Last-Mile Broadband & Managed Connectivity Services under Ghana's PPP Broadband Programme

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What is driving it

• Government's GH¢13.9 billion Big Push infrastructure drive explicitly earmarks digital infrastructure as a priority funding area
• Ghana Digital Acceleration Project (World Bank-backed) generating active procurement notices for ICT equipment, e-learning infrastructure, and cybersecurity capacity
• Ghana ranked 25th globally and 5th in Africa on the A.T. Kearney Global Retail Development Index, indicating a growing digital-commerce consumer base
• Diaspora remittance flows (Ghana is the second-largest recipient in Sub-Saharan Africa) are a structural driver of mobile money and fintech adoption

What could go wrong

• Procurement threshold reforms (LI 2516, February 2025) raised international competitive tendering minimums, requiring investors to navigate a revised domestic bidding framework
• SEC warnings in July–August 2025 about unlicensed digital investment schemes may increase compliance scrutiny on new market entrants

Full analysis

Ghana is experiencing a robust investment renaissance in mid-2026, underpinned by a 321% year-on-year surge in FDI to US$2.6 billion in 2025 (GIPC), a government-announced GH¢13.9 billion 'Big Push' infrastructure programme scaling to GH¢21.2 billion by 2028, and landmark regulatory reforms including a new Ghana Investment Promotion Authority bill removing minimum capital requirements. China's June 2025 zero-tariff policy covering 98% of Ghanaian products has opened a new export corridor, while Ghana's cabinet has mandated that 50% of cocoa output be processed domestically from the 2026–2027 season—triggering an agro-processing investment wave. On the digital side, the Ministry of Communication has floated a PPP broadband tender and the Bank of Ghana's regulatory sandbox is live with cross-border fintech pilots. Macro risks remain: inflation sits at ~22% (March 2025), the non-performing loan ratio is elevated at 21.8%, and cedi volatility persists, but the IMF-supported stabilisation programme and strengthening foreign-exchange reserves are steadily improving the investment environment.

Ghana's Ministry of Communication has issued a live Request for Expression of Interest for Technical and Transaction Advisory Services to design and implement PPP Projects for Broadband across the country, while the National Information Technology Agency is rolling out a 2025–2029 Strategic Plan creating multi-year contract pipelines. The Bank of Ghana's regulatory sandbox enabled the February 2025 pilot of BrijX, a B2B cross-border currency platform, signalling that digital financial infrastructure is being actively de-risked by the central bank.

Market drivers:

• Government's GH¢13.9 billion Big Push infrastructure drive explicitly earmarks digital infrastructure as a priority funding area
• Ghana Digital Acceleration Project (World Bank-backed) generating active procurement notices for ICT equipment, e-learning infrastructure, and cybersecurity capacity
• Ghana ranked 25th globally and 5th in Africa on the A.T. Kearney Global Retail Development Index, indicating a growing digital-commerce consumer base
• Diaspora remittance flows (Ghana is the second-largest recipient in Sub-Saharan Africa) are a structural driver of mobile money and fintech adoption

Risks:

• Procurement threshold reforms (LI 2516, February 2025) raised international competitive tendering minimums, requiring investors to navigate a revised domestic bidding framework
• SEC warnings in July–August 2025 about unlicensed digital investment schemes may increase compliance scrutiny on new market entrants

Sources

What the analysis was built on. Some rows hold a headline, some hold the address of the report; both are printed as filed. We do not host the originals.

• moc.gov.gh/tenders-awards/
• practiceguides.chambers.com/practice-guides/international-trade-2026/ghana/trends-and-developments/O23608
• mofep.gov.gh/news-and-events/2025-09-13/government-to-invest-gh13.9-billion-big%20push-infrastructure-drive-deputy-finance-minister
• www.trade.gov/market-intelligence/ghana-trade-practices-new-procurement-thresholds

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