Firms’ failure to disclose owners threaten AML rating       

For the past two weeks, I have highlighted several issues in physical security for bank branches, which are sometimes overlooked. This is the final edition but before I continue, let us summarise the core objectives of physical security.

For a few hours on Friday 9 October, the ICGC Christ Temple on Teshie Bush Road in Accra looked less like a church than a vast robing room. Horsehair wigs, black gowns and white bands moved down the aisles in their hundreds as families jostled for photographs and the General Legal Council (GLC) enrolled 1,568 new lawyers, the largest single cohort since Ghana began training its own lawyers.

A factory can run through the night and still struggle to survive. The question is who buys its output, at what price, and how quickly they pay. As Ghana advances its 24-hour economy, that commercial test deserves a place beside every announcement of investment and employment.

African leaders, policymakers, and industry executives have renewed efforts to accelerate the continent’s automotive industrialisation agenda after the inaugural Africa Automotive Investment Forum in El Alamein, Egypt, where stakeholders highlighted investment opportunities, regional value chains, and cross-border partnerships to transform Africa into a competitive vehicle manufacturing hub.