Business and Financial Times
A privately owned Ghanaian newspaper focused on business, finance, and economic affairs.
Last updated August 25, 2026
Overview
Business and Financial Times, commonly abbreviated as B&FT, is a privately owned Ghanaian newspaper dedicated to business and financial reporting. Its coverage is centered on Ghana's economy while also addressing commercial and economic developments elsewhere in Africa. The publication covers the banking and financial-services sector, domestic and international trade, oil and gas, and macroeconomic and microeconomic policy issues. This focus places it within Ghana's specialist business press rather than the general-interest newspaper market. The newspaper is described as having nationwide coverage and a readership of approximately 309,000 in GeoPoll's ranking of nationwide newspapers. That figure is a reported audience estimate rather than a circulation figure and should not be treated as an audited sales number. B&FT's subject range reflects the major forces shaping Ghanaian commerce: monetary and fiscal policy, financial regulation, corporate activity, trade, energy, and broader economic performance. Its African orientation gives the publication a regional perspective in addition to its domestic reporting role. The brand operates through an online presence at theBFTonline.com, which provides a digital channel for its journalism and institutional information. Publicly available reference material identifies the publication as Ghanaian and privately owned but does not establish a founding year, founder, ownership structure, executive roster, financial information, or a detailed chronology of product and editorial developments. Those fields are therefore left unreported rather than inferred.
History
Business and Financial Times is a Ghanaian privately owned newspaper whose editorial identity is built around business and economic reporting. Available reference material does not provide a verified launch year, founding account, or named founder, so the early history of the publication cannot be reconstructed reliably from the supplied sources. The newspaper's remit encompasses business developments in Ghana and across the African continent. Its reporting is particularly associated with banking, local and international trade, oil and gas, and macroeconomic and microeconomic issues. These beats connect the publication to the principal institutions and sectors influencing Ghana's economy, including financial institutions, businesses engaged in domestic and cross-border commerce, energy companies, policymakers, and regulators. B&FT is reported to have nationwide coverage. GeoPoll's ranking of nationwide newspapers placed its readership at about 309,000; this is an audience estimate cited by the reference material and not a verified circulation or independently audited financial measure. The publication is also represented online through theBFTonline.com, extending its distribution beyond a traditional print newspaper format and giving readers access to its business-news output through a digital channel. The available material does not document specific editorial campaigns, ownership transactions, leadership changes, product launches, scandals, lawsuits, or strategic decisions. It also does not establish a current corporate parent, owner, listing status, or financial profile. Consequently, the documented history is limited to the newspaper's identity, subject focus, national reach, regional orientation, and digital presence.
Products and positioning
Specialist Ghanaian business journalism with coverage of finance, banking, trade, energy, and macroeconomic affairs, complemented by reporting on wider African business developments.
Business and Financial TimesBusiness newspaper
The core newspaper brand provides specialist reporting on Ghanaian business and finance, with additional coverage of economic and commercial developments across Africa. Its editorial agenda includes banking, trade, oil and gas, and macroeconomic and microeconomic affairs. The publication is described as having nationwide coverage.
TheBFTOnline.comDigital news platform
The publication's online outlet extends the B&FT brand into digital publishing. It serves as the newspaper's web presence and provides a channel for its business and economic journalism, although the supplied sources do not specify its launch date, audience metrics, or detailed product features.
Flagship businesses
- Business and Financial Times newspaper
- TheBFTOnline.com
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