The second edition of the Impact Leaders Breakfast has taken place, bringing together business executives, investors, policymakers, entrepreneurs, development partners, and innovators from across the continent.
Organized by Implementers, this year’s edition was held under the theme “Leading Together With Global Insights For Local Impact.”
The Ghana Police Service has foiled an attempted robbery at a GCB Bank branch in Labone, Accra, with two of the suspected robbers shot dead and another arrested.
The police in their statement explained its response comes after an intelligence received on Thursday, August 13, 2026, when the suspects allegedly attempted to carry out a robbery at the bank.
The CEO and Executive Chairman of Smith & Berkeley Advisors LLC, Kris Senanu, has called for less emphasis on academic degrees and greater investment in practical experience and internships.
The CEO and Executive Chairman of Smith & Berkeley Advisors LLC, Kris Senanu, has urged businesses to leverage Artificial Intelligence to reduce the market risk new businesses face when entering the market.
Speaking at the 2026 Impact Leaders Breakfast, Senanu explained that the emergence of AI presents businesses with the opportunity to conduct thorough market research in the easiest way possible, from the comfort of their homes, without having to spend a lot of time and money on travel.
Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture John Dumelo has admonished farmers to thoroughly study the market before getting into any form of farming.
Speaking at the Agribusiness Launchpad 2.0, the deputy minister recounted how he once lost almost all his snails in business simply because they seem lucrative and he entered the market without knowing much about them.
The Impact FoodHub in collaboration with Absa Bank has organized an intense 3 day training dubbed Agribusiness Launchpad 2.0 aimed at providing support to startups within the agribusiness space and equipping them with the skills needed to scale both locally and globally .
The training took place from the 5th – 7th August 2026 and brought together key stakeholders including researchers, agripreneurs,policy makers and other key stakeholders across the value chain.
The Managing Director of Absa Bank Ghana, Dr. Edward Nartey Botchway, has stated that the biggest problem startups face in business is not finance, but rather structure.
Speaking at the Agribusiness Launchpad 2.0, organized by Impact Food Hub and Absa, Dr. Nartey Botchway argued that finance given to a business without the proper structure in place will eventually go to waste.
The President’s nominee for Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has challenged financial institutions to rethink how they support agribusinesses in Ghana.
Speaking at the Agribusiness Launchpad 2.0, Dr. Zanetor argued that farming cannot be treated the same way as other industries, calling for a different approach to how agriculture is financed in the country.
The Bank of Ghana has cautioned the public against 20 loan platforms providing digital credit services without proper authorization from the central bank.
In a statement, the central bank explained that these activities go contrary to its Directive for Digital Credit Service Providers in Ghana (September 2025) and other relevant laws.
According to the central bank, the following unlicensed digital credit service providers (in no particular order) have been identified:
The Ghana Grid Company LTD. (GRIDCo) has announced a power system disruption in its National Interconnected Transmission System leading to widespread interruption of its electricity supply on Wednesday 29th July 2026.
