Ghana's new speed-camera system would need about 7 million fines of GHS 240 each by 2033 to deliver the revenue its private operator expects, according to analysis by IMANI's Bright Simons.
That is at least 2,700 fines a day for seven years.
Traffitech-GH went live on 1 November. It is run under an 11-year public-private partnership signed in December 2022 with Nationwide Traffic Management and Enforcement Ltd (NTMEL). NTMEL is 60% owned by Frank Osei and 40% by Sweden's Sensys Gatso.
The Ministry of Finance expects fine revenue to be split 40% to NTMEL and 60% to government. Sensys Gatso has told investors to expect about US$60 million in joint-venture revenue over the rest of the contract. If that is the operator's 40% share, drivers would pay about US$150 million, or roughly GHS 1.7 billion, in fines.
Fines start at GHS 120 for each of the first three automated offences. Police say speeding costs GHS 240 for every 5 km/h over the limit. After 14 days, 1% of the fine is added for each day it goes unpaid, with no published cap.
Road crashes killed 2,949 people in 2025, the highest in 35 years. Most deaths happened outside the capital: Ashanti recorded 692 and Eastern 649, against 420 in Greater Accra.
Pedestrians are about a third of deaths nationally. Motorcycles were involved in 226 of Greater Accra's deaths, or 54%, the National Road Safety Authority says.
The basics around the cameras remain weak. An April 2026 Department of Urban Roads assessment found only 257 of 411 traffic signal installations working. The government owes firms that maintain traffic signals about GHS 40 million, the Roads Minister told Parliament in June.