Leveraging Economic Opportunities for the Six Coastal Districts of Ghana’s Western Region July 2015 Acknowledgments The WRCF team wishes to thank all people in the region and industry who have provided information and guidance for this assessment. Virtually all of our key contacts participated in the April 14 workshop designed to review and select finalists among the potential value chains. We therefore wish to thank all of the external participants at the workshop: Name Organisation Name Organisation Beryl Amegah Ghana Gas Emmanuel Sasu MoFA Yeboah Francesca Doe Ghana Gas Baba Ayire Akatili MOTI T. Kofi Dossah Friends of the Nation Daniel K. Hasford KOSMOS Emmanuel Appiah HESS Derrick Obeng Ellembelle District Sam Eshun Schlumberger Rockson Sheriff Nzema East Municipal Ass. Paul Watson Tullow Nana F. Arhin DFiD Anne –Marie Schlumberger Rita Tetteh DFiD Ayanru Justice Blay Daasgift Jalil Ali Mahama Jomoro District Steve Dennison CLSP Habib Mohammed Shama District Oscar Dawohoso Halliburton Lordicia Annan Freelancer / Media Emmanuel Papa RCC Emmanuel Aziebor SNV Assan Aaron Kwesi DAASGIFT John Yankey Radio Silver Adingelah Henry Owusu STMA Seth Ankomah-Sey Ahanta West District Nicholas Kwesi CEWEFIA Korkor Ohene-Gyan Tullow Smith Eva Osei USAID/LOGODEP Ken McGhee Ghana Supply Chain Desmond Asiedu HESS Stephen Blighton RCC/WR Balertey Gormey Hen Mpoano Contents Acronyms and Abbreviations vi Executive Summary vii Opportunities and Challenges 1 WRCF Strategy for Development in the Coastal Districts: Targeted Support for Leading Value Chains 3 STRATEGIC CHOICES ................................................................................................................................ 3 END MARKETS ............................................................................................................................................ 3 Exports.................................................................................................................................................. 3 Demand from OGP Investments and Operations ................................................................................ 3 Domestic Markets ................................................................................................................................. 4 APPRAISAL PROCESS ................................................................................................................................ 4 Economic Context 5 OVERALL TRENDS FOR GHANA’S ECONOMY ........................................................................................ 5 Government Priorities ........................................................................................................................... 6 Trade Patterns ...................................................................................................................................... 7 Business Environment .......................................................................................................................... 8 WESTERN REGION ................................................................................................................................... 10 Geography and Administration ........................................................................................................... 11 Population ........................................................................................................................................... 11 Resources........................................................................................................................................... 11 Infrastructure ...................................................................................................................................... 11 Poverty................................................................................................................................................ 12 Inflation ............................................................................................................................................... 12 Agriculture........................................................................................................................................... 12 Forestry............................................................................................................................................... 13 Fisheries ............................................................................................................................................. 14 Industry ............................................................................................................................................... 15 Oil and Gas ......................................................................................................................................... 15 Mining ................................................................................................................................................. 15 Regional (Takoradi) Port Services ..................................................................................................... 15 Tourism ............................................................................................................................................... 16 Employment ........................................................................................................................................ 17 Water and Sanitation .......................................................................................................................... 18 Business Environment ........................................................................................................................ 18 NOTE ON DISTRICT-LEVEL REPORTS ................................................................................................... 18 Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Area (STMA) .................................................................................... 19 Ellembelle ........................................................................................................................................... 22 Jomoro ................................................................................................................................................ 25 Leveraging Economic Opportunities for the Six Coastal Districts of Ghana’s Western Region ii Nzema East ........................................................................................................................................ 28 Shama ................................................................................................................................................ 32 Ahanta West ....................................................................................................................................... 35 Salient Points from the Appraisal of the Economic Environment ....................................................... 38 Assessing Economic Opportunities from Oil and Gas Operations 41 LOCAL CONTENT: THE INTERPLAY OF DEMAND AND SUPPLY CAPACITY ...................................... 41 GENERATING ESTIMATES OF LOCAL CONTENT ................................................................................. 41 PRELIMINARY FINDINGS .......................................................................................................................... 42 A Caveat ............................................................................................................................................. 42 Projects Analysed ............................................................................................................................... 42 Preliminary Results for the Investment Analysis ................................................................................ 43 Illustrative Results for the Operations Analysis .................................................................................. 46 Next steps ........................................................................................................................................... 47 SELECTING TARGET VALUE CHAINS ..................................................................................................... 48 Candidate Value Chains ..................................................................................................................... 48 Competitiveness Appraisal Matrix (CAM) ........................................................................................... 49 Participatory Approach to Selecting the Finalists ............................................................................... 51 RAPID APPRAISAL OF VALUE CHAIN FINALISTS .................................................................................. 52 Oil Seeds and Palm Oil ...................................................................................................................... 52 Fish, Fresh and Frozen ...................................................................................................................... 54 Food Crops (Other Than Cassava) .................................................................................................... 55 Transport and Logistics ...................................................................................................................... 57 Cassava .............................................................................................................................................. 57 Tourism ..............................................................................................................................................