President John Dramani Mahama has revealed that the government’s plan to reintroduce road tolls will be powered by a fully digital system that eliminates the need for tollbooths and manual payments.
Speaking at the 9th Ghana CEO Summit held in Accra on Monday, May 26, 2025, Mahama highlighted a high-tech approach that would allow seamless toll collection directly from vehicle owners.
“We’ve already linked every car to its owner’s Ghana Card,” he said. “If you cross, for example, the East Legon Bridge, a camera captures your car and a bill is sent straight to your MoMo or bank account. No tollbooths, no delays, just straightforward billing.”
The former president credited Margins Group, a Ghanaian technology company, for the infrastructural backbone that enables this innovation.
“I told them Margins did a good job. This same infrastructure is what we are now using to modernise toll collection,” he added.
The system, which aligns with Mahama’s broader agenda of digitizing public services, is expected to increase efficiency, reduce revenue leakages, and eliminate the traffic bottlenecks often caused by physical toll stations.
