The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has outlined the progress made under its current Women’s Strategy and confirmed that work on the next framework is already underway.
Through the “Football For Goals”, “Football For Girls” and FIFA Women’s Football Campaign programmes, the GFA has taken women achievers into primary schools to engage girls, parents and teachers.
The association says this has boosted interest in playing and refereeing, helped by its policy of using only female match officials for women’s matches.
More women have also earned coaching licences, with the GFA sponsoring free Licence D courses and partnering FIFA on free Licence C training. Workshops have strengthened the administrative skills of Women’s Division One club officials.
A major milestone is the start of the U15 Regional Girls Colts League in all ten football regions, after pilots in the Northern and Greater Accra regions.
A U17 pilot is ongoing. The yearly U15 and U17 Elite Girls Championships bring the best talent from the regions to the national stage.
The U15 national team are double African Schools champions, winning in Ghana in 2025 and Zimbabwe in 2026, while the U17 side have qualified for the World Cup.
The Women’s Premier League has expanded to 20 clubs, with winners of the ten regional Division One leagues earning promotion. An invitational Women’s Super Cup also features the top eight clubs.
The GFA is finalising a commercial strategy for the league to attract sponsors, raise visibility and create sustainable revenue.
An audit of the current strategy, covering player, coach and referee numbers, attendance and revenue, has begun. The next step is a stakeholder workshop with FIFA, commercial partners, clubs, government and the media before the new strategy is launched.
BY Wletsu Ransford