Ghana says $15 bln needed over 10 years to close infrastructure gap

Ghana requires some $15 billion over the next decade to plug a gap in its infrastructure, Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur said on Tuesday, after flooding in Accra last week exposed problems with creaking public services.

"It is estimated that to address our infrastructure deficit, we require about $1.5 billion per annum over the next decade," he told a forum of financial sector operators and private entrepreneurs.