Also known as: 24-Hour Economy and Accelerated Export Development Programme · proposed 24-Hour Economy
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Joy Online
… Mr Cong said while China was implementing its 15th Five-Year Plan focused on high-quality development, technological advancement and industrial modernisation, Ghana was pursuing economic recovery and industrial growth under the Government’s “24-Hour Economy” and “Resetting Ghana” …
Ghana-China trade hits record US$14.1 billion in 2025Joy Online
There is a question worth asking carefully as Ghana moves into the implementation phase of the 24-Hour Economy and Accelerated Export Development Programme: who will run it, and with what cognitive equipment? …
Prompt engineering, the 24-Hour Economy, and Ghana’s AI futureDaily Guide
Ibrahim Adjei Former presidential staffer under the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration, Ibrahim Adjei, has described the government’s flagship 24-Hour Economy policy as a scam given the current power outages in various parts of the country. …
24-Hour Economy A Scam – Ibrahim AdjeiGhana and Canada will host an investment forum in Toronto on June 15, 2026, to explore strategic opportunities, forge partnerships, and advance Ghana's economic transformation agenda, with a focus on the 24-Hour Economy and Accelerated Export Development Programme.
12 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana and Canada will host an investment forum in Toronto on June 15, 2026, to explore strategic opportunities, forge partnerships, and advance Ghana's economic transformation agenda, with a focus on the 24-Hour Economy and Accelerated Export Development Programme.
12 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Ofoase-Ayirebi MP Kojo Oppong Nkrumah raised concern in Parliament about rising youth unemployment, citing Ghana Statistical Service data showing 32.5 per cent unemployment among those aged 15–24 in Q3 2025, and 49.3 per cent in Greater Accra, with 1.95 million young Ghanaians classified as NEET under the broader age-35 definition.
12 June 2026 · Joy Online →
President John Dramani Mahama has secured a procurement arrangement with Belarus for the supply of 1,840 pieces of agricultural equipment, which he described as deepening economic ties between the two nations. At the first Belarus-Ghana Business Forum in Minsk, Mahama highlighted the complementary strengths of both economies and called for private sectors to forge lasting commercial partnerships.
9 June 2026 · Joy Online →
An opinion piece argues that following Ghana's macroeconomic stabilization, the next national challenge is converting economic stability into productivity and growth, which the author contends requires successful implementation of the 24-Hour Economy through institutional discipline rather than speeches and slogans.
8 June 2026 · Joy Online →
An opinion piece argues that Ghana's economic stabilization efforts must now be followed by a focus on productivity and growth, requiring institutional accountability through quarterly KPI reports to ensure the 24-Hour Economy agenda becomes genuine transformation rather than a national slogan.
8 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
The Bosome Freho District Assembly has cut the sod for construction of a modern 24-hour economy market at Tebeso No. 2, designed to boost trade and create jobs. The facility, to be built by Neckseth Construction over 36 months, will include shops, a police post, fire service station, women's development bank, and sanitary facilities for continuous economic activity.
5 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana has restored macroeconomic stability but faces persistent labour-market weakness, with national unemployment at 13.0 percent and youth unemployment at 32.5 percent in Q3 2025. The NDPC Chairman has called for a "3D Growth" framework that assesses economic performance by three coequal dimensions — GDP, jobs, and wages — arguing that growth without jobs and rising incomes is meaningless and unsustainable.
4 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
Ghana's government is appealing to diaspora members, particularly in the United Kingdom, to channel a portion of record US$7.8 billion annual remittances into productive investment and export-led growth under the 24-Hour Economy and Accelerated Export Development Programme. Presidential Adviser Augustus Goosie Tanoh said the diaspora's 2025 remittances were up from around four billion six years ago and now exceed official development assistance and foreign direct investment combined.
4 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
An editorial argues that Ghana's proposed 24-hour economy cannot succeed without a technically competent, disciplined workforce; the policy aims to increase production and create sustainable jobs, but requires better skills development, supervision, and workplace culture alongside business expansion.
25 May 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
Ghanaians aged 18–35 can now apply for start-up business loans ranging from GH₵5,000 to GH₵500,000 under the government's 24-Hour Economy and Accelerated Export Development Programme, which also offers free digital skills training and guaranteed internships.
13 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana-China bilateral trade hit a record US$14.1 billion in 2025, a 19.3 per cent increase on the previous year, driven by Chinese investments in mining, energy, manufacturing, aviation and construction sectors. China remains Ghana's largest trading partner and a major source of foreign investment.
12 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's shift to round-the-clock production requires intelligence capability — timely, accurate operational decision-making at scale — where artificial intelligence becomes essential to realising the 24-Hour Economy as transformational policy rather than merely extended hours.
1 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Ibrahim Adjei, a former presidential staffer under the NPP, has criticized the government's 24-Hour Economy policy as a scam, citing power outages that undermine businesses and economic stability. He also criticized the policy's "1-3-3" model as deceptive and impractical, arguing the necessary systems to support such an economy are not in place.
30 April 2026 · Daily Guide →