Ghana

Accounting for 10.1% of GDP in 2011, the transport sector in Ghana is comparable to several other countries within the same income bracket in the region. Major increases in imports and exports in recent years, along with the relatively recent development of oil and gas production, have helped push the expansion of transport and logistics in the country, with traffic at the two seaports having...

Since the discovery of offshore oil reserves in 2007, the Ghanaian government has reached a number of important decisions regarding production and distribution, and set the aim of reaching production in just 42 months. Crude oil output accounted for 6.8% of GDP in 2011, the first year of hydrocarbons production, and production is expected to be increased to 120,000 barrels per day by mid-2013....

This section includes an article on some of the country’s historical touristic attractions and a profile of boxing legend Azumah Nelson. It also provides the reader with an overview of local etiquette and business practices, information on hotels and resorts, and contact information for local government agencies and services.

In partnership with Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah, OBG introduces the reader to different aspects of the Ghanaian legal system. This chapter includes a viewpoint on oil-backed borrowing by Kojo Bentsi-Enchill, Senior Partner and Head of Energy & Natural Resources at Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah.

Fuelled by public infrastructure maintenance and expansion, private real estate development and individual residential construction, Ghana’s construction industry has been growing steadily, with sector output increasing by 91.8% between 2006 and 2010. With demand for individual family houses – particularly in the low-income bracket – on the rise and plans in place to develop a number of new...

As the country’s largest employer, the agriculture sector accounts for 28.3% of GDP and produces cereals, grains, fruits, vegetables, shea nuts, starchy staple crops and cotton, among other plants. Cultivated in six of the country’s 10 regions, cocoa is Ghana’s top agricultural export, rising to a value of $1.42bn in 2009. Indeed, having produced a record 1m tonnes in 2011, Ghana is the world’s...