With the current four-year plan expiring at the end of 2026, Ghana’s football governing body is reviewing what worked before setting fresh targets and budgets for the women’s game.
The Ghana Football Association (GFA), the body that runs organised football in Ghana, has started work on a new Women's Football Strategy covering 2027 to 2031.
The move comes because the current strategy, which began in 2023, expires on 31 December 2026. Before writing the next one, the GFA says it is first reviewing the existing plan to measure what it achieved and where it fell short.
Who is doing the work
The exercise is being coordinated by the GFA's Women's Football Development Unit, which sits under the Association's Technical Directorate. It is working alongside the women's football development team at FIFA, the world governing body for the sport.
According to The Ghana Report, the review is only the first step. The wider process will include consultations with stakeholders, matching the new plan to the GFA's own corporate objectives, setting fresh targets, and deciding how much money will be put behind each goal — a point that matters, because strategies in Ghanaian sport have often failed at the funding stage rather than the planning stage.
What the outgoing strategy delivered
The GFA points to several gains under the 2023–2026 framework.
At the grassroots level, the U15 Regional Girls Colts League has given young girls structured competition across all 10 football regions in the country.
Off the pitch, the Association says it has run training programmes for female coaches, referees and administrators. School-based campaigns have also been used to pull more girls into the game and to interest them in officiating as a career path.
At club level, the Women's Premier League has grown to 20 clubs. It is backed by regional Division One competitions and the Women's Super Cup.
Money and visibility next
The GFA says it is also finalising a commercial strategy for the Women's Premier League. The aim is to get more media coverage, draw sponsors, build fan interest and create revenue that can sustain the league over time.
That is an area many Ghanaian women's clubs have struggled with, as low broadcast exposure has made it hard to justify sponsorship spending.
What happens next
The next stage of the review will involve sitting down with clubs, commercial partners, representatives of government and the media. The new framework will be launched after those consultations.
The GFA has not announced a date for the launch, nor has it published targets or a budget figure for the 2027–2031 period.
For Ghanaians following the game from the United States and elsewhere, the commercial side is the one to watch. Better media rights arrangements and streaming of Women's Premier League matches would be the clearest sign that the new strategy is moving beyond paper.