Ghana Innovation & Startup Bill (GISB)

The challenge

The National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP) began work on a Ghana Start-up Act to support entrepreneurship and job creation. Drafting it needed the people who build and back start-ups, as well as government.

My role

I have been on the technical committee since its inauguration on 29 October 2020, first as coordinator, representing the Ghana Chamber of Young Entrepreneurs, one of the collaborating organisations, and now as Co-Chair with Franklin Owusu-Karikari, Director of Policy and Business Development at NEIP. The committee’s work is collective. The Bill belongs to the committee, NEIP and the wider ecosystem.

What the committee did

• Was inaugurated in Accra on 29 October 2020 to hold nationwide stakeholder engagement and produce a draft Bill.
• Brought together the Ghana Chamber of Young Entrepreneurs, the Ghana Start-up Network, the Ghana Hubs Network, i4Policy and the Private Enterprise Federation, with funding from GIZ Make-IT.
• Met in March 2025 for a stakeholder retreat to consolidate the Bill, with the aim of one consolidated version, a roadmap for its passage into law and a plan for the Legislative Instrument.
• Has been the subject of public commentary, including an interview on Happy FM about the Bill and the state of the economy for start-ups.

Results and progress

The committee has produced successive drafts of the Bill and led consultation with the ecosystem. The Bill has not yet been enacted and is currently at Cabinet. It is not presented as a completed result, and its status will be updated as it changes.