The grain battle

The image of the accountant sitting behind a desk, recording transactions, balancing ledgers, and preparing financial statements at the end of the month or year is rapidly becoming outdated.

At the end of a long school day, a child sits at the dining table, staring at a page filled with numbers.

For many years now, I have had the privilege of working alongside St Nicholas Preparatory School in Tema New Town, handling much of its media coverage and media relations. It is a role I have carried out quietly, in the way such work is often done.

Workplace cultures are shaped by a plethora of organisational elements some of which are unscripted and are not painted with the brush of officialdom.

The history of banking in Africa is often narrated through the powerful themes of innovation, digital transformation, financial inclusion, and the rapid emergence of fintech ecosystems.

It has been a little over two months since Kenya hosted France’s Africa Forward Summit 2026 in Nairobi.

Most professionals treat reinvention as a cosmetic problem: a new title, a sharper headshot, a different bio. It isn't. Reinvention is a trust problem, and trust is the one asset that doesn't survive careless handling.

There is one popular belief that has done enormous damage to African economic thinking than I can think of: China grew because the state controls the economy.