Reflecting on africa day 2026: Are we achieving true liberation?

The passage of the Companies Act, 2019 (Act 992) changed the corporate governance landscape in Ghana. Its passage was hailed as a watershed moment as it replaced the previous legislation which had been in existence since 1963.

What is the value of financial inclusion when customers cannot confidently protect their money? What is the purpose of digital banking if technological convenience exposes households and businesses to fraud, financial losses and personal insecurity?

On 2 September 2026, President John Dramani Mahama directed the immediate dissolution of the governing boards of nine state-owned enterprises and public institutions: the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC),

Imagine a citizen who needs to renew her national health insurance membership. She downloads a mobile application, creates an account, provides her membership details and Ghana Card image, pays through mobile money and receives a confirmation that the renewal is being processed.

According to the 2026 IBM Guide to AI by Amanda Downie et al., Generative AI (Gen AI) is Artificial Intelligence (AI) that can generate content such as text, images, video, audio or software code in response to a user’s prompt or request.

The recent international movement toward maps that show Africa at its true relative size has corrected an important visual distortion.

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is preparing to introduce a liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) requirement for banks as part of efforts to strengthen liquidity risk management and ensure lenders can withstand future financial shocks.