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BBC Komla Dumor Award 2023 launched – Out Source
The BBC is looking for a rising star of African journalism for the BBC News Komla Dumor Award, now in its eighth yr.
Journalists from throughout Africa are invited to use for the award, which goals to uncover and promote contemporary expertise from the continent.
The winner will spend three months on the BBC headquarters in London, gaining abilities and expertise.
Applications shut on 14 February 2023 at 23:59 GMT.
The award was established to honour Komla Dumor, an distinctive Ghanaian broadcaster and presenter for BBC World News, who died all of the sudden aged 41 in 2014.
Dumor’s widow, Kwansema Dumor stated she was “proud” of her husband’s influence on the BBC, and likewise stated her household have been “thankful to the BBC for remembering him” via the prize.
The BBC is encouraging journalists throughout Africa to use for the prize, which seeks to advertise and have fun.
As properly as receiving coaching, the profitable candidate could have the chance to journey to a rustic in Africa to report on a narrative that they’ve researched, with the report broadcast to the BBC’s world audiences.
Known for championing strong, dynamic journalism and for his dedication to reporting African tales comprehensively and authentically, Dumor made a big influence on Africa and the remainder of the world.
The BBC is dedicated to persevering with his legacy via the award by empowering journalists from Africa to inform unique and nuanced African tales to succeed in worldwide audiences.
Zambian TV host and reporter Dingindaba Jonah Buyoya was final yr’s winner – the primary to come back from southern Africa.
During his placement, he travelled to Seychelles to report on how the nation’s ocean vegetation may assist sort out local weather change.
“Komla Dumor was an inspiration to me, so to win the award and take part in his legacy has been an honour,” Buyoya stated.
“I encourage African journalists to apply for the awards, it’s an incredible way to learn and further develop skills needed to tell even more ground-breaking stories in Africa.”
Liliane Landor, senior controller of BBC News International Services, stated: “The award and our previous winners are a fitting testament to Komla’s dedication to telling African stories with depth and integrity.”
Dumor was the presenter of Focus on Africa, the BBC’s first-ever devoted each day TV information programme in English for African audiences. It was broadcast on BBC World News, which later this yr is merging with the BBC News Channel to create a single 24-hour TV information service.
He was additionally one of many lead presenters for BBC World News’ European morning section.
He joined the BBC in 2007 after a decade of broadcast journalism in his native Ghana the place he received the Ghana Journalist of the Year award.
Between 2007 and 2009 he hosted Network Africa for BBC World Service, earlier than becoming a member of The World Today programme.
In 2009 Dumor turned the primary host of the African enterprise information programme on BBC World News, Africa Business Report. He travelled throughout Africa, assembly Africa’s prime entrepreneurs and reporting on the most recent enterprise traits across the continent.
In 2013 Dumor was featured in New African journal’s record of the 100 most influential Africans.
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The Global Network of Export-Import Banks and Development Finance Institutions (G-NEXID) successfully held its sixth (6th) Exchange Programme, hosted by the Ghana Export – Import Bank (GEXIM) Bank in Accra from March 22 to 23 March.
The event brought together member institutions, partner organisations and Ghanaian public entities to advance dialogue on South-South trade, investment and development finance, while also creating opportunities for knowledge-sharing and institutional cooperation.
Organised as a capacity-building and networking platform, the 2026 edition of the G-NEXID Exchange focused on GEXIM’s experience in developing innovative solutions to promote intra-African and extra-African trade.
It also highlighted trade and investment opportunities in Ghana, particularly in the context of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and broader national development initiatives.
The Exchange Programme forms part of G-NEXID’s mandate to foster cooperation among export-import banks and development finance institutions in support of South-South trade and investment.
This 6th edition follows earlier successful programmes hosted by India Exim Bank (2016), BNDES (2017), Indonesia Eximbank (2018), Afreximbank (2019) and Saudi EXIM Bank (2025).
On the first day, participants were presented with G-NEXID institutional information and received an update on the Network’s 2026 work programme.
