Yin karuwanci a cikin Ghana haramtacce ne amma ya zama gama gari, ta yadda yawancin 'yan Ghana ba su san cewa an hana shi ba. Akwai yawon shakatawa na jima'i, karuwanci yara da fataucin mutane. Yawan rashin aikin yi da talauci a Ghana ana tsammanin suna haifar da haɓaka cikin masana'antar jima'i. Rashin aikin yi shine dalilin da yasa matasa matasa ke aikin jima'i. Yawancin masu yin jima'i suna da saukin kamuwa da cutar kanjamau. Wasu karuwai a Ghana suna kamfen don a halatta cinikin karuwanci, kuma an tattauna. Tsohon Firayim Minista na Ghana, Dokta Kofi Abrefa Busia, masanin kimiyyar zamantakewar jama'a na Oxford, ya rubuta labarin kan karuwanci "Rahoton bincike kan zamantakewar jama'a na Sekondi-Takoradi." An san karuwai a Ghana a cikin gida kamar "ashawo", "toutou" (wanda aka samo daga 'shillings biyu, pence biyu'; karuwar da ba ta da lada mai yawa) ko "maame-i-dey". Akwai gidajen karuwai a yawancin garuruwa, birane da tashar jiragen ruwa ta Ghana.