President John Dramani Mahama has announced that Ghana’s creative and cultural sectors will see financial support in the next national budget.
During a media interaction on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, he outlined upcoming policy initiatives that will provide direct backing for the creative industry.
“The Blackstar Experience will take off. They have been working on all the foundational issues and you will soon see a sign of it. In the next budget we are going to make some allocation for the creative arts, for the film fund, to support Kumawood and all the film makers, to support the music industry, to support the arts, and all that. We need to put our money where our mouths are, and I think that the creative arts are a good representation of our culture and who we are as a people,” Mahama said.
When asked about the current state of the sector, he emphasized that creative industries are essential for economic growth, pointing out that they generate jobs at a faster pace than traditional fields.
“Creative industries create jobs faster than the traditional sectors that we have known. The cocoa sector or manufacturing creates one job; the creative sector, digitalisation, knowledge industry, arts and things would have created five jobs. And so that is an area in which we have to continue to invest. And that is why we created that as a ministry together with tourism,” he explained.
By highlighting areas such as the film fund, Kumawood, music and the arts, Mahama underscored the sector’s role in shaping national identity and driving employment, urging stronger public investment to sustain its future.
