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Ghana, the world's second biggest cocoa producer, became an oil producer in 2010. Output is currently around 132,000 bpd of crude oil and about 325 million standard cubic feet per day of natural gas.
The Petronia City project was founded to solve the lack of infrastructures in Ghana’s Western Region, following the 2007 oil discovery [1] and improve growth in the socio-economic activity in the region. As of December 2023, development of the city has yet to begin.
Ghana began its automotive industry with the construction of a prototype robust SUV, named the SMATI Turtle 1, intended for use in the rough African terrain. It was designed and manufactured by the Artisans of Suame Magazine Industrial Development Organization. Urban electric cars have been manufactured in Ghana since 2014. [34] [35]
The functions of the Ministry are to pioneer and develop policies to meet the needs and expectations of the people in the country. The Ministry works collaboratively with the National Development Planning Commission to serve as a check on the performance of the sector.
Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) is the umbrella body that regulates the activities of industries in Ghana. The body also lobbies the Government of Ghana on issues that affect industries in the country.
Its construction was initiated on April 10, 2019 [1] when the president of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo, launched and also cut the sod for its construction to begin. [2] The interchange is aimed at enhancing inter- urban and national traffic flow and reducing the huge burden and cost of doing business, and also ...
It was later renamed the Construction and Building Workers' Union, and by 1977 was the third-largest affiliate of the Ghana Trades Union Congress, with 68,820 members. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] From the late 1970s, government construction jobs were gradually outsourced, and membership has fallen accordingly, standing at 10,000 in 2018.
Ghana's record with industrialization projects since independence is exemplified by its experience with aluminum, the country's most conspicuous effort to promote capital-intensive industry. This venture began in the mid-1960s with the construction of a 1,186-megawatt hydroelectric dam on the lower Volta River at Akosombo.