Nancy Imadi

Who are you? Tell us about yourself!

My name is Nancy Imadi, and I’ve been practicing law for the last 13 years. I was called to the bar in Ghana in 2012, and I have been practicing within the financial space. More recently, I have concentrated more on the digital economy and the digital financial sector. 

I am also a mom! I have three beautiful children. I’m also married, and I enjoy this whole process of trying to have a complete life with being a mom, being a career woman, being a wife, and then trying to just be a socially beneficial person in a community in which I find myself. 

What drew you to Georgetown’s LL.M. in Technology Law and Policy?

I have been in the digital financial space for a while now, and I had seen that so much was changing. In the policy space, I had seen the real impact of technology on the lives of people. I realized that I could not continue to rely on residual knowledge or current knowledge and do the work that I think I do as excellently as I could. I decided to look into possibilities of advancing my knowledge, and what better institution to choose than Georgetown? This is where policy gets made! The Georgetown Technology Law Program had so many different but exciting courses to choose from. 

Also, I have a very wonderful mentor. She is also an alum, Madam Elsie Addo Awadzi. When I was going through this thought process, she really encouraged me. I really didn’t think twice about it, and I didn’t consider any other school. I went straight for it, and then I was excited to get in early decision in December 2024. 

You recently presented on a panel held by the United Nations. What did you speak about and why are you passionate about this topic? 

I went to an organized digital compact forum, and we had esteemed panelists invited from all over the world. I was privileged to have that opportunity to join the UN for such important conversations. Because I sit in a policy role, this was so important for me. It was one of the highlights of my experience at Georgetown – I’m very, very privileged and humbled to have been there as part of the special delegates that were invited. I didn’t sit on the panel, but I was in that room with delegates from all over the world having conversations about AI governance. 

After the UN conversation, I was also privileged to be invited to the financial inclusion week of 2025, and I spoke on digital public infrastructure. I’m also a tech scholar, so these conversations make a lot of sense to me, and it brings what we learn in the classroom to life. 

You have been pursuing an externship at the World Bank. Can you tell us more?

Yes, I am very privileged to be doing my externship with the World Bank as well in CGAP, and I am assisting on two projects. For now, I am assisting on a project where we are doing research into fraud. Another project I’m also working on is data misuse within the technology space. The project here is to study data misuse and the measures by different countries to mitigate or curtail this phenomenon of data misuse. 

You’ve spoken about balancing your role as a parent with your work and now your studies.  What advice do you have for working parents who are considering enrolling in an LL.M. degree? 

 think one thing we should remember is that becoming a parent does not mean that your dreams are dead. This is the time that it’s even more important, because we are raising children to become model people in society, right? You are teaching your kids not to give up on their dreams. 

At Georgetown, I’ve had such wonderful support from faculty, colleagues, students, and friends. I’ve made friends from all over the place, and this has been such a surreal moment in my career. So I just really want to encourage you to pick up that application, write that statement of purpose, and be authentic to your true self. 

Tell us about your work experience before joining the LL.M. program. 

Before I enrolled in Georgetown, I sat in the Central Bank of Ghana, where I was the head of policy for FinTech and innovation. Prior to that, I was head of licensing for FinTech and head of licensing and approvals for FinTech and innovation in Ghana. 

I’m happy that I am able to now bring my experience to the program and share it with my colleagues, faculty, and professors, and also to be able to bridge law and actual practice.