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The government has established a 12-member Presidential Advisory Group on the Economy, comprising experts from academia, the public sector, and the private sector, to provide strategic guidance on national economic issues.

Members of the Advisory group include Ghana’s Vice President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang, celebrated economist and statesman, Kwame Pianim, and private Business mogul and Industrialist, Sir Sam Jonah.

Other members are Mr. Ishmael Yamson, private sector leader and former member of PAGE; Ms Nana Oye Mansa Yeboaa, former Deputy Minister of Finance, Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry and former member of PAGE; Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, Economist, former Governor of the Bank of Ghana and former Minister for Finance and Mr. Ato Brown, former World Bank Infrastructure Specialist and Agribusiness Investor.

Former Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Henry A. Kofi Wampah; Togbe Afede XIV, economist and private sector leader; Ms Abena Amoah, Chief Executive Officer, Ghana Stock Exchange; Prof. Priscilla Twumasi Baffour, University Professor and Academic Researcher; and Prof. Patience Aseweh Abor, Ph.D., University Professor and Academic Researcher, are other members of President John Dramani Mahama’s economic Advisory group.

This initiative from the government forms part of President Mahama’s determination to draw on deep national and international expertise to promote sound economic governance, strategic policy coordination and evidence-based decision-making. The aim is to navigate current economic challenges while positioning Ghana for long-term growth and resilience.

The group will serve as a non-partisan advisory body to the President, offering strategic guidance on macroeconomic management, fiscal consolidation, debt sustainability, and coordination between fiscal and monetary policy. It will also advise on structural transformation, industrial development, competitiveness, and export-led growth.

Included in their responsibilities are to provide guidance on sectoral development, private sector expansion, investment mobilisation, and sustainable job creation, as well as supporting the design and implementation of major national productivity-enhancing reforms.

The group is required to conduct frequent assessments of Ghana’s economic performance and recommend policy adjustments where necessary while contributing expert input to Ghana’s engagements with bilateral and multilateral development partners, international financial institutions, and investors.

The group will report directly to the President and submit advisory briefs and memoranda as requested, including periodic strategic reviews