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Business & Financial Times

Also known as: The Business & Financial Times · TheBFTOnline.com

Ghanaian business and financial news publication covering entrepreneurship, fintech, AI adoption, and business opinion.

Business & Financial Times announced 24 finalists in a nationwide entrepreneurship competition for Ghanaian entrepreneurs aged 18 to 40, offering a GHȼ500,000 prize pool with mentoring and support. The initiative recorded 60.9% female-led businesses and 7.9% from enterprises owned by persons with disabilities among applicants.

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Business

Enterprise Spotlight announces 24 finalists in national entrepreneurship challenge

The News

Enterprise Group PLC and Springboard Road Show Foundation have unveiled 24 finalists in a nationwide entrepreneurship competition for Ghanaian entrepreneurs aged 18 to 40. The initiative offers a GHȼ500,000 prize pool, business mentoring, and support, with 60.9% of applications from female-led businesses and 7.9% from enterprises owned by persons with disabilities.

Why it matters

Enterprise Spotlight's 24 finalists competing for GH¢500,000 in prizes reflects growing entrepreneurship momentum, with 60.9% of applications from female-led businesses and 7.9% from PWD-owned enterprises.

9 hours ago · Business & Financial Times →

Today

  1. Enterprise Spotlight announces 24 finalists in national entrepreneurship challenge

    Enterprise Group PLC and Springboard Road Show Foundation have unveiled 24 finalists in a nationwide entrepreneurship competition for Ghanaian entrepreneurs aged 18 to 40. The initiative offers a GHȼ500,000 prize pool, business mentoring, and support, with 60.9% of applications from female-led businesses and 7.9% from enterprises owned by persons with disabilities.

    9 hours ago · Business & Financial Times →

Thursday 30 April

  1. Profit and cash flow are distinct financial measures

    A financial analyst explains that profit—calculated by deducting expenses from revenue—does not necessarily equal cash available for operations, and many business owners mistakenly assume profitable ventures will have adequate liquidity.

    30 April 2026 · Business & Financial Times →

Wednesday 29 April

  1. Ghana's power system requires coordinated stewardship across generation, transmission, distribution

    Ing. Prof. Douglas Boateng argues that Ghana's electricity challenge is fundamentally one of coordination across the entire supply chain—generation, transmission, and distribution—rather than production capacity alone, and that systems fail from lack of coordinated attention rather than lack of strength.

    29 April 2026 · Business & Financial Times →

  2. Npontu Technologies appoints Prof. Noel Tagoe to board

    Npontu Technologies Limited, Ghana's AI and digital solutions company, has appointed Professor Noel Tagoe as a Board Member. The appointment aims to strengthen governance and support the company's expansion across Africa in fintech, enterprise software, and AI-driven infrastructure.

    29 April 2026 · Business & Financial Times →

  3. AI transforms creativity from scarcity to abundance

    An opinion piece argues that artificial intelligence is not extinguishing human creativity but transforming it. With roughly one in six people globally using generative AI tools, the article examines the economic, sectoral, and governance implications of AI-generated outputs now replacing work that once required trained human effort.

    29 April 2026 · Business & Financial Times →

Tuesday 28 April

  1. Technology and marketing alone insufficient for business growth

    An opinion piece argues that Ghanaian businesses investing in websites, digital marketing, and analytics tools often fail to achieve sustained growth because they haven't designed how technology and marketing should work together, rather than due to deficiencies in either alone.

    28 April 2026 · Business & Financial Times →

  2. Customer journey design matters more than digital campaigns

    A Business & Financial Times opinion piece argues that Ghanaian businesses focused on running digital ads and driving traffic often miss the deeper issue: they have not engineered the actual customer journey from discovery to loyalty. Growth comes from designing how technology and marketing work together, not from campaigns alone.

    28 April 2026 · Business & Financial Times →

  3. Communities must lead fight against domestic violence

    At a dialogue in Accra on domestic violence, advocate Victoria Debrah called for a shift from awareness to action, stressing that communities must play a central role in preventing abuse and supporting survivors, while urging police, health workers, social services, faith leaders and policy-makers to each contribute to ending the problem.

    28 April 2026 · Business & Financial Times →

Monday 27 April

  1. Ghana's development constrained by colonial narrative, not colonialism itself

    An opinion piece argues that Ghana's main economic constraint is not colonialism's legacy but the intellectual comfort that blaming colonialism provides, and that the country is increasingly filtering economic and institutional questions through a colonial lens rather than addressing root causes.

    27 April 2026 · Business & Financial Times →

Sunday 26 April

  1. Women overcoming "sticky floor" barriers through education and skills

    A column examines how "sticky floors"—barriers that concentrate women in low-wage, low-mobility jobs—affect workplace advancement, and describes how women are overcoming these obstacles through greater access to education and skills development.

    26 April 2026 · Business & Financial Times →

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