Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa, spanning land mass of 238,535 km2 and with a population of 30.3 million.

Ghana is a market-based economy with a GDP of 65.56 billion USD. Ghana has relatively few policy-based barriers to trade and investment compared to countries in the sub-region. It is a multiparty democracy with an independent judiciary, press freedom and freedom of speech.

The largest and the most growing sector in Ghana is the services sector, which currently contributes about 46% of GDP. The Industry sector contributes to between 34% of GDP with industrial activity mainly including mining, manufacturing, quarrying, energy production, water & Sewage and construction. The main challenges to the industrial sector are: Erratic power supply/high cost of energy ,High inflation and exchange rate volatility ,High Cost of setting up a business/ High taxes/multiplicity of taxes/high port charges affecting the importation of machinery and raw materials, Trade liberalization leading to unfair competition, Infrastructural challenges The agriculture sector accounts for 19% of Ghana’s GDP but employs more than half of the workforce, mainly as smallholder farmers practicing low-tech agriculture. Ghana’s main agricultural products are starchy staples like cassava, cocoyam, potatoes and plantain; grains like maize, rice and millet; and vegetables like tomatoes, okra, garden eggs, pepper and cabbage. Ghana also produces cash crops such as cocoa, oil palms, and cashew.

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