e-Crime Bureau — cybersecurity service provider founded in 2011, addressing digital fraud and AI-driven cyber threats in Ghana's financial and digital sectors.
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Joy Online
… Speakers expected at the forum include the Head of Fintech and Innovation at the Bank of Ghana, Elhanan Owureku Asare; Economist Professor Godfred Bokpin; Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Association of Banks, John Awuah; Executive Chairman of the e-Crime Bureau, Dr Albert An …
JoyNews’ Digital Economy forum aiming to shape Ghana’s digital future comes off tonightJoy Online
Founder and Executive Chair of e-Crime Bureau, Dr. Albert Antwi-Boasiako, says cyberattacks have become an existential risk for businesses operating in the digital economy. …
Cyberattacks now an existential risk for digital businesses – e-Crime Bureau founderJoy Online
Founder and Executive Chair of e-Crime Bureau, Dr. Albert Antwi-Boasiako, says digital fraud thrives when users lack awareness and institutions fail to build strong systems to detect and prevent attacks. …
Fraud thrives where there is no ‘capable guardian’ – e-Crime Bureau founderJoy Online
Founder and Executive Chair of e-Crime Bureau, Dr Albert Antwi-Boasiako, says social engineering remains one of Ghana’s weakest links in the fight against digital fraud. …
Social engineering remains Ghana’s weakest link in digital fraud fight – e-Crime Bureau ChairJoy Online
Founder and Executive Chair of e-Crime Bureau, Dr Albert Antwi-Boasiako, says the cost of cybercrime has become so large that it must be treated as a major economic threat, not only a technology or law-enforcement problem. …
Cybercrime now ranks among world’s biggest economic threats – e-Crime Bureau founderJoy Online
… They include economist Professor Godfred Bokpin; Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Association of Banks, John Awuah; Executive Chairman of e-Crime Bureau, Dr. …
Banks, fintechs trade claims over regulatory burden as fraud risks growJoy Online
… They include economist Professor Godfred Bokpin; Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Association of Banks, John Awuah; Executive Chairman of e-Crime Bureau, Dr. …
‘Trust is a currency’: BoG warns fraud could derail Ghana’s push towards a cash-lite economyJoy Online
… They include economist Professor Godfred Bokpin; Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Association of Banks, John Awuah; Executive Chairman of e-Crime Bureau, Dr. …
BoG calls for industry-wide system to fight fraud across banks, fintechs and mobile money platformsJoy Online
… Scheduled speakers include the Head of Fintech and Innovation at the Bank of Ghana, Elhanan Owureku Asare; economist Professor Godfred Bokpin; Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Association of Banks, John Awuah; and Executive Chairman of the e-Crime Bureau, Dr. …
Digital Economy Forum launched to shape Ghana’s digital futureJoy Online
… he Year * Arise Foods Limited – Visionary Leadership in Sustainable Nutrition & Family Wellness * Country Links Travel & Tour Limited – Most Outstanding Travel & Tourism Company of the Year * Digitransact AI – Africa AI Solutions & Implementation Excellence Award * E-Crime Bureau …
Ghana’s leading businesses honoured at 3rd Ghana Outstanding Business Achievement AwardsGhana's maiden Digital Economy Forum airs tonight at 8 p.m. on JoyNews and Joy FM, bringing together policymakers, regulators, financial institutions, and academics to discuss digital fraud's impact on consumer confidence and business growth.
22 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's maiden Digital Economy Forum airs tonight at 8 p.m. on JoyNews and Joy FM, bringing together policymakers, regulators, financial institutions, and academics to discuss digital fraud's impact on consumer confidence and business growth.
22 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Dr. Albert Antwi-Boasiako, founder of e-Crime Bureau, says cyberattacks have become an existential risk for banks, fintech companies, e-commerce platforms and other digital businesses, which must invest in protection and early detection systems to maintain revenue, customer trust and operational continuity. A Digital Economy Forum themed "The Trust Crisis" will examine how fraud and cybercrime are affecting confidence in Ghana's digital economy.
13 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The founder of e-Crime Bureau says digital fraud in Ghana flourishes due to lack of user awareness and weak institutional systems to detect and prevent attacks. He argues that stronger "capable guardians" — including awareness, systems, and capacity for fraud detection and prevention — are needed as more people use mobile money, banking apps, and online platforms.
