Ghana Transport

Air travel is growing rapidly in Ghana, as the country’s population takes to the sky and more tourists and businesspeople visit the country. Plans are under way to develop Ghana’s major airports to keep pace with growing demand, while the government is also seeking a private investor to help re-establish a national airline.

Competitive among local and international players, Ghana’s logistics sector has grown in parallel with the economy and is on course to continue this trend, given rising demand and the government’s efforts to promote foreign investment. However, bureaucracy and human resource shortages remain as key challenges.

Few sectors are as fundamental to supporting long-term economic development as transport. As Ghana’s growth has accelerated in recent years, the government has sought to boost investment in all modes of transport through public and private resources.

Railway rehabilitation and expansion has long been seen as critical to increasing exports and improving Ghana’s transportation network, particularly given the more constrained linkages to the north of the country and to both cocoa- and gold-producing regions. Carrying freight by rail could significantly improve the security and price of domestic...

As Ghana’s growth rate continues to hover around 7%, the country’s transportation network is under increasing pressure to keep up with the rise in commodity exports, processed imports and local distribution. The country’s road and railway networks are comparatively well developed in comparison to other regional economies, but as with many African...

After experiencing significant growth over the past 12 months, Ghana’s air transport sector potential is beginning to be realised, with volumes up for both the international and domestic markets. However, this success has brought its own challenges in terms of capacity constraints, while more could be done to encourage further growth and fully...