CADCann Analysis and Development

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Industry study

Industry fit · 260 of 261 districts scored

Best places for shops & restaurants

Retail shops, markets, restaurants and food service.

The five best placed in Ghana

  1. 1Ga West MunicipalGreater AccraPrime
  2. 2Ejisu MunicipalAshantiPrime
  3. 3Ga North MunicipalGreater AccraPrime
  4. 4Okaikwei North MunicipalGreater AccraPrime
  5. 5New Juaben North MunicipalEasternPrime

52 Prime · 52 Strong · 52 Moderate · 52 Weak · 52 Poor. A band shows where a district stands against the others: Prime is the top fifth of districts, Poor the bottom fifth.

Every district's score

CAD Complete · paid access

Every district's shops & restaurants score, ranked

CAD Complete is the paid tier of this site: the detail behind the free figures, for teams deciding where to build or invest. It includes:

  • Each district's score out of 100 and its rank among 260
  • Whether this is one of the district's stronger industries
  • The input helping each score most, and the one holding it back
  • How concentrated the industry already is there
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How shops & restaurants is scored

Each input is ranked across Ghana's districts, weighted for this industry, and averaged. The averages are then ranked and spread from 1 to 100. Direct measures count in full; stand-ins (a close substitute for something not measured directly) count at 70%. 5% of the weight this industry should carry is not available yet.

  • People within reach15%Heavy (stand-in) · how many people live within reach, counting nearer districts more
  • Spending power15%Heavy (stand-in) · mobile-money use, a stand-in for household spending
  • Growth15%Heavy (stand-in) · how much building was added 2010–2020, from satellite maps
  • Roads & rail10%Medium (stand-in) · distance to a trunk road, major-road density, rail length
  • Sales & service workers7%Light · share of workers in sales and service jobs
  • Available workers7%Light · the unemployment rate, read as people available to hire
  • Formal employment7%Light · share of workers in government, parastatal or formal private jobs
  • Internet7%Light · people using the internet on a phone
  • Planning set-up7%Light · assembly type: district, municipal or metropolitan
  • Electricity5%Light (stand-in) · households on mains electricity, a stand-in for grid reach
  • Built-up land5%Light (stand-in) · share of the district already built up, from satellite maps (2020)
  • Land price—Not available yet · would carry 5% · asking land price per acre (too few districts have listings yet)

Source: CAD industry suitability model — GSS 2021 Population and Housing Census district tables, OpenStreetMap, JRC GHSL, OurAirports and GPHA; scored by CAD, 2021. Derived by CAD; inputs attributed to GSS, OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), the European Commission JRC (CC BY 4.0), OurAirports and GPHA. Weights are CAD's judgement.