President John Dramani Mahama has struck a deal with Japanese firm Degas, for a US$100 million investment over the next four years to help establish Ghana as Afri­ca's first AI-powered agricultural hub.The deal would expand a model that has already financed more than 86,000 small­holder farmers across 122,000 acres across Ghana."Ghana has shown that when technology meets a clear national vision, smallholder farmers can thrive," CEO and founder of Degas Limited, Doga Makiura said at a meeting with President Mahama on the sidelines of the Ghana Presidential Invest­ment Forum at the just-ended 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Devel­opment (TICAD-9) in Yokohama, Japan, on Thursday.Degas' US$100 million commitment, Mr Makiura said, would scale AI-driven satellite monitoring and precision agriculture techniques to boost yields, reduce risk, and access fairly priced finance.• President Mahama with Mr Makiura, CEO of Degas"We've already seen incomes double with a 95 per cent repayment rate from the farm­ers," Mr Makiura stated.The Degas platform combines AI-driven satellite monitoring and agriculture tech­niques.According to Mr Makiura, the results are drawing strong interests from Japanese investors."Many Japanese partners now consider Ghana's integrated approach the gold stan­dard for agricultural investment in Africa," he said."President Mahama's focus on value-chain integration" he noted "aligns closely with Japan's search for credible, scalable partner­ships."President Mahama welcomed the an­nouncement, calling it a vote of confidence in Ghana's agricultural transformation agenda."This investment reinforces our commit­ment to integrated agricultural value chains that connect farmers to markets, finance, storage, and processing," President Mahama stated.By leveraging AI and precision technolo­gies, Mr Mahama was certain Ghana would improve productivity, enhance food security, and create dignified jobs for youth across rural communities.The new funding will support the expan­sion of Degas' farmer financing, satellite-en­abled crop monitoring, and precision agron­omy services, while deepening partnerships across input supply, logistics, and offtake to strengthen local value chains.As part of his itinerary for the day, Pres­ident Mahama also held bilateral talks with United Nations Secretary-General, Antó­nio Guterres, with discussions centring on  cooperation, Ghana's economic rebound, and escalating security challenges in West Africa.Mr Guterres commended Ghana's active role in the UN system and its steady com­mitment to the Sustainable Development Goals, while highlighting the country's leadership within ECOWAS and the African Union in responding to Sahel-related crises and encouraged Mr Mahama to continue championing collective, regional solutions.On his part, President Mahama reaffirmed Ghana's unwavering support for multilater­alism and called for further democratisation of the UN to enhance representativeness and effectiveness.