"date":"2025-09-24T19:51:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T19:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=95623"},"modified":"2025-09-24T19:51:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T19:51:53","slug":"lancaster-9th-graduation-ceremony-graduates-urged-to-harness-ai-for-innovation-and-national-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=95623","title":{"rendered":"Lancaster 9th Graduation Ceremony: Graduates urged to harness AI for innovation and national transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly emerging as a tool Ghana cannot afford to overlook, with immense potential to drive research, innovation, and economic growth. <\/p>\n

Experts say generative AI and AI-driven analytics, in particular, can boost tertiary students\u2019 entrepreneurial confidence, improve idea quality, and accelerate speed to market.<\/p>\n

At Lancaster University Ghana\u2019s 9th Graduation Ceremony in Accra, graduates were encouraged to view AI not merely as entertainment but as a catalyst for the country\u2019s socio-economic transformation despite concerns about its impact on critical thinking.<\/p>\n

Dean of the School of Engineering Sciences at the University of Ghana, Professor Elsie Effah Kaufmann, challenged graduates to embrace AI for innovation, stressing that Ghana\u2019s economic independence hinges on technological advancement.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are blessed with abundant resources and talent, yet we face challenges. These challenges do not call for despair but rather a chance to embrace technology for innovation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Chief Financial Officer of the Transnational Academic Group, Middle East, Ashwin Gautama, echoed the call, urging graduates and Ghana\u2019s youth to reject dependency and instead embrace curiosity and entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n

\u201cCurious minds are always enterprising towards development. The more curious you are, the more you understand diverse ways to solve problems,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

The ceremony also highlighted Lancaster\u2019s Pan-African spirit, with graduates from Ghana, Nigeria, Togo, and Ivory Coast. This year\u2019s valedictorian, Anyeley Aryeh-Sowah, received the Chancellor\u2019s Medal, while Halle Akosua Asantewaa Dotse won the Founders\u2019 Award respectively.<\/p>\n

For Lancaster University Ghana and its partner, the Transnational Academic Group, the focus is not only on producing globally competitive graduates but also on nurturing change-makers equipped to transform their home countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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