‘Ghana is open for business—if you have guts, insight, and a long-term mindset’ – Amma Gyampo

In April 2025, Ghana became the first African country to legally mandate a minimum allocation of private capital from local pension funds to domestic private equity and venture capital firms. While other African countries have caps, Ghana’s law makes it compulsory for pension funds to invest at least 5% ($337 million) into Ghanaian PE and VC firms by 2026.

When I first wrote about it, I…