Ghana’s new vehicle tax aims to tackle pollution: expert unpacks how it’ll work and suggests reforms

Ghana has introduced an annual carbon levy on vehicles and industrial emissions. It’s only the third African country to introduce an explicit carbon tax, after South Africa and Mauritius. The tax is intended to address harm associated with vehicle emissions. But it has prompted a pushback from various citizens, civic and consumer groups.

The Conversation Africa’s Godfred Akoto Boafo spoke to Theophilus Acheampong, an energy economist who has consulted for Ghana’s finance ministry on environmental fiscal reform, about the impact and implementation of this kind of levy.