02 · Management & institutional strengthening
AI-readiness and AI-governance assessment
We map how one team or institution already uses AI, where data and decisions are exposed, and which governance gaps matter most.
Tell us what you needDiagnostic recommendations are kept separate from implementation, so you decide what to fund next.
- Led by
- Prof. Wisdom Gagakuma
- Delivery
- Remote, and on site from Accra
- Fees
- Fixed fee, quoted to your scope
- Free tool
- AI inventory & oversight register
- Contracting
- GKM Legacy Holdings, Maryland
Led byProf. Wisdom Gagakuma
- Contracting
- GKM Legacy Holdings, Maryland
- Consultation
- from USD 150
What you receive.
Documents you can use, each with its method and sources attached.
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See a demonstration of the output: Specimen · AI-readiness & AI-governance assessment
AI-use inventory
Where AI is used, by whom, with what data and for which decisions.
Readiness scorecard
Scores by dimension, with the rubric disclosed.
Governance gap register
Prioritised gaps with owners and the risk each one carries.
Options and roadmap
What to do first, what can wait and what it takes.
Scope and fees.
Fees are agreed in writing before work begins. Estimates are shown as estimates.
Fees
Fixed fee, quoted to your scope
Send a brief or book a short call. We reply with a written scope, dates and a fixed fee before any work begins.
What we need from you
- A sponsor and a named counterpart
- Access to staff for a short survey and interviews
- Existing IT, data and procurement policies
Not included unless agreed
- Legal opinions
- System implementation, scoped separately
- Certification or audit sign-off
Who commissions this, and when.
Buyers and moments where this work pays for itself, and where it does not.
Who it is for
- Ministries and public agencies
- Development banks and donors
- Universities
- Mid-sized corporates
When to call us
- Staff are using AI tools without an agreed policy
- A board or funder has asked how AI risk is managed
- Before buying or building an AI system
When it is not the answer
If what you need is a legal opinion on a specific regulation, we will say so and point you to counsel. We assess readiness and governance; we do not certify compliance.
How the work runs.
Each stage ends in something you review before the next begins.
Stage 1 of 5
Mandate
Agree the scope, the decision and the people to involve.
Review pointSigned scope note: the decision, the units in scope and the timeline.
Stage 2 of 5
Diagnostic
Survey and interview users, owners and leadership; review policies.
Review pointDiagnostic instruments signed off.
Stage 3 of 5
Options
Set out governance and capability options with their costs and trade-offs.
Review pointOptions paper reviewed with leadership.
Stage 4 of 5
Validation
Test the findings and priorities with leadership.
Review pointValidation workshop held and comments recorded.
Stage 5 of 5
Implementation
Hand over the roadmap and, if asked, scope implementation separately.
Review pointWritten acceptance and a handover of files and method.
Questions buyers ask.
Anything else: ask in a brief.
Is this about the EU AI Act?
It can take it into account where it applies to you. The assessment itself covers use, data, decisions and controls, whatever the jurisdiction.
Can we try it ourselves first?
Yes. The free AI-readiness assessment gives you a scored first view in minutes.
Who leads it?
The Professor leads the institutional assessment, with Michael and Kenneth on the technology questions.
Related work
What needs to move forward?
Tell us the decision, the challenge or the opportunity. We reply with a scoped approach, a named principal and a fee before any work begins.
No charge to submit an enquiry.