Gomoa East District is one of the Twenty-Three (23) Districts in the Central Region of Ghana. The District was carved out as a separate district from the then Gomoa District in 2008 by the Legislative Instrument 1883 and became operational in 16 th June, 2008. By LI (2340), 2017, the new Gomoa East District became operational on 15 th March, 2018 with the new capital at Gomoa Potsin, separating it from the erstwhile Gomoa East with LI 1883 which had Gomoa Afransi as its Capital. Gomoa East has Three (3) area councils including Dominase Area Council, Ojobi Area Council, Nyanyano Area Council.

Agriculture is the key economic sector in the District. It employs over 60% of the total labour force in the district. The agricultural sector constitutes the major economic activity of the people in the district.The ecology of the district encourages the cultivation of crops such as cassava, maize, sugar cane, pineapple, rice, pawpaw, vegetable, citrus, yam and plantain. This has given rise to cultivation of non-traditional crops such the Asian Vegetables, chilly and bird eye pepper and pineapple.