Reflections by S.M.A: New Anti-Corruption chief: Dr Aziz-Bamba takes charge

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.

Kofi is a different kind of a customer. On more than one occasion, I have wondered what my business would be like if I had just ten of his kind.

For the past 15 years, I have had the opportunity to train corporate teams, speak at conferences and organise events for different institutions. Over the years, I have noticed something interesting about the people organisations send for training, and it has become even more obvious in the past five years.

Ghana stands at a critical juncture in its economic transformation.  As the nation positions itself as a beacon of stability and growth in West Africa, the structure of its labour market demands urgent scrutiny. 

One of the most serious weaknesses of any high-stakes examination system is the possibility of question leakage, examination malpractice and unauthorized access to test materials. This is not simply a technical problem.

Ghana is attempting to change one of the oldest patterns in African economic development: extracting valuable natural resources, exporting them with limited processing, and importing higher-value manufactured products at significantly higher prices.