China has emerged as Ghana’s most significant bilateral partner in green-aligned finance, with FOCAC serving as the central framework shaping investments in energy, industry, and technology transfer. These partnerships have delivered major infrastructure gains—but their broader impact on green industrialisation, local capacity, and long-term sustainability remains uneven.
This policy brief interrogates how Ghana can move from project accumulation to strategic value creation under FOCAC. Drawing on evidence from flagship investments and institutional practice, it outlines practical pathways to strengthen policy alignment, improve transparency, deepen technology transfer, and crowd in co-financing for green industry. The brief offers policymakers a roadmap for turning international partnerships into engines of inclusive, low-carbon growth.
This policy brief forms part of a thematic series developed under the Sino-African Green Finance Alliance (SAGFA 1.0), with support from the African Climate Foundation (ACF).