Editorial: The tired 'grand swoop' ritual

A major constraint on trade financing across Africa has been overcome with the Ministry of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry signing an international convention aimed at making goods moving by road, rail and other transport modes easier to use as security for bank loans.

Concerns have been raised over the low recovery rate of funds lost to fraud across the country’s banks and specialised deposit-taking institutions (SDIs).

OmniBSIC Bank has won the African Banking Excellence Award for Growth, Innovation and Customer Value at the 12th International Forum on African-Caribbean Leadership (IFAL 2026), held in New York on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly.

The Chartered Institute of Bankers, Ghana (CIB Ghana), in partnership with the Ghana Investment Support Programme (GhISP), has trained Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) portfolio managers from banks and selected finance houses to strengthen lending to small businesses, with emphasis on gender inclusion, climate risks and cash-flow-based credit assessment.

Young single adults of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gathered in Accra on Saturday, October 24, 2026, for a special screening of the fourth episode of Dedicate, a six-part global video series exploring faith in Jesus Christ through the experiences of seven young adults from around the world.

Applications have opened for the Accra edition of Martell Swift Academy, a pan-African talent development platform created by Martell and curated by Africa House.

Forty-seven university students on Friday 23 October 2026, took part in the first edition of Unmute Yo’Self, a free public speaking and confidence-building event held at the Accra AI Community Center in Ridge, Accra.

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has challenged community seed producers at the Gundoug community of the Upper East Region to transform their indigenous seed system into a model for climate-resilient farming that could be replicated across the five regions of northern Ghana.