Risk Watch with Alberta QUARCOOME: Banks’ staffing dichotomy: The “front-office” and “back-office” conundrum (2)

On the first morning of January 2027, something quietly disappears from Ghana's streets. The white foam take-away pack, that squeaky, weightless box that has carried our waakye, jollof and banku for a generation, becomes contraband.

September was extraordinary for AI in Ghana. I stood on stages at the Pan African AI & Innovation Summit, moderating a session on drafting actionable AI governance and speaking on responsible AI in practice. I led #BeMe AI Frontier: Sustainable Futures, bringing together young people, educators, universities, and industry in the same room in Accra.

Last week, I started a series on using motivation as a risk management tool. Do you remember my theory of KNOW YOUR STAFF (KYT)? It really works for team bonding and service delivery.

Across thirteen of Nigeria's largest listed companies, not one holds a climate target validated by the Science Based Targets initiative. Independent assurance of the reported figures is confirmed at only four. That finding, from Mubarak Adebanjo's review of Nigerian corporate sustainability reporting, is the sharpest thing in either of the two studies now circulating among African practitioners.

Playwright Latif Abubakar is set to bring President John Dramani Mahama's United Nations Reckoning to stage for his 21st Production.

“Your CV tells people where you have worked. Your reputation tells people who you are," with that distinction, Dr. Philip Oti-Mensah, Chief Executive Officer of Universal Merchant Bank (UMB), challenged graduates of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) to look beyond certificates and job titles and focus on the kind of people they become.

“He who teaches, learns.” – African proverb

In Ghana, organisations are always looking for good leaders. But playful people may not always be their first choice. Just look at job advertisements. Among the qualities employers seek in leaders, playfulness is rarely mentioned.