The awards are presented in July each year at a special gala in Accra, Ghana.
[3][4][5] In 2018 the AE Mediacom together with a group of creative content producers together with a sports journalist birthed the first-ever Ghana Football Awards, which was officially launched in May 2018 and had its first edition in July 2018 to birth the first-ever Ghana Football Awards.
The scheme held in the July to take advantage of the pre-season period which would see most of Ghanaian footballers playing outside the country back home for the holidays.
[3] The award scheme is led by governing board made up of (Ghanaian players) Augustine Ahinful, Abukari Damba, John Paintsil, Alex Kotey (referee) and Karl Tufuoh (sports journalist).
The shortlisted nominations for each category is determined by the board, with the winners determined by an electoral college (consisting of journalists, coaches and captains of national teams and top-flight Ghanaian clubs) and the general public.