For much of the past decade, the economic story of Ghana has been an overwhelmingly positive one. The country has leapfrogged past its neighbors in the region to garner one of the highest GDP-per-capita rates in Africa, while the services sector of the economy has multiplied in size several times over. Meanwhile, foreign direct investment (FDI) was at an all-time high prior to 2020, and Ghana had surpassed South Africa to become Africa's largest gold producer.