GDIW 2025 Launched with Push to Power Ghana’s Growth Through Innovation
Ghana has taken a bold step toward transforming its innovation ecosystem into an engine for economic growth with the launch of the 2025 Ghana Digital Innovation Week (GDIW). Themed “Catalysing Change: Innovation and Digital Transformation at the Centre of Ghana’s Development Agenda,” the event underscored the country’s determination to embed innovation into mainstream development, targeting sectors such as agriculture, finance, health, and education.
The forum, launched in Accra, drew participation from policymakers, private sector leaders, startups, and development partners. In a keynote delivered on behalf of the Minister for Communications, Digital Technology and Innovation, the government reiterated its commitment to expanding the digital economy through infrastructure investment, skills development, and enterprise support. “We are investing in broadband, e-government, and digital ID systems but the real impact comes from how local businesses and entrepreneurs leverage these tools to build solutions,” the Minister said.
Yaw Adu-Gyamfi, Chair of the Ghana Hubs Network, noted that innovation must now transition from buzzword to economic driver. “This forum is not just a celebration. It is a marketplace of ideas and capital. Ghana must move from small-scale pilots to market-ready innovations that generate employment, attract investment, and increase exports,” he said.
The Digital Innovation Week is supported by a consortium of ecosystem leaders including the Ghana Hubs Network, Impact Investing Ghana, and the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme. Their shared focus is to improve investment readiness for startups, strengthen innovation policy advocacy, and connect local innovations with domestic and international markets.
With youth unemployment high and the economy in need of diversification, the innovation agenda is being positioned as a long-term economic development strategy. Stakeholders at the forum called for the institutionalisation of Digital Innovation Week as a tool for sustained national transformation aligned with the Ghana Vision 2030 and the country’s Digital Economy Policy.
The event sets the tone for months of regional innovation exhibitions, investment matchmaking events, and high-level policy dialogue, all leading up to the main conference in November at the Accra International Conference Centre.
For Ghana’s business community, the message is clear. Innovation is no longer a sideline issue. It is central to building the future economy.
