Our Publications
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Do you have a great business idea that you're ready to bring to life? One of the first steps you'll need to take is registering your business as a legal entity in Ghana. But with several options available, how do you choose the right type of registration for your business?
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Far from being an import, mediation resonates deeply with African customary dispute resolution. In Ghana, for instance, community-based mechanisms led by chiefs, elders, or family heads have long emphasized conciliation over confrontation. These systems mirror the collaborative spirit of modern mediation but lack the institutional and legal scaffolding necessary for application in high-value cross-border transactions.
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This article aims to help raise awareness about the importance of legal and environmental due diligence in Ghanaian real estate transactions and provide guidance on how to effectively assess potential risks and liabilities to aid investors to make more informed decisions and mitigate potential risks associated with property acquisition in Ghana.
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This article provides key areas where Ghana’s arbitration framework aligns with international best practices. It identifies gaps and challenges in the current ADR Act, and makes policy recommendations and reform proposals to modernize Ghana’s arbitration framework in line with global standards and trends.
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Following the passage of the new Companies Act, 2019, ACT 992, there is no need for the Bank of Ghana Corporate Governance Directives or the Securities and Exchanges Commission's Corporate Governance Code.
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Minimum capital requirements were originally meant to shield local SMEs from being undercut; ensure serious, long-term investment; encourage capital-intensive, value-adding sectors; and to balance foreign inflows with domestic livelihoods.
Ghana therefore used minimum capital as a protective legal tool to “ring-fence” petty trading and encourage higher-value Foreign Direct Investment.
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One of the most compelling reasons to establish the Advisory Centre in Ghana is its ability to boost confidence in the system among developing and least developed countries. These countries, often wary of international arbitration or dispute resolution mechanisms that may appear biased toward Western interests, will feel a stronger sense of ownership and trust in the system if the Centre is in a neutral, non-aligned African state. Ghana’s hosting of the Centre ensures that these nations are not required to submit their disputes to Western jurisdictions or institutions, where they may fear unequal treatment or biased decisions.
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Despite a burgeoning legal framework, Ghana’s regulatory and institutional efforts have struggled to prevent pollution, ensure accountability, or foster compliance. Illegal mining continues to cause irreparable damage to river systems such as the Pra, Ankobra, and Birim. The current system is not equipped to handle the complexity of these disputes, which span land use, environmental impact, resource allocation, and community rights.
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For decades, ADR has been described as Alternative Dispute Resolution, as though it exists at the margins of the justice system. Within the African context, that description is neither historically accurate nor philosophically sound
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Ghana has passed a generational investment law. The framework is right. The instinct to protect citizens while opening to the world is right. Close monitoring by GIPA’s aftercare services will be essential to ensure that new market entrants contribute to domestic skills development rather than displacing Ghanaian enterprises.
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In Ghana, land use and planning laws are primarily governed by the Land Use and Spatial Planning Act, 2016 (Act 925), which repealed and replaced the Town and Country Planning Act, 1960 (Act 64) under the auspices of the Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority (LUSPA), mandated to ensure the sustainable development of land and human settlements through a decentralized planning system amongst others. They are to ensure that, the District Assemblies in collaboration with the development institutions perform site and service programs for the purpose of development
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In 2023, we made a publication on the skyrocketing prices of real estate in Accra and their exclusionary impact on the average Ghanaian, several structural concerns were clearly identified. Those concerns remain largely unresolved. Property prices continue to rise faster than incomes, rental terms remain punitive, and state intervention has yet to translate into meaningful market correction. The passage of time has not softened these realities. If anything, they have become further entrenched.