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It analyses compliance levels with the Ghana Securities and Exchange Commission\u2019s (SEC) six best practices guidelines principles (SEC, 2010). The purpose is to present an overview of the compliance level of each principle by the listed firms for future research. The data were obtained from the firm\u2019s annual reports, GSE, and SEC websites, and analysed using descriptive statistics. A self-constructed Corporate Governance Compliance Index (CGCI) was developed to represent Ghana\u2019s CG practices, and listed firms were ranked using the CGCI. A sample of 33 audited firms listed on the GSE from 2009 to 2020 was used for the empirical analysis. The findings revealed that the listed firms had embraced overall CG initiatives, with the compliance level increasing after an introduction from 60.95 percent (2010) to 68.69 percent (2020), echoing the findings of Owusu and Weir (2016). 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