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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National E-Health Strategy

Ghana, Ministry of Health

This strategy provides a framework for the design and rollout of e-health in Ghana’s health sector. It highlights the challenges mitigating against the attainment of the set MDG goals. The strategy strives to solve Ghana’s...

Ghana • Before 2008 • Health

Ghana Incentives Inventory

Ghana, Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC)

A comprehensive list of investment incentives made available to investors by the Government of Ghana.

Ghana • Before 2008 • Trade, Industry and Investment

Investment Opportunities in Ghana

Ghana, Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC)

An overview of the investment opportunities available in sectors of Ghana’s economy.

Ghana • Before 2008 • Trade, Industry and Investment

National-Health-Quality-Strategy-2024-2030

Ministry of Health

Provides a framework to improve health care quality through leadership, governance, regulation, workforce development, financing, and community engagement for Universal Health Coverage

Ghana • 2024-2030 • Health

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION (GENDER EQUALITY) ACT, 2024

Children and Social Protection

The Affirmative Action (Gender Equity) Act, 2024 promotes gender equality by setting targets for women’s representation in leadership roles and requiring both public and private sectors to implement gender equity policies. It establishes a monitoring...

Ghana • 2024

MINISTRY OF HEALTH CLIENT-SERVICE-2024

Ministry of Health

Outlines service standards, grievance procedures, and commitments to transparency, equity, and responsiveness in health service delivery across all MoH departments

Ghana • 2024 • Health

National Surgical Obstetric & Anaesthesia Plan 2024

Ministry of Health

A 5-year blueprint to expand access to safe surgical, obstetric, trauma, and anaesthesia care through investments in infrastructure, workforce, financing, and governance

Ghana • 2024 • Health

NATIONAL-HEALTH-SECTOR-GENDER-POLICY 2024

Ministry of Health

Promotes gender equity in health by addressing systemic barriers, improving responsiveness, leadership, financing, and integrating gender into all health sector operations

Ghana • 2024 • Health

Health Financing Strategy-REVISION 2023

Ministry of Health

Aims to ensure sustainable health funding for Universal Health Coverage through improved revenue mobilization, pooling, strategic purchasing, and public-private collaboration.

Ghana • 2023 • Health

National-Medical-Oxygen-Policy 2023

Ministry of Health

Establishes a framework for production, regulation, distribution, and rational use of medical oxygen to reduce hypoxemia-related deaths and improve emergency care nationwide

Ghana • 2023 • Health

Health Information System Stragic Plan_2022-2025

Ministry of Health

Strengthens health data systems through improved governance, interoperability, capacity building, and data use for decision-making across all health levels.

Ghana • 2022-2025 • Health

Non Communicable Diseases-Policy-2022

Ministry of Health

Provides a framework to prevent and control NCDs through health promotion, early detection, multisectoral action, and system strengthening, aligned with Universal Health Coverage goals.

Ghana • 2022 • Health

National Food Safety Policy 2022

Ministry of Health

Establishes a resilient food safety system from farm to fork, ensuring consumer health through governance, coordination, enforcement, and public education

Ghana • 2022 • Health

Financial Sector Recovery Levy Act, 2021

Ghana, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning

An Act to impose a special levy to be known as the financial sector recovery levy on banks to raise revenue to support the financial sector reforms and to provide for related matters.

Ghana • 2021 • Finance

Income Tax (Amendment) Act, 2021

Ghana, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning

An Act to amend the sixth schedule to the Income Tax Act, 2015 (Act 896) to provide for a rebate for selected industrial sectors, suspend quarterly instalment payments by specified self-employed persons and owners of...

Ghana • 2021 • Finance

Penalty and Interest Waiver Act, 2021

Ghana, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning

An Act to grant a waiver of penalties and interests on accumulated tax arrears up to December 2020 for persons who make arrangements with the Ghana Revenue Authority for payment of the principal tax by...

Ghana • 2021 • Finance

Energy Sector Levies (Amendment) Act, 2021

Ghana, Ministry of Energy

An Act to amend the Energy Sector Levies Act, 2015 (Act 899) to provide for an Energy Sector Recovery Levy and Sanitation and Pollution Levy to be imposed on specified petroleum products and related matters.

Ghana • 2021 • Energy

Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (Amendment Act, 2021

Ghana, Infrastructure

An Act to amend the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund Act, 2014 (Act 877) to provide for additional sources of funds, extend the period of exemption from taxes and for related matters.

Ghana • 2021 • Infrastructure and Construction