Explainers

Preparing for Ghana’s hot season and the possibility of a meningitis outbreak

February 2024 has been unusually hot around Ghana, with temperatures rising to 42° Celsius. In response, the Ghana Meteorological Agency…

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Economy

 Akufo-Addo rehashes Bawumia’s false claim on Ghana’s financial inclusion rankings

Claim: A few days after DUBAWA rated a false claim by Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, President Nana Akufo-Addo repeated that…

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Economy

Claim cedi traded at 3.8 to the dollar in 2016, false

Claim: Kwaku Owusu Banahene, a Communication Team Member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has claimed that the exchange rate…

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Economy

FALSE! Cocoa producer prices went up twice in Akufo-Addo’s first term

Claim: The 2024 presidential candidate of Ghana’s opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, claims the cocoa producer price…

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Fact Check

Misleading! 3, not 6, NDC executives in Hohoe defected to NPP

Claim: An online platform, Adomonline.com, reports that six NDC executives have defected to the NPP in Hohoe. Verdict: Misleading. Our…

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Fact Check

Viral claims about Bawumia, Kayaye and digitalisation, false!

Claim: A controversial fact card has gone viral in which Dr Bawumia allegedly said head potters (Kayayes)  have stopped using…

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Fact Check

Video claiming Akufo Addo replied to Dr Bawumia’s comment on advisory role comment, misleading

Claim: Social media users, including X and YouTube users, published a video claiming President Akufo-Addo has responded to Dr Bawumia…

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Economy

Official data disproves Sammy Gyamfi’s claim about Ghana’s Exchange Rate in Nov. 2022

Claim: Communications Director of the National Democratic Congress, Sammy Gyamfi, claims the cedi was pegged at 17.00 to a dollar…

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Economy

Ghana’s debt-to-GDP ratio in 2016 was above 72%, not 57%

Claim: Ghana’s ex-President and the 2024 Presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, says the…

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Call for Applications

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 
Announcing DUBAWA Digital Skills and Fact-checking Training for journalists in Nigeria, Ghana, and Liberia

DUBAWA is excited to announce its upcoming fact-checking and digital verification capacity-building programme for journalists in non-urban communities in Nigeria,…

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