Millionaires in Ghana rise close to 3000

Ghana can now boast of 2,900 millionaires whose net worth has been estimated to be in dollars after some 200 more Ghanaians joined the list categorised as elite group in 2016.

Out of the number, at least 10 people joined the ranks of those with net wealth more than $10 million, with no addition to the pool of those worth $30 million and above.

This revelation is contained in the latest Wealth Report by Stanbic Bank in collaboration with International Consultancy Group, Knight Frank. It revealed that the financial service sector in the country is the primary source of wealth for most of the "Ghanaian dollar millionaires."

The Editor of the report, Andrew Shirley, told JOY BUSINESS' Editor Emmanuel Agyei, the number of High Net Worth Individuals (HNWI) in Ghana is projected to almost double in the next 10 years.

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