Ghana Institution of Surveyors

Also known as: GhIS

Ghana Institution of Surveyors — professional body advocating for land valuations and governance reforms, recently collaborating with Roads Ministry on compensation assessments.

2026-04-272026-09-30

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June 2026
10 JunJoy Online
… etropolitan Area Management in Ghana: Towards Integrated Planning, Governance and Infrastructure Delivery,” jointly organised by the Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE), Ghana Institute of Architects (GIA), Ghana Institute of Planning (GIP), and Ghana Institution of Surveyors …
Built environment professionals call for metropolitan governance reforms to address Ghana’s urban challenges
April 2026
27 AprBusiness & Financial Times
… According to guidance from the Ghana Institution of Surveyors, proper verification and validation of survey data are essential, yet often neglected by buyers who lack technical expertise. …
The Construction and Real Estate Digest with Daniel KONTIE: Red flags in the property market

Business

Board committees key to African organisations' success or failure

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Board committees—audit, risk, nomination, and remuneration—are critical to corporate oversight but remain underexamined in African governance. The Boardroom Governance Summit, now in its fourth year, convenes about 1,000 executives and policymakers annually to discuss board governance; this year's October 7, 2026 event at Labadi Beach Hotel focuses on committee structures and their impact on organisational performance.

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Board committees key to African organisations' success or failure
Board committees—audit, risk, nomination, and remuneration—are critical to corporate oversight but remain underexamined in African governance. The Boardroom Governance Summit, now in its fourth year, convenes about 1,000 executives and policymakers annually to discuss board governance; this year's October 7, 2026 event at Labadi Beach Hotel focuses on committee structures and their impact on organisational performance.
15 hours ago · Joy Online →

Monday 28 September

Ghana Institution of Surveyors seeks bill passage and conference reforms
The Ghana Institution of Surveyors is pushing for parliamentary approval of its Governing Council Bill, which has already received Cabinet approval. The Institution is also proposing to consolidate its divisional conferences into a single institutional service week to address employer concerns over workflow disruptions and costs.
28 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Minister urges collaboration among land and property sector institutions
Ghana's Western Regional Minister Joseph Nelson called for stronger collaboration among institutions in the land and property sector, saying professional partnerships are essential to sustainable national development. He made the remarks while delivering the keynote address at the 40th Annual General Meeting and Conference of the Valuation and Estate Surveying Division of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors in Takoradi.
28 September 2026 · Joy Online →

Wednesday 23 September

Professional collaboration key to Ghana's land development – Minister
The Western Regional Minister has called for stronger collaboration among institutions in Ghana's land and property sector, describing professional partnership as essential to sustainable national development. He noted that valuation and estate surveying are critical to investment, taxation, compensation, infrastructure, property management and land administration.
23 September 2026 · Joy Online →

Friday 11 September

Ghana property purchase costs exceed sticker price with taxes
Property buyers in Ghana must budget beyond the headline purchase price; the true cost includes stamp duty, legal fees, registration, and VAT—which changed significantly on 1 January 2026—with the total depending on whether the purchase is from a private seller or developer.
11 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana land tenure: freehold, leasehold, 50-year rule explained
Foreign and diaspora buyers in Ghana face legal distinctions between freehold (unlimited ownership) and leasehold (fixed-term rights), with the Land Act 2020 governing what non-citizens can hold. Most Ghanaian land is held by traditional authorities as stool, skin, clan, or family land, which shapes ownership rights available to buyers.
11 September 2026 · Joy Online →

Monday 24 August

Ghana Institution of Surveyors, Roads Ministry strengthen compensation collaboration
The Ghana Institution of Surveyors and the Ministry of Roads and Highways have agreed to strengthen collaboration on assessing and paying compensation to persons affected by road projects, following the Minister's concerns about discrepancies in valuations between independent assessors and state agencies that were contributing to project delays.
24 August 2026 · Joy Online →

Sunday 23 August

Surveyors warn against conflating compensation disputes with misconduct
The Ghana Institution of Surveyors has cautioned public authorities against automatically interpreting differences between compensation claims and assessments by acquiring authorities as evidence of fraud or professional misconduct, following the Minister for Roads and Highways' statement that the government was considering reporting two quantity surveyors to the Economic and Organised Crime Office over alleged attempts to inflate compensation claims for road project-affected properties.
23 August 2026 · Joy Online →

Saturday 22 August

GhIS rejects claim differences prove fraud or inflation
The Ghana Institution of Surveyors has rejected suggestions that differences between compensation claims and assessments automatically amount to professional misconduct or deliberate inflation, stating that differences may legitimately arise from various factors and each case must be examined on its facts and supporting evidence.
22 August 2026 · Joy Online →

Friday 12 June

Built environment professionals urge metropolitan governance reforms
Built environment professionals have called for urgent reforms to Ghana's metropolitan governance system to address urbanisation, infrastructure delivery, transportation, sanitation, flooding, and land-use management challenges in major urban centres including Greater Accra, Greater Kumasi, and Greater Sekondi-Takoradi. Participants noted that while decentralisation has increased the number of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies, it has created fragmented governance structures that hinder coordinated planning and service delivery across contiguous urban areas.
12 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →

Wednesday 10 June

Built environment professionals urge metropolitan governance reforms in Ghana
Built environment professionals are calling for urgent reforms to Ghana's metropolitan governance system to address urbanisation, infrastructure delivery, transportation, sanitation, flooding, and land-use management challenges. Participants noted that while decentralisation has increased the number of MMDAs, it has created fragmented governance structures that hinder coordinated planning and service delivery across urban areas.
10 June 2026 · Joy Online →

Monday 27 April

Ghana's property market faces multiple legal and institutional risks
Ghana's real estate sector attracts significant investor interest but conceals legal, institutional and socio-cultural vulnerabilities that expose buyers to financial and legal risks, including issues like multiple sales of single parcels and litigation engineered as business strategy.
27 April 2026 · Business & Financial Times →