Ghana faces major digital skills gaps despite AI investments and training initiatives. Only one-third of demand is met ahead of the 9M jobs needed by 2030.
- In 2023, Ghana ranked 76th globally and 11th in Sub-Saharan Africa for digital skills, with low literacy and workforce shortages limiting digital economy participation and growth. || Source: WBG
- Moreover, in 2025, Ghana’s Ministry of Education, with The World Bank’s support, advanced e-learning, while the One Million Coders initiative aimed to train one million citizens in digital skills. || Source: ISS Africa
+ And Google opened its first African AI research centre in Accra in 2018, with the country later signing a US$1B agreement with the UAE to establish a major AI and tech hub by 2027. - In 2018, Ghana had 3,134 ICT establishments employing 29,733 people; by 2020, the sector’s workforce had expanded to about 39,500, according to GSMA Intelligence. || Source: Oxford Business Group
+ Ghana employed 30,000 professional software developers in the year 2021, ranking 7th in Africa. - The IFC projects that Sub-Saharan Africa will need 230M digitally skilled jobs by 2030, with Ghana expected to account for 9M of these positions.
+ Currently, only one-third of Ghana’s digital skills demand is met: 25% of the population has basic skills, 10% intermediate or advanced, with acute shortages in advanced ICT fields. || Source: MTA
