Economy
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5 key highlights of 2024 Mid-Year-Budget review
Before Finance Minister Dr Mohammed Amin Adams presented the 2024 Mid-Year Budget Review on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, Ghanaians and…
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False, GDP growth rate was not 3.5% in 2018
Claim: The Deputy Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Malik Basintale, claimed that the gross domestic product (GDP)…
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Highlights of 2023 Auditor General’s Report
Introduction The 2023 Auditor General’s report on Ghana’s public sector exposes several financial irregularities and mismanagement. The report covers the…
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Video of flooded highway in Lagos, not Accra
Claim: An X user shared a video of vehicles submerged by heavy rainfall, claiming it happened in Accra. Verdict: False!…
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Why tomato prices skyrocