What happens when a communal culture shaped by generations of connection meets the most powerful technology of our time?
On this week’s RESET, I sit down with Enoch Allotey — a strategist, attorney, and healthcare innovation leader whose life story spans Ghana and the United States, ancient traditions and emerging technologies, deep cultural roots and forward-looking AI strategy.
Enoch’s journey is remarkable: • Raised in Ghana as the only Christian family in a Muslim neighborhood • Trained in biology, reverse-engineering medicines in a lab • Inspired into IP law after overhearing one conversation • Advancing global health access through policy, data, and AI • Continuing to anchor his purpose in community, family, and faith
We talk about how communal societies naturally absorb AI as a connector — while more individualistic cultures risk using it as a divider. We explore Ghana’s rise as the world’s leader in mobile-money adoption, and how that same spirit could shape the future of AI-driven healthcare, education, and access.
Enoch reminds us that technology amplifies what already exists: If a society values connection, AI enhances it. If a society prizes individualism, AI accelerates that too.
His message is clear, powerful, and deeply grounding:
AI won’t determine the future. Culture will. And each of us has a role in choosing which cultural values we embed in the systems we build.
This conversation filled me up. I think it will do the same for you. RESET with Tonya J. Long — Where Purpose Meets Possibility.
