The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) generated GH¢228 million in revenue in 2025, marking an 18 per cent growth compared with the previous year, as the Authority stepped up its regulatory and quality assurance activities across the country. The Director-General of the GSA, Professor George Agyei, announced the figure at the Authority’s 2025 Annual Stakeholders’ Meeting […]
Notice No: GSA/DGS/PN/26/08 The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) wishes to inform the general public, vehicle manufacturers, assemblers, importers, distributors, dealers and all stakeholders that, although the National Vehicle Homologation and Conformity Assessment Programme has been in operation since 2020, the strict enforcement of the applicable national vehicle standards, including the Ghana Standard 4510 (GS 4510 […]
The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has unveiled an ambitious regulatory framework aimed at sanitising the country’s used vehicle import market, announcing that the Pre-Export Verification of Conformity (PVoC) programme will become mandatory from October 1, 2026. The policy requires every used vehicle destined for Ghana to be inspected and certified in its country of export […]
The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has engaged the services of 200 trainees of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) to help ensure that imported goods and those manufactured in the country meet acceptable standards. Known as the Trading Standards Officers (TSOs), they have been drafted in to conduct market surveillance and other activities to weed out […]
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has stressed the importance of building codes for every country, explaining that they offer value for money by providing a yardstick against which all construction- related procurement can be measured. According to him, the comprehensive Ghana building code (Ghana Standards GS1207: 2018) will be a game changer as far […]
The acting Executive Director of the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), Professor Alex Dodoo, says he supports the production of marijuana for export, since the herbs are used for medical purposes abroad. Sharing his perspectives on the use of marijuana at the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament at its sitting in Accra on Wednesday, Prof. […]
