An Industrial Policy for the Next Decade

Lessons from Asian tigers and what a serious manufacturing strategy looks like in 2025.

In recent months, debates within Ghanaian and broader West African policy circles have shifted decisively toward the questions raised in this piece. Practitioners across government, academia and civil society are calling for a more deliberate framework — one that takes both global pressures and local realities seriously.

A new chapter

The challenge ahead is not merely technical. It is institutional and political, and it requires the kind of coordinated, professional engagement that this forum was created to enable.