Employment across Ghana’s Specified Entities increased by 5.45% in 2025, creating 5,104 additional jobs, according to the State Interests and Governance Authority’s (SIGA) 2025 State Ownership Report.

The report said the total workforce across the entities rose to 98,724 employees during the year.

State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) accounted for the largest share of employment, representing 48.62% of the total workforce, followed by Other State Entities (OSEs) with 39.92% and Joint Venture Companies (JVCs) with 11.47%.

The report also recorded an improvement in women’s representation across the state-owned sector.

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Women accounted for 30.02% of the total workforce in 2025, up from 29.30% in 2024.

Female employment grew by 8.02%, nearly twice the 4.39% growth recorded among male employees.

“Women’s representation rose to 30.02% of the workforce, from 29.30% in FY2024, as female employment grew at nearly double the rate of male employment,” SIGA said.

The employment growth comes as several state entities implement government initiatives aimed at expanding economic activity and improving service delivery.

SIGA noted that the government’s 24-Hour Economy Policy had begun taking shape across several Specified Entities.

These included a round-the-clock customer call centre at TDC Company Ltd, three-shift operations at Ghana Publishing, extended production at GIHOC Distilleries and expanded services at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA).

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) also introduced continuous online services and environmental monitoring, while AESL worked on 24-hour markets across 33 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies.

The report said SIGA intends to incorporate these initiatives into future performance contracts and monitoring frameworks.

Beyond employment, SIGA said 42 of the 162 reporting Specified Entities, representing 25.9%, disclosed climate-related projects, programmes or initiatives in 2025. This was an increase from 27 entities in 2024.

The Authority said the developments reflected growing attention to climate and gender considerations across the state-owned sector, although it acknowledged that progress remained uneven.

SIGA ultimately called for a shift beyond short-term recovery towards sustainable performance.

“Specified Entities must move from recovery to resilience, from compliance to performance, and from state ownership to sustainable value creation,” the report stated.

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