The 5th edition of the Ghana Fintech Awards has been launched at the Noble International Business School in Accra, setting the stage for a national call to strengthen cybersecurity within Ghana’s rapidly expanding digital finance ecosystem.
Scheduled for March 21, 2026, this year’s awards place cybersecurity at the centre of their engagements.
President of the Ghana Fintech and Payments Association, Martin Kwame Awagah, underscored the Association’s commitment to building a safer and more inclusive financial environment.
According to him, the mandate of the Association is “to promote a sound environment that allows for financial inclusion and also to collaborate with all spectrums of economic society to ensure that members of Fintech are secured and get the best international standards.”
He added that the Association actively invests in capacity-building. “We create workshops, trainings, conferences and capacity-building programmes to provide an avenue for service information,” he said.
Project Coordinator of the Ghana Fintech Awards, Cristina Swan-Awagah, announced that the 2026 ceremony will take place on March 21, 2026, at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel, beginning at 6:30 PM. She also revealed the theme for this year’s awards: “From Awareness to Action.”
The theme, she explained, reflects the urgent need to confront the rising incidents of fraud within the fintech sector. “The increase in cybersecurity incidents, as reported by the Cybersecurity Authority and the Bank of Ghana, shows that while fintech companies have systems to detect fraud, social engineering attacks are getting worse,” she said.
“We are translating our awareness programmes into different languages, teaching people why they should never share their passwords, why simple passwords like birthdays are dangerous, and why free Wi-Fi can expose their personal information,” she noted.
The next performance under the initiative is scheduled for November 22, 2025, at the National Theatre at 6 PM.
Organisers are seeking sponsors and partners to support this educational theatrical production.
Citing an Interpol report that identifies Africa as a hotspot for financial services crimes—particularly in countries such as Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, and Angola—Cristina noted that the “Cyber” project has received approval to expand its operations into these nations, demonstrating the international recognition and necessity of the initiative.
