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Business in Ghana (second African gold producer), Accra, Cape Coast, Kumasi

Ghana (the first African colony to obtain its Independence) is a West African country (Gulf of Guinea)

  1. Ghanaian population: 29 million inhabitants
  2. The capital of Ghana is Accra (2.2 million people). Kumasi
  3. Ghana has significant oil reserves
  4. Ghana is the second African gold producer
  5. Ghana has a universal health system
  6. Currency of Ghana is the Ghanaian Cedi
  7. Ghana share borders with Burkina Faso (West-Centre, South-Centre and South-West regions), Ivory Coast and Togo (Kara region); the three countries are Francophone.

Logistics and transport in Ghana

Logistics: Ports of Ghana

The main ports of Ghana are the ports of Tema and Takoradi

Port of Tema:

  1. 85% of the Ghanaian International Trade
  2. 30 kilometres from East of Accra

Port of Takoradi

  1. Distances from the Port of Takoradi to:
    1. Accra: 225 kilometres
    2. Port of Abidjan (Ivory Coast): 300 kilometres
  2. Gateway to Mali and Burkina Faso

Access to the Railway loop: Benin-Niger-Burkina Faso-Ivory Coast

Benin-Niger-Burkina Faso-Ivory Coast Railway Loop

Route: Niamey (Niger), Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), Ghana

Access to the Dakar-Lagos Transport Corridor

Study a Master/Doctorate in Ghana Ghanaian Students from Ghana

  1. Masters: Business in Africa, Transport and Logistics in Africa
  2. Doctorate in African Business

Ghana

Principle of Racial Harmony (EENI, Kwegyir Aggrey) EENI Principle of Racial Harmony (James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey)

More information: Trade and Business in Ghana, at EENI Global Business School Website.

International Trade and Business in Ghana

The official language of Ghana is English (67% of the population)

  1. Ghana is an observer country of the International Organisation of La Francophonie

African languages of Ghana:

  1. Asante (Akuapem Twi, Asante Twi, Fanti): one of the main languages of Ghana (48% of the population)
  2. Ewe
  3. Fanti
  4. Abron
  5. Hausa
  6. Wale (Daggare)
  7. Dangme
  8. Ga
  9. Gonja
  10. Kasem
  11. Nzema
  12. Sokodé

West Africa (Trade, Business) Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo

  1. Total Ghanaian area: 238,540 km²
  2. Calling code of Ghana: 233
  3. Country code top-level domain: .gh
History of Ghana
  1. Kwame Nkrumah (pan-Africanist and African leader, Africanisation concept of the administration, 1909-1972)
  2. The Nobel Peace Prize and former Secretary-General of the UN, Kofi Atta Annan, was born in Kumasi (Ghana) on April 8, 1938

The Ghanaian Historian Albert Adu Boahen Kwadwo (Colonialism in Africa and African contemporary history)

Albert Adu Boahen Kwadwo (Ghana)

The Republic of Ghana is composed of ten regions, each region is divided into districts. The regions of Ghana are (County capital):

Study Masters and Doctorates in Ghana

  1. Ashanti (Kumasi/2 million inhabitants)
  2. Brong Ahafo (Sunyani)
  3. Central (Cape Coast)
  4. Upper East Region (Bolgatanga)
  5. Greater Accra (Accra)
  6. North (Tamale)
  7. Western (Sékondi-Takoradi)
  8. Eastern (Koforidua)
  9. Upper West Region (Wa)
  10. Volta (Ho)

Exporting from Ghana

Trade and Business Organisations (Ghana)

  1. West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ)
  2. Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)
  3. Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
  4. European Union-Ghana Free Trade Agreement
  5. Global System of Trade Preferences
  6. African Development Bank
  7. African Union
  8. AUDA-NEPAD
  9. Economic Commission for Africa

Religion in Ghana:

  1. Christianity: 71% of the Ghanaian population
  2. Islam: 17%
  3. African Traditional Religions

Min Ghanaian ethnicities:

  1. Akans: 47% of the population of Ghana, 11,5 millions in Ghana (8,5 in Ivory Coast)
    1. Akans traditional clothing is the pagne kita (kenté) (kenté)
    2. Akans groups: Bron, Ashanti, Baoulé, Agni, Appolo, Attié, Abbey, Abidji, Adioukrou, Alladian, Abouré, Ebrié, Avikam, Tchokossi, Akuapem, Denkyira, Fanti
  2. Mole-Dagbani (Dagombas): 17%
  3. Ewe: 14%
  4. Ga-Dangme: 7%
  5. Lobi (North-East, Mossi Diaspora)
  6. Senufo

Ewe Fetish (African Art Exhibition: “The Animal, A Sacred Symbol”)
Ewe Fetish (Ghana, Togo)

Higher Education in Ghana

Business in Africa (Spanish) Ghana Trade and Business in Africa (French) Ghana Business in Africa (Portuguese) Gana



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