There were a series of substantive presentations, including an overview of the Ghanaian economy by the Ministry of Finance, with particular attention to debt-related challenges; a presentation by the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), on investment opportunities in the country; and institutional presentations by GEXIM and Development Bank Ghana (DBG) on their respective mandates, initiatives, products and services.
Discussions during the sessions underscored strong interest in sector-focused webinars and business dialogues, particularly in agribusiness value chains such as poultry and rice.
Participants also emphasized the importance of continued information exchange and the sharing of best practices, especially in the area of guarantees.
The second day opened with a presentation on the 24-Hour Economy and Accelerated Export Development Programme, a national economic transformation strategy launched by President John Dramani Mahama in July 2025.
The initiative aims to enhance economic productivity through continuous industrial activity, accelerated export development and strategic import substitution.
As the programme is expected to mobilise both private and development capital, it presents concrete opportunities for G-NEXID members in areas such as co-financing, guarantees, trade finance and technical cooperation.
The programme also featured institutional presentations by guest organisations, namely the African Guarantee and Economic Cooperation Fund (FAGACE) and the West African Development Bank (BOAD), which shared their mandates, initiatives, products and services.
Following these exchanges, the G-NEXID Secretariat held bilateral discussions with both institutions as part of the Network’s ongoing membership drive.
Participants further benefited from a presentation by the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB), as well as a showcase of GEXIM’s key pipeline projects.
On the margins of the Exchange Programme, G-NEXID members also held their 20th Annual General Assembly Meeting to review progress and discuss strategic priorities.
Following the event, participants joined the GEXIM@10 International Conference, held from March 24-25, 2026 under the theme, “A Decade of Enabling Export Trade and Industrial Transformation: Resetting GEXIM for the Next Frontier.”
The conference provided an important platform for exploring how Ghana can strengthen its transition from a primary commodity exporter to a more competitive player in value-added trade and industrial development.
Source – G-NEXID
President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, signed five bills including three amendment bills passed by Parliament into law.
They are: Security and Intelligence Agencies Bill, 2025; University of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences Bill, 2025; Ghana Deposit Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2025; Growth and Sustainability Levy (Amendment) Bill, 2026; and Education Regulatory Bodies (Amendment) Bill, 2026.
In a brief remark after assenting to the bills, President Mahama explained that the Security and Intelligence Agencies Act, 2026, scraps the Office of Minister of National Security and frees the President’s to appoint any Minister to supervise the security agencies.
He said it also reverses the name of the office of National Intelligence Bureau (NIB), to the original name, Bureau of National Intelligence, (BNI).
This the President said, addresses the confusion between that security agency and a well-known Ghanaian financial institution, the National Investment Bank.
President Mahama also noted that the University of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences Act, 2026, establishes another University in the Eastern Region, at Bonsu, with three campuses – the main campus at Bonsu in the Eastern Region, with the second campus to be cited at Ohawu in the Oti Region.
The third, the Presdient assed will be located at Acherensua in the Ahafo Region.
Touching on the Amendment to the Growth and Sustainability Levy Act, the President said, “As you’re aware, the act was amended to increase it from 1% to 3%, and so this act reduces it again. That is the levy on mining companies. It reduces it again to 1%, because of the introduction of the sliding scale of royalties.”
He also spoke to the passage of the Government Education Regulatory Bodies Amendment Act, emphasising that amends Act 1023 to grant greater flexibility to private tertiary institutions and the option to Charter.
The Ghana Deposit Protection Amendment Act, the President concluded, is an amendment to an original act that was supposed to guarantee deposits held in commercial banks or financial institutions.
It basically expands protection to include mobile money wallets and other digital platforms, ensuring a wider scope of digital financial assets are secured.
The signing ceremony, was witnessed by the Clerk of Parliament, Mr. Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, Secretary to the President, Dr Callistus Mahama, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Dr Dominic Akrutinga Ayine, Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, Joyce Bawa Mogtari, a Senior Presidential Advisor and a Special Aide to the President, Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Baah Forson, and the Vice President, Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang.
