The investor guide that keeps itself up to date.
Doing Business in Ghana is a 68-page investor guide I wrote and edited in 2024 with the support of GIZ and 10 bilateral chambers of commerce in Accra. Its V2 adds an AI-driven update layer, under systematic human validation.
A paper brochure doesn't lie. It just goes obsolete.
The V1 of this guide pointed, via QR codes, to an online layer hosted by a local partner. The hosting wasn't renewed after the mission ended, and the layer went down. Every QR code in the brochures already distributed now points into the void.
It's a classic case: high-quality institutional content undermined not by its substance but by an operational dependency that didn't survive the end of the funding.
An architecture that separates what lasts from what changes.
Several content layers, plus an AI agent that never publishes without human validation — the same rigour as a Michelin guide.
Paper brochure
Fixed at print time. Targeted 2-3 year lifespan, like the original 2024 edition.
Mirror layer
Visually faithful digital reproduction of the paper page, updated and signed quarterly. Shows “up to date” until something changes. Coming soon.
Editor content
Web pages under editorial control, stable URLs targeted by the paper QR codes. Absorbs the volatility of external sources.
External sources
Government and institutional sites, volatile by nature: GIPC, GRA, World Bank, etc.
Watch agent
Monitors sources, detects discrepancies across layers L1 to L3 and proposes updates. Never publishes on its own.
Matchmaking
Anonymous matchmaking between foreign investors, Ghanaian companies and institutions, aimed at boosting trade and economic development.
New print edition planned for January 2027.
The new brochure is built into a hybrid concept designed to be “never obsolete”: every chapter moves from draft to published through an explicit editorial workflow, never auto-published. An anonymous matchmaking platform between foreign investors and Ghanaian companies is being scoped with a local partner in Accra.
Astro
Sanity
Cloudflare Pages
Claude API
MakeA live demonstrator, not a toy prototype.
That's what makes this project worth showing: it proves that a real case, with institutional history and sensitive content, can be rebuilt with modern web tools, a controlled AI agent, and an editorial discipline that never sacrifices human validation.
The same principle is replicable for other countries or other development organisations that produced high-quality institutional content, but whose digital layer didn't survive.