Can my negligence be insured

The domestic insurance and shipping sectors come together today - Tuesday, July 7, 2026 - at the Palms Eagle Hotel, Airport-Accra, for the Marine Cargo Insurance Forum 2026, a flagship engagement convened by B&FT under the theme ‘Securing Trade: The Role of Marine Cargo Insurance in Risk Management and Trade Facilitation’.

Waste management is no longer just an environmental concern in Ghana—it has become a national economic issue that demands urgent and strategic attention. Across our cities, towns, and villages, heaps of uncollected refuse, plastic waste, and household garbage continue to choke drains, pollute rivers, and threaten public health. Unless we rethink our waste management system, the economic consequences will continue to outweigh the cost of implementing sustainable solutions.

A quiet but powerful transformation is unfolding across Africa’s automotive landscape. Budget-friendly, digitally enabled electric vehicles (EVs), some now being designed with Swahili-speaking voice assistants, are rapidly gaining attention in key African markets, particularly in Kenya and South Africa.

Bernard Yaw Ashiadey, one of the Business and Financial Times' (B&FT) most prominent editorial voices, has resigned from the newspaper after 15 years of service, bringing to a close a tenure that saw him rise from intern to Deputy Editor and establish himself as one of Ghana's leading business journalists.