13 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The Founder and Executive Chair of e-Crime Bureau says social engineering remains Ghana's weakest link in fighting digital fraud, with fraudsters increasingly exploiting human trust, fear and ignorance through phishing, cloned accounts, fake officials and impersonation of trusted brands.
10 July 2026 · Joy Online →
e-Crime Bureau founder Dr Albert Antwi-Boasiako says cybercrime losses are so significant that if cybercrime were a country it would rank among the world's largest economies; West Africa and Ghana carry a significant share of these losses. The warning comes ahead of a Digital Economy Forum examining how fraud affects confidence in Ghana's digital economy.
10 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Banks and fintech companies disagree over who faces heavier regulation in Ghana's digital financial sector, with each claiming the other operates under lighter supervision. The Bank of Ghana's Head of Fintech and Innovation says the real concern is that fraud can spread across the entire financial system if any part is weakly regulated.
8 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The Bank of Ghana's Head of Fintech and Innovation warned that increasing fraud cases could erode public trust in digital financial services and reverse progress towards a cash-lite economy. He noted that 16,733 fraud cases were recorded across banks and payment service providers in 2024, up from 15,865 in 2023.
7 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The Bank of Ghana's Head of Fintech and Innovation is calling for a coordinated, industry-wide system to combat fraud across banks, mobile money operators, and fintech companies, arguing that separate systems are inadequate in an interconnected ecosystem. Ghana's digital financial sector recorded 16,733 fraud cases in 2024, up from 15,865 in 2023, with payment service providers accounting for the majority.
6 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana has launched the Digital Economy Forum, a national platform bringing together policymakers, regulators, business leaders, academics, and others to examine technologies, policies and ideas shaping the country's digital future. Each edition will combine documentary investigation with televised dialogue to address pressing issues in digital commerce, financial services, cybersecurity, and other areas.
2 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's 3rd Ghana Outstanding Business Achievement Awards ceremony on June 26, 2026, at La Palm Royal Beach Hotel in Accra celebrated corporate excellence and recognized organizations and individuals driving economic growth. Diplomats, policymakers, and business leaders attended the event, which highlighted the role of businesses in fostering innovation, creating employment, and strengthening Ghana's global competitiveness.
28 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The e-Crime Bureau, a cybersecurity service provider established in 2011, hosted its first Founder's Opera Soirée on 22 May, an invitation-only event combining thought leadership with cultural experience to discuss AI-driven cyber threats.
23 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The e-Crime Bureau held its inaugural Founder's Opera Soirée in Accra, bringing together cybersecurity chiefs, executives, and legal professionals to discuss emerging cyber threats, governance, and organisational resilience. The event featured remarks from the Founder and former CSA Director-General Dr Albert Antwi-Boasiako and a presentation on leadership in an AI-driven threat environment.
23 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's banks recorded 16,733 fraud cases in 2024, a five per cent increase on 2023, with total value at risk climbing 13 per cent to roughly GH¢99 million, even as the sector has become better capitalised and supervised since the 2018 licence revocations.
4 May 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
Former Cyber Security Authority Director-General Dr Albert Antwi-Boasiako called for Ghana's educational system to be redesigned so graduates can critically and ethically interrogate digital information, warning that algorithms—which are not neutral and can be shaped by biased data—pose cybersecurity risks if left unquestioned in decision-making processes.
29 April 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
Dr Albert Antwi-Boasiako, Founder and Executive Chair of the e-Crime Bureau, has called for Ghana's educational system to be redesigned to equip graduates with the ability to critically interrogate digital information in the algorithmic era, warning that algorithms designed by humans and trained on biased data could negatively affect human lives and pose cybersecurity risks if left unquestioned.
28 April 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
The e-Crime Bureau Executive Chairman has expressed concern that traditional degree programmes are producing graduates unable to operate in real-world threat environments because curricula have not kept pace with the speed and complexity of AI-driven attacks. He called for a structural reorientation of cybersecurity education toward formation of disciplined judgment through exposure to live environments, simulations, and real investigations.
27 April 2026 · Business & Financial Times →