The Nsano tale: weaving digital payment threads across Africa

Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Zenith Bank Plc, Dame Dr. Adaora Umeoji, Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON), has been honoured with the prestigious Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe (Zik) Pan-African Award for ‘Transformational Leadership in Banking and Financial Innovation.’

Stanbic Bank Ghana has been named Ghana’s Best Investment Bank at the prestigious Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2026, contributing to Standard Bank Group’s impressive tally of 17 awards across Africa.

Access Bank has signed a strategic financing partnership with Mantrac, the authorised dealer of Caterpillar equipment, to expand access to capital for contractors and mining companies across the country.

The country’s merchandise trade has expanded nearly nine-fold in dollar terms over the last 21 years, rising from US$6billion in 2004 to US$52.5billion for 2025 as stronger exports pushed the country to its largest trade surplus on record.

The government, through the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has launched the Ghana Agricultural Fund for Education and Transformation (GAFET),

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has urged the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to widen the national tax net by intensifying efforts to bring more businesses and individuals, particularly those in the informal sector, into the tax system.

The Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Jinapor, has said the Ministry is in the final stages of getting the reforms to the oil and gas regulatory regime finalised.

The Canada Ghana Chamber of Commerce (CanCham) will convene chief executives, financiers, policymakers and investors at CEOs’ Connect 2026 on Thursday, 20 August 2026 in  Accra,