The Ghana Optometric Association (GOA) is the professional body responsible for the development of the optometry profession in Ghana.

It is headed by the late Dr. Julius Darko as president of GOA, then subsequently Dr. Samuel O.

Remi Ninkpe is the immediate past president.Prof Samuel Bert Boadi Kusi is the current president The association in 2009 passed a resolution mandating all optometrists wanting to be members to write a professional exam.

Upon successfully passing the exam, the certification required to practice optometry in Ghana is awarded.

In 2010, the Ghana Optometric Association along with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology's Faculty of Distance Learning[2] rolled out a two-year program to offer all members of GOA who did not have the Doctor of Optometry degree to enroll for it.