Investment areas

Ghana offers an ideal environment for investments and all sectors of the economy are open to foreign investment. 100% foreign ownership is permitted. The following are some of the investment opportunities in Ghana:

  • Resource-based activities in agric business
  • Agro Processing [fish, fruits, vegetables, food crops and wood products, etc.]
  • Mineral Processing [gold, diamond, salt, etc.]
  • Manufacturing
  • Tourism
  • Real Estate Development
  • Information and Communication Technology
  • Agricultural and Industrial Estate, Roads and Highways, Railways and Ports [air, sea and lake transport} Mass Transportation; bus, rail systems etc.,
  • Health Services Delivery
  • Energy
  • Development, Management and Operation of Export Processing zone
Ghana As Investor’s Destination

The following are reasons why Ghana is deemed as the obvious choice for the foreign investor in Africa:

  • A stable political environment within the West African sub-region and the establishment of democratic institutions and systems to ensure good governance;
  • Abundant, adaptable and easily trainable labour force;
  • A daily minimum wage of around US$1.00;
  • No restrictions on issuing of work and residence permits for free zones investors and employees;
  • Duty-free access for manufactured exports to USA [AGOA] and EU [ACP-EU} markets;
  • Excellent sea and air connections, with daily flights to Europe and USA;
  • Strategic and central location within West Africa provides access to a total market of 250 million people;
  • A comparatively well developed infrastructure, i.e. internal road network, electricity and water supplies, internal and external telecommunications as well as sea and airport facilities;
  • Availability of factory building and serviced plots at the Tama Export Processing zone;
  • An existing industrial base ranging from heavy engineering to precision industries, electronics, agro-processing, plastics and metal work, clothing and textiles, jewellery and wood processing;
  • Availability of stock exchange and other bank and non-banking financial institutions such as Exim-Guaranty Company Limited, Venture Fund Management Company, Ghana Leasing Company, Export Development and Investment Fund, etc.;
  • A dynamic private sector willing to collaborate with foreign partners; and
  • A high degree of hospitality and personal safety.

 

 

INVESTMENT SECURITY
IN GHANA: PROTECTION
OF INVESTORS AND INVESTMENTS
(BY MRS. R. N. K. NYAKOTEY
ACTING CHIEF EXECUTIVE , GIPC))
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