Working Ghanaians show signs of financial recovery, but long‑term vulnerability persists: Old Mutual Financial Wellness Monitor

The Boardroom Governance Summit (BGS) Africa 2026, originally scheduled for 7 October, will now take place on Thursday 12 November 2026 at the Labadi Beach Hotel, Accra, under the theme ‘Board Committees: From Oversight to Impact’.

Amid Ghana Cocoa Board’s (COCOBOD) restructuring of how it finances cocoa purchases for the 2026/27 season, the board is confident that the crop proportion used as collateral will remain below 60 percent.

Zijin Golden Ridge Limited (ZGRL), operator of the Akyem Gold Mine, has launched a community skills development programme targeting young people in the Birim North District as the company steps up efforts to build a local technical workforce.

A student-led team from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has emerged as the winner of the 2026 Pan African AI Summit Hack-AI-Thon with an artificial intelligence-powered solution designed to help cocoa farmers turn discarded cocoa pod husks into an additional source of income.

Insurance is fundamentally a business of trust. Customers entrust insurers with the protection of their businesses, assets, livelihoods and futures, with the expectation that their insurer will be there when it matters most.

The former Director-General (DG) of the Cyber Security Authority (CSA), Dr. Bernard Antwi-Boasiako’s book took the spotlight at the United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, as Ghana’s regulatory model draws global attention.

The Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Mr. Anthony Kwasi Sarpong, has received and hosted a delegation from Aksa Energy led by the company’s Chief Finance Officer, Mr Cevdet Yalcin, at the GRA Head Office in Accra on October 2, 2026.

Telecel Ghana has concluded its annual SME Month celebrations with a successful Telecel Business Runway in Takoradi, the first time the flagship business showcase has been held outside Accra.