Ghana
Population (World Bank): 34,121,985 (2023)
Metal/Ore Exports (% of Total Merchandise Exports, World Bank): 3.8% (2023)
Petroleum Production (Million barrels per day, EIA): 209 Mb/d (2024)
Human Development Index (World Rank, UNDP): 145
2021 Resource Governance Index Score, Mining Sector (NRGI): 69/100
2021 Resource Governance Index Score, Oil and Gas Sector (NRGI): 78/100
EITI Status: Moderate
Link to key economic information (Atlas of Economic Complexity)
Policy documents that include local content relevant provisions:
Minerals and Mining (Local Content and Local Participation) Regulations, 2020
Petroleum (Local Content and Local Participation) Regulation, 2013
Local Content Relevant News:
January 2026 - Western Regional Minister calls for responsible, innovative oil and gas management
January 2026 - GNPC deepens supplier partnerships, warns against tender pitfalls to strengthen local participation
November 2025 - GNPC pushes for innovation, local capacity to revitalise upstream sector
November 2025 - Prudential Bank commits to stronger local content support in Ghana’s upstream oil & gas sector
November 2025 - Government's energy reforms revealed at 9th Ghana Energy Awards
November 2025 - Senegal: 50 technicians trained to boost the energy sector
October 2025 - GNPC deepens supplier partnerships, warns against tender pitfalls to strengthen local participation
October 2025 - Indigenous Firms Capture Half of Ghana Oil Service Contracts
September 2025 - Ghana expands clean energy initiatives as local content fund hits GH¢29.89m
August 2025 - Foreign Control of Key Sectors Threatens Ghana’s Economic Independence
July 2025 - Ghana unveils ambitious renewable energy drive to boost green transition and economic growth
June 2025 - NCDMB and Petroleum Commission Ghana agree tripartite agreement with AOW:Energy
April 2025 - Tullow takes top honours at Supply Chain Awards
March 2025 - Energy Minister lauds quest by Turkish company to produce solar powered products locally
March 2025 - Two films on Tullow’s impact in Ghana go live
March 2025 - Guidelines for Local Content Fund to be launched by 3rd quarter of this year – Petroleum Commission CEO
January 2025 - Big Boost For Local Content Opportunities As President Mahama Nominates Buah As Minister For Lands And Natural Resources
November 2024 - The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) questioned the approach of the Ghanaian government to local content
October 2024 - Krapa promises better regulations, policies to boost local content in oil and gas industry
October 2024 - Strengthen Regulation To Boost Local Participation In Oil And Gas – Stanbic Bank's Malaika Bakar
May 2024 - TotalEnergies seeks reforms in local content framework
July 2023 - Local expertise still short in oil and gas sector - Petroleum Commission
July 2024 - Deloitte Ghana, Petroleum Commission discuss local content regime in oil sector
May 2023 - Pecan Energies outline plans to stimulate local content
November 2022 – Sulzer-Mansa Opens Workshop to Promote Local Content in Extractives Sector
November 2022 – Tullow Ghana holds its maiden Supplier Market Day
November 2022 – Enhance Local Content for Upstream Petroleum
September 2022 – Indigenous oil and gas companies get US$3.6 billion in contracts in 3 years
July 2022 - Engaging communities in a just transition: EITI launches new project in Colombia, Ghana and Indonesia
July 2022 – Understanding local content law in the mining sector
July 2022 – Ghana not reaping full benefits from local content policy
June 2022 – Ghana to commission its first gold refinery by August 2022
May 2022 – Chamber of Mines collaborates with Bankers Association to support local suppliers in mining sector
March 2022 –Local content generates one billion dollars annually
June 2021 – Government to focus on local content and value addition in mining industry-Minister
April 2021 – Ghana Promotes Local Content after Discovery
February 2021 – New Mining Local Content Law Lacks Key Detail-NRGI
August 2020 – Local Procurements under Mining Local Content Increases Exponentially
November 2019 – Minerals Commission Tackling Drop in Mining Sector Local Content
November 2019 – Petroleum Commission to Review Local Content Regulations
November 2019 – Govt Committed To Gender Mainstreaming Into The Oil And Gas Sector
August 2019 – Ghana will not Meet Target for Local Content Quota in Oil and Gas Sector by Deadline
February 2019 – Government Awards $799m Upstream Petroleum Contracts to Ghanaian Companies
November 2018 – Ghana Certifies First Gold Bars
November 2018 – Banks Urged to Partner Industry - To Provide Funding to Boost Local Content
February 2018 – Petroleum Commission to up Local Content Requirement in Oil & Gas Sector
December 2017 – Programme to Position Ghanaian Firms to Gain Greater Share of Mineral Sector Procurement
November 2017 – Chamber of Mines Unveils Local Content Portal
Analysis and Case Studies:
Ntiamoah (2025) - Tax Incentives, Skills development and Youth Employment in Ghana's Renewable Energy Sector: Towards an Inclusive Green Economy
Karikari Appiah (2022) - A simplified model to enhance SMEs’ investment in renewable energy sources in Ghana
Amtul-Nasir Iddrisu (2022) – An Overview Of The Minerals And Mining (Local Content And Local Participation) Regulations, 2020
Ablo and Otchere-Darko (2022) – Local Content and Local Participation in the Oil and Gas Industry: Has Ghana Gotten It Right? (Paywall)
Maud Esi Amoafo (2022) – Preventing the Resource Curse in Ghana: The Role of Government and International Oil Companies in the Exploration and Management of Ghana’s Non-renewable Resources for Inclusive Development
Atta-Quayson (2022) – Local procurement in the mining sector: Is Ghana swimming with the tide?
Suleman and Jebuntie Zaato (2021) – Local content Implementation and Development in Ghana’s Upstream Oil and Gas Sector for Sustainable Development: Contemporary Issues on Policy Management
Austin Dziwornu Ablo (2020) – Enterprise Development? Local Content, Corporate Social Responsibility and Disjunctive Linkages in Ghana’s Oil and Gas Industry (Paywall)
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (2019) – Local Content: Ghana – Mining
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (2019) – Local Content: Ghana – Petroleum
United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. Special Initiatives Division. African Minerals Development Center (2018) – Scaling Up Value Creation and Local Development in the Upstream Mining Sector in Ghana
Ackah and Mohammed (2018) – Local Content Law and Practice: The Case of the Oil and Gas Industry in Ghana
International Finance Corporation (2018) –Estimating the Effects of the Development of the Oil and Gas Sector on Growth and Jobs in Ghana (2015-30): A Modelling and Value Chain Analysis
Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals, and Sustainable Development, Tim Grice (2018) – Ghana: Direct Employment: Comparing Local Content Frameworks in Mining and Oil and Gas Industries
IGF, Nickerson and Geipel (2018) – Ghana: Upstream Linkages: The Importance of Defining Local
Austin Dziwornu Ablo (2016) – The Micromechanisms of Power in Local Content Requirements and their Constraints on Ghanaian SMEs in the Oil and Gas Sector (Paywall)
Amoako-Tuffour et al. (2015) – Local Content and Value Addition in Ghana’s Mineral, Oil, and Gas Sectors: Is Ghana Getting It Right?
Austin Dziwornu Ablo (2015) – Local content and participation in Ghana's oil and gas industry: Can enterprise development make a difference? (Paywall)
Bloch and Owusu (2012) – Linkages in Ghana's gold mining industry: Challenging the enclave thesis (Paywall)
Relevant Initiatives:
National Suppliers’ Development Programme
Ahafo Linkages Program (Completed, 2006 - 2010)