FT Africa Summit 2026 to convene African leaders, investors, policymakers amid shifting global order

Adjaye Associates has opened a new studio in Accra, creating a new base for the practice while establishing a public-facing space for cultural conversations and creative exchange.

Three siblings sit around the same boardroom table. The eldest joined their father when the company had only five employees. She helped build its systems, found early customers and now runs its largest division. The second sibling joined much later after a successful career elsewhere.

The Ghana Property & Lifestyle Expo will mark its 10th anniversary with a flagship London edition on Friday 16 and Saturday 17 October 2026 at the Business Design Centre in Islington. The free two-day event will connect the diaspora, international investors, families and businesses with trusted opportunities across Ghanaian property, finance, business, tourism and lifestyle.

Finance Minister, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson says Ghana has turned the tide from economic crisis and laid the foundation for sustained progress, but has cautioned that further gains will depend on protecting macroeconomic stability.

Ghana’s housing challenge is increasingly a housing finance crisis, with stakeholders at the National Conference on Housing Finance calling for innovative funding models to make homeownership more accessible for low- and middle-income households.

Ghana’s ability to attract long-term foreign capital will depend less on eliminating investment risk than on giving investors confidence that policies, regulations and institutions will remain predictable, Dr. Rakesh Wahi, co-founder of Transnational Academic Group (TAG), has said.

Cocoa farmers and traditional leaders in the Ashanti Region have expressed satisfaction with the Ghana Cocoa Board Act, 2026 (Act 1182), while acknowledging the rationale behind the producer price announced for the new cocoa season, despite their initial expectations of a higher price.

AAK West Africa is strengthening technical capacity in Ghana’s chocolate and confectionery industry through specialised training for 22 local producers, as the company seeks to improve product quality, encourage ingredient innovation and support the production of higher-value finished goods.