Ghana

Currency: Cedi (GHS)

Timezone: Greenwich Mean Time (UTC)

Major Cities: Accra

Ghana is a Western African country sharing borders with the Gulf of Guinea, Togo, Cote d’Ivoire, and Burkina Faso. The country’s climate is tropical-warm and dry along the coast and hot and dry in the north-with a terrain that is largely low plains. 

With a population of approximately 30 million people, Ghana is the second-most populous country in West Africa after Nigeria. The major ethnic groups of the country include the Akan, Mole-Dagbon, Ewe, and Ga-Dangme, with the English language regarded as the official language of the country.Ghana operates a unitary and presidential system of government that is administratively divided into 16 regions, including Accra, the country’s capital.  The country’s economy is a market-based economy dominated by the agricultural sector which accounts for 20 percentof the country’s GDP and employs over 50 percent of the labor force. The country is also the second-largest producer of cocoa which is a major source of foreign exchange to the economy along with other commodities such as gold and petroleum. The major problems facing the country include public sector corruption and youth unemployment challenge.

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Doing Business in Ghana (English Version)

Ghana, Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC)

A brochure highlighting investment incentives and why investors would like to do business in Ghana.

Ghana • 2018 • Trade, Industry and Investment

Doing Business in Ghana (French Version)

Ghana, Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC)

A brochure highlighting investment incentives and why investors would like to do business in Ghana.

Ghana • 2018 • Trade, Industry and Investment

Doing Business in Ghana (Mandarin Version)

Ghana, Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC)

A brochure highlighting investment incentives and why investors would like to do business in Ghana.

Ghana • 2018 • Trade, Industry and Investment

Energy Sector_Investment Opportunities

Ghana, Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC)

A highlight of investment opportunities available for potential investors in the energy sector. This is in line with the Government’s thrust for an increase in energy resources, to become a net exporter of fuel and...

Ghana • 2018 • Trade, Industry and Investment

Infrastructure Sector_Investment Opportunities

Ghana, Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC)

This represents efforts of government to encourage investments in domestic infrastructure from both local and foreign private capital.

Ghana • 2018 • Trade, Industry and Investment

Manufacturing Sector_Investment Opportunities

Ghana, Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC)

A highlight of investment opportunities available for potential investors in the Manufacturing Sector of the economy.

Ghana • 2018 • Trade, Industry and Investment

Sector Strategic Medium Term Development Plan_Draft (2018-2021)

Ghana, Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing

The development plan translates the policy objectives of the GSGDA II (2014-2017) into actionable plans for implementation. The development plan is conceived to coordinate and guide all activities and interventions of the Ministry of Water...

Ghana • 2017 • Utilities

Policy on Antimicrobial Use and Resistance, 1st Edition

Ghana, Ministry of Health

The policy seeks to provide direction and guidance for all stakeholders who are affected by or use antimicrobial agents. The policy arises in response to the global drive to combat the threat of antimicrobial resistance....

Ghana • 2017 • Health

Timber Resource Management and Legality Licensing Regulations

Ghana, Ministry of Lands

The regulations contained therein aim to serve the following purposes: regulation of the terms and conditions for small and large scale timber rights, provision for a legality licensing scheme, regulation of identification of suitable lands,...

Ghana • 2017 • Forestry and Wildlife

Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2017 (Act 954)

Ghana, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning

An Act to amend the Value Added Tax Act, 2013 (Act 870) to remove the tax on stakes in the National Lotto, to provide for the withholding from the payment of Value Added Tax to...

Ghana • 2017 • Finance

National Medicines Policy

Ghana, Ministry of Health

This document is the third edition of the National Medicines Policy. The overall goal of the policy is to ensure universal, equitable and sustainable access to priority, efficacious and safe medicines and other health technologies...

Ghana • 2017 • Health

Appropriation Bill 2018

Ghana, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning

The appropriation bill for the 2018 budget of the Government of Ghana

Ghana • 2017 • Economy

Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (Investment Policy Statement)

Ghana, Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF)

This policy statement contains guidelines for the framework of operations and implementation of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund. It is issued in pursuance of the object of the fund. The investment policy statement sets out...

Ghana • 2017 • Trade, Industry and Investment