Founded in 1989 by Edith Dankwa, the Business & 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/CEO of Business & 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. The Business & 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 that might surprise people is that despite being a niche business publication in a relatively small market, B&FT 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.