A Partner In Ghana’s UAE AI Hub Deal Was Named In The Epstein Files. Another Has a Controversial History with Surveillance

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When Ghana signed a $1 billion tech agreement with the UAE in May 2025, it was hailed as a digital "quantum leap." But beneath the promise of a Silicon Valley in Ningo-Prampram lies a web of uncomfortable associations, including deceased sex trafficker Jeffery Epstein

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