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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Ministry of Health Client Service Charter

Ghana, Ministry of Health

This document details everything about Ghana’s health sector. The policy emphasizes on the goal of the health sector within the Sector Medium Term Development Plan (2018-2021) to ensure a healthy and productive population that continues...

Ghana • 2020 • Health

National Guidelines for Health Care Waste Management In Ghana

Ghana, Ministry of Health

This document provides direction to health care facilities in Ghana to comply with the requirement of the Hazardous and Electronic Waste Control and Management Act, 2016 (Act 917) and the revised national policy to ensure...

Ghana • 2020 • Health

Health Care Waste Management Policy for Ghana

Ghana, Ministry of Health

The main goal of this policy is to provide direction for effective, efficient and safe management of health care waste through the adoption of best available techniques and best environmental practices to prevent injuries, infections...

Ghana • 2020 • Health

Trancop Transforming Covid-19 from Crisis User Guidelines

Ghana, Ministry of Health

Ghana through this Trancop policy framework is pioneering a PanaBIOS bio screening and risk-based reopening protocols to advance the African Union’s Open Corridors Initiative and the Africa CDC Public Health Corridors program.

Ghana • 2020 • Health

Public Financial Management Regulations, 2019

Ghana, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning

Regulations made in accordance with the Public Financial Management Act, 2016. Among other things, it contains regulations for national development plans, revenue management, and macroeconomic and fiscal policies.

Ghana • 2019 • Finance

Education Strategic Plan (2018-2030)

Ghana, Ministry of Education

This instalment of the ESP is based on three objectives: improved equitable access to and participation in inclusive education at all levels, improved quality of teaching and learning and STEM at all levels, and sustainable...

Ghana • 2018 • Education

Education Sector Medium Term Development Plan (2018-2021)

Ghana, Ministry of Education

The Development Plan was conceived alongside the 2018-2030 Education Strategic Plan and the Education Sector Analysis. The plans chart the course of the education sector, as it propels Ghana towards its vision of becoming a...

Ghana • 2018 • Education

The Appropriation Act 2018, Act 984

Ghana, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning

An act to provide for the withdrawal of sums of money necessary to meet government expenditure for the 2019 financial year. The act stipulates that withdrawal should be effected from the consolidated fund and other...

Ghana • 2018 • Economy

Ghana Trade Policy

Ghana, Ministry of Trade and Industry

This Trade Policy is set to support the strategies of Ghana’s Ministry of Trade and Industry to contribute to the realization of government’s development objectives.

Ghana • 2018 • Trade, Industry and Investment

Ghana Industrial Policy

Ghana, Ministry of Trade and Industry

The policy provides clear and transparent guidelines for the implementation of Government’s industrial development agenda, with particular respect to the growth, diversification, upgrading, and competitiveness of Ghana’s manufacturing sector.

Ghana • 2018 • Trade, Industry and Investment

The Ghana Sugar Policy

Ghana, Ministry of Food and Agriculture

This policy aims to provide among other things, the enabling infrastructural and institutional environment for a globally competitive private sector sugar industry. The need for the policy arises as the sugar sector continues to become...

Ghana • 2018 • Agriculture and Rural Development

2018 Budget Highlights

Ghana, Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC)

Key Highlights of the 2018 Budget Statement and Economic Policy.

Ghana • 2018 • Economy

Agriculture Projects_Investment Opportunities

Ghana, Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC)

A highlight of suitable agriculture projects as investment opportunities. This is in line with Ghana’s Agricultural Policy’s overarching goal of modernization. It shows government’s priority crops, and crops with special initiatives.

Ghana • 2018 • Agriculture and Rural Development

The Cocoa Industry_Investment Opportunities

Ghana, Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC)

A highlight of investment opportunities available for potential investors in the cocoa sector.

Ghana • 2018 • Agriculture and Rural Development