Ghana Tax
An overview of Ghana's Double Taxation Agreements: what you need to know.
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Accra · Ghana / 05.5560° N · 0.1969° W
Ghanaian insight for the financial, regulatory, and climate decisions shaping growth across Africa.
Makers & Partners brings audit, tax, accounting, corporate advisory, forensic, technology-risk, ESG and carbon-market expertise to businesses, investors, governments, and institutions navigating consequential decisions in Ghana and across the region.
Licensed by the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana · Ghanaian roots · International standards
Licensed by ICAG·International Professional Standards·Chartered Accountants·Certified Fraud Examiners·Cross-border Consulting Relationships·ESG & Carbon-Market Collaboration·Ghanaian Regulatory Experience
Choose your mandate
What are you preparing your organization to do?
Enter or operate in Ghana
For international businesses, investors, and multinationals establishing or maintaining operations in Ghana.
Business registration, company secretarial support, tax structuring and compliance, accounting and financial reporting, payroll and personnel tax, regulatory coordination, audit and assurance, and global mobility tax.
Plan My Ghana EntryStrengthen performance & control
For established organizations requiring stronger reporting, governance, risk management, investigation, or strategic guidance.
Statutory and internal audit, IFRS transition, forensic audit and fraud investigation, digital forensics, cybersecurity and technology audit, business valuations, feasibility studies, restructuring and liquidation, HR and management consultancy.
Strengthen My OrganizationBuild sustainable & carbon value
For governments, multinationals, SMEs, communities, and project developers responding to ESG requirements or carbon-market opportunities.
ESG baselining and strategy, sustainability reporting, climate-risk management, carbon-footprint assessment, carbon-project development, verification and validation support, market and registry advisory, trading and brokerage, and capacity building.
Discuss an ESG or Carbon InitiativeThree integrated platforms
One firm. Three connected capability platforms.
Rather than a long list of separate services, Makers & Partners organizes its work around three connected platforms — so mandates rarely need more than one advisor at the table.
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Platform
Assurance & Financial Integrity
- Audit and assurance
- Accounting
- Financial reporting
- Tax compliance and planning
- Reconciliation and management accounts
- Internal controls
- IFRS support
Credible information, stronger controls, and greater stakeholder confidence.
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Platform
Enterprise & Governance
- Corporate advisory
- Company secretarial services
- Valuation and feasibility
- Restructuring
- Forensic and fraud investigation
- Cybersecurity and technology audits
- HR and management consultancy
- Regulatory coordination
Structures and decisions designed to help organizations operate, protect value, and grow.
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Platform
Climate & Sustainable Value
- ESG assessment and strategy
- ESG disclosure
- Carbon accounting
- Carbon-project development
- Carbon-market participation
- Training and capacity building
- Climate-risk support
A practical path from sustainability obligation to measurable institutional and economic value.
Practice areas at a glance
Where our platforms meet the day-to-day work of Ghanaian and pan-African organizations.
The Ghana advantage
International standards only become useful when they meet the realities of the market.
Our professionals have experience engaging with the institutions that shape how business actually gets done in Ghana — the regulators, the registries, and the market bodies organizations must navigate to enter, operate, and grow.
Presented as institutions our professionals have experience navigating. No official endorsement or affiliation implied.
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Ghana Revenue Authority
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Office of the Registrar of Companies
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Ghana Investment Promotion Centre
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Ghana Free Zones Authority
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Ghana Stock Exchange
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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Gaming Commission
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Ghana Commodity Exchange
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Social Security and National Insurance Trust
Leadership
The firm's range begins with the range of its people.
Three partners with complementary specializations across assurance, tax, forensic investigation, governance, technology risk, ESG, and carbon markets.
Managing Partner
Emmanuel Nii Addo Mensah
With more than 16 years of professional experience, Emmanuel leads Makers & Partners with deep expertise across audit, taxation, due diligence, forensic investigation, valuation, and risk. He has advised Ghanaian and international organizations on complex transactions and regulatory matters.
- · Chartered Accountant (ICAG)
- · Certified Fraud Examiner
- · Managing Partner
Partner, Audit & Tax
Alfred Nii Ayitey Aryee
Alfred is a Chartered Accountant and forensic-audit specialist with broad experience across financial, operational, and tax audits. His work spans multinationals, SMEs, public institutions, and organizations in oil & gas, financial services, and commercial sectors.
- · Chartered Accountant (ICAG)
- · Forensic Audit Specialist
- · Partner — Audit & Tax
Advisory Partner
Wilfred Neneh Addico
With more than 21 years of experience across government and publicly listed organizations, Wilfred brings unusually broad capabilities in governance, fraud prevention, technology risk, data analytics, ESG, sustainability, carbon markets, and organizational transformation.
- · Advisory Partner
- · ESG & Carbon Markets Lead
- · Technology Risk & Governance
ESG & Carbon markets — flagship
Africa's carbon opportunity will be built through credible projects, credible measurement, and credible institutions.
Makers & Partners collaborates with Ecoveda Climate to help governments, companies, communities, and project developers move from ESG obligation to measurable value in African markets.
Project Journey
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Baseline and assess
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Define strategy
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Design the initiative
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Measure and document
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Validate and verify
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Navigate registries and regulation
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Enter the carbon market
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Monitor performance and impact
Industries
Sector experience across Ghana's productive economy.
Oil & Gas
Energy
Mining & Natural Resources
Financial Services
Fintech
Manufacturing
Construction
Transport
Agriculture
Gaming
Hospitality & Tourism
Healthcare
Legal Services
Public Institutions
Nonprofits & Social Organizations
Proof & Standing
Verified credentials. Public commitments. Consequential work.
Professional Standards
International auditing, accounting, and assurance frameworks applied to Ghanaian and cross-border engagements.
Chartered Accountants
Partners and senior professionals hold Chartered Accountant credentials with the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana.
Certified Fraud Examiners
Forensic and investigative capability led by credentialled specialists.
Cross-Border Relationships
Working relationships with consulting and advisory firms across Africa and internationally.
ESG & Carbon Collaboration
Collaboration with Ecoveda Climate on ESG advisory and carbon-market initiatives.
Community & Advocacy
Public advocacy on ESG education, climate-change action, and community engagement through initiatives such as MAP and Hope In Action.
Insights
Perspectives from our practice.
Analysis on Ghana tax, IFRS, technology risk, corporate governance, ESG, carbon markets, and African business advisory — from the professionals doing the work.
Technology & Controls
Conducting an effective IT General Controls (ITGC) review in Ghana.
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Carbon Markets
Beyond emissions: how carbon credits can drive development in Africa.
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ESG & Sustainability
The hidden roots of galamsey — bridging the pens and the pickaxes.
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Audit & IFRS
Embracing technology in financial reporting for efficiency and accuracy.
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Begin here
Bring us the decision — not just the service request.
Whether your organization is entering Ghana, strengthening its controls, responding to regulation, or developing a sustainability initiative, begin with a conversation about the outcome you need to achieve.