President John Dramani Mahama has announced that the government will make dedicated budgetary allocations for Ghana’s creative and cultural industries in the upcoming fiscal year.
Speaking at a media encounter on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, the President revealed that policy interventions to support the sector are already being put in place.
“The Blackstar Experience will soon take off. The groundwork has been completed, and in the next budget, we are going to make allocations for the creative arts—for the film fund, to support Kumawood and filmmakers, to boost the music industry, the arts, and more. We need to put our money where our mouths are, because the creative sector is a true representation of our culture and who we are as a people,” he stated.
President Mahama highlighted the importance of the sector in driving national development and job creation.
“Creative industries generate jobs faster than most traditional sectors. While cocoa or manufacturing may create one job, the creative, digital, knowledge, and arts industries can create five. That is why we must keep investing in them. It is also the reason we established a dedicated ministry for tourism and the creative arts,” he explained.
source: 3news
