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:
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:
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)