Other candidates include Nana Kwame Bediako, a businessman popular with young voters, and Alan Kyerematen, who defected from the ruling NPP party last year.
Nearly 19 million Ghanaians are registered to vote.
A man is once again guaranteed to become the next president, despite Ghana recently introducing stronger legislation to increase the number of women in frontline politics.
Aqua Donkor of the Ghana Freedom Party, the only female presidential candidate in this election, died in October. However, her name will still appear on the ballot because the candidate elected to succeed her was disqualified.
In Saturday’s general election, voters in 275 constituencies across the country will elect lawmakers.
Since the return of multi-party politics to Ghana in 1992, only candidates from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) or the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) have held the presidency.
No political party has been in power for more than two consecutive terms.
Voters have 10 hours to vote on Saturday. Polling stations open at 07:00 GMT and close at 17:00.
The results will be announced within 3 days.
To win the first round, a presidential candidate must receive more than 50% of the vote. Failing that, the top two contenders will hold a runoff election by the end of December.
As the campaign ended on Friday, Bawumia said of his main rival: “What is clear is that despite the challenges we have had, we have performed better than the John Dramani Mahama government.”
“It is a choice between the Ghana we have today and the Ghana we want together – a Ghana of opportunity, prosperity and justice for all,” Mahama told supporters.
Ghanaians have been hit hard by inflation in recent years, with inflation reaching a peak of 54.1% in 2022. The World Bank says inflation has fallen, but thousands of people have fallen into poverty and living standards have worsened., external.
That same year, Ghana defaulted on its debt repayments and the government is still in lengthy negotiations with international lenders to restructure its loans.
Unemployment is also high. This is especially true because the views of young people can have a huge impact on the outcome of elections.
Additional reporting by Damian Zane
