Founded in 1989 by Edith Dankwa, the Business and Financial Times came into being as a weekly business newspaper in Ghana dedicated to filling a gap in African business journalism with in-depth coverage of finance, trade, and the economy. The idea grew from Dankwa's vision to build a platform that would serve Ghana's business community with the kind of specialized reporting that general news outlets were not providing. Today, Dankwa serves as sole owner and Group Publisher and CEO of Business and Financial Times Limited, which has expanded into a broader media group including Business Times Africa Magazine and Energy Today Magazine, with affiliates in Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya, and the UK. Today, the Business and Financial Times is mainly focused on banking, trade, oil and gas, macro and microeconomics, and pan-African business news from their headquarters in Accra, Ghana. One interesting fact: Despite being a niche business publication in a relatively small market, the Business and Financial Times has won multiple awards from Ghana's Social Security and National Insurance Trust for Best in Social Security Reporting, and commands a nationwide readership of approximately 309,000.