The Center for Technology, Economics, and Development (CTED), led by Prof. Yaw Nyarko (NYU) and Prof. Raša Karapandža (EBS & NYU), is dedicated to solving critical economic challenges in Ghana and sub-Saharan Africa through innovative, technology-driven solutions. Many communities in these regions struggle with missing markets for agricultural products, inefficient land administration, limited financial access for smallholder farmers, as well as the underutilization of cultural heritage and art as a driver for economic growth. These issues not only hinder the growth of the local economies but also deepen poverty and create systemic barriers to development.

CTED addresses these challenges by creating digitally driven markets, digital land governance, financial inclusion and agricultural credit access via mobile apps, and cultural heritage preservation. We create transparent, efficient, and scalable solutions by deploying apps based on blockchain technology, mobile-based financial tools, novel financial products, geographic information systems (GIS), and blockchain-driven land management systems, as well as AI-driven farmer advisers. We aim to scale up these innovations and make them fully self-sustainable, ensuring that the systems we build can continue growing and thriving without external aid.