The government has inaugurated a 12-member Presidential Advisory Group on the Economy, composed of experienced professionals from academia, public service, and the private sector, to provide strategic guidance on Ghana’s economic policies.
Vice President Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang is among the members, alongside respected economist and private sector leader Mr Kwame Pianim, and industrialist Sir Samuel Esson Jonah.
Other notable members include Mr Ishmael Yamson, Ms Nana Oye Mansa Yeboaa, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, and Mr Ato Brown, bringing extensive expertise in finance, trade, infrastructure, and agribusiness.
The group also comprises former Bank of Ghana Governor Dr Henry A. Kofi Wampah, private sector leader Togbe Afede XIV, Ghana Stock Exchange CEO Ms Abena Amoah, and academics Prof. Priscilla Twumasi Baffour and Prof. Patience Aseweh Abor.
Their combined experience spans economic policy, fiscal management, industrial development, and research.
The advisory body will provide non-partisan guidance directly to the President on macroeconomic management, fiscal consolidation, debt sustainability, industrial development, and export-led growth. It will also advise on sectoral development, private sector expansion, investment mobilisation, job creation, and major productivity-enhancing reforms.
In addition, the group will conduct periodic assessments of Ghana’s economic performance, offer policy recommendations, and contribute expert input to engagements with bilateral and multilateral development partners, international financial institutions, and investors, ensuring evidence-based decision-making and strategic economic governance.
