Ghana
Africa · Pop. 34.4M
1 Enterprise value
How much Ghana’s VC-backed companies are worth
Combined enterprise value of VC-backed companies headquartered in Ghana, founded since 1990 and still operating, at the end of each year. Companies stay in the total after they list or are acquired.
2 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Ghana
VC investment into Ghana-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
3 Overview
4 Latest quarter
Ghana's latest quarter in venture capital
VC raised by Ghana-headquartered companies in the quarter shown, against the quarter before and the same quarter a year earlier.
Latest complete quarter
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5 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Ghana
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a company headquartered in Ghana, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Ghana - 2024–2026
6 Startup hubs
Inside Ghana: 1 startup hub, 44 universities
Hubs are sized by combined enterprise value; universities by the startup founders they produced. Hover any point for its numbers; the lists rank hubs by EV and universities by founders.
7 Founder origins
Where Ghana's unicorn founders build
2 founders born in Ghana are behind 2 unicorns; 50% of those were built in the US. Origins are resolved from biography and education history, not current address. Compare with the other origin countries in Africa, ranked by founders or per 1M inhabitants.
8 Location comparison
How Ghana stacks up
Compare Ghana with similarly sized ecosystems in Africa — switch between combined EV, 5-year EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.
Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.
Top ecosystems in Africa ranked by combined EV. Ghana's row is highlighted (#8).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | $19.8B | 6.0× | 2 | $373.4M | 993 |
| 2 | Nigeria | $17.3B | 11.9× | 5 | $137.9M | 966 |
| 3 | Egypt | $12.3B | 9.6× | 4 | $230M | 860 |
| 4 | Kenya | $9.3B | 10.6× | 1 | $444.8M | 546 |
| 5 | Seychelles | $2.7B | — | 1 | $15.8M | 46 |
| 6 | Senegal | $2B | 98.9× | 1 | $13.5M | 51 |
| 7 | Mauritius | $1.9B | 29.4× | 0 | $19.5M | 43 |
| 8 | Ghana | $1.4B | 4.6× | 0 | $146.9M | 198 |
| 9 | Morocco | $1.2B | 16.1× | 0 | $20.4M | 150 |
| 10 | Tunisia | $1.1B | 37.3× | 0 | $5.3M | 116 |
| 11 | Algeria | $959.1M | — | 0 | $5.3M | 45 |
| 12 | Rwanda | $705.6M | 5.8× | 0 | $13.2M | 61 |
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