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Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) recorded a decline of 16 per cent FDI in the projects during the first half of 2023. GIPC registered 72 FDI projects compared to 86 projects in the same period last year.
Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) recorded a decline of 16 per cent FDI in the projects during the first half of 2023. GIPC registered 72 FDI projects compared to 86 projects in the same period last year.
The total estimated value of investments for the first half of 2023 was US $274 million compared to $203 million, which represented a 35 per cent increase. The FDI component, according to the report, for the first half of 2023 was US $229 million, up from US$187 million in the same period last year, which showed a 22 per cent increase.
The data revealed that the manufacturing sector recorded the highest number of projects in the first half of 2023, in contrast to the service sector recording the highest number of projects in the same period in the previous year. Out of the 72 projects registered, the manufacturing sector, with 32 projects, recorded the highest number of projects. It was followed by services and export trade, with 25 and 7 projects, respectively. General Trade recorded 4 projects, while the building and construction sector recorded 2 projects. The agriculture and liaison sectors registered one project each.
China recorded 16 projects in the first half of 2023, down from 19 projects in the same period last year. China with 16 projects brought in FDI of $120.10 million, the USA with 9 projects brought in FDI of $19.50 million, the Netherlands with 1 project brought in FDI of $16.88 million, Australia with 4 projects brought in FDI of $14.4 million, and Mauritius with 2 projects brought in FDI of $11.06 million.
The Greater Accra Region continues to be the region with the highest number of FDI projects as it recorded 63 projects, accounting for 87.5 per cent and 72 per cent of all the projects registered in the first half of 2023 and 2022, respectively. The other regions are Ashanti with seven projects, and the Upper East and Western North regions record one project each.
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In terms of jobs created in the years under review, the report stated that 72 projects are expected to create 6,247 jobs in the first half of 2023, while 86 projects are expected to create 4,066 jobs in 2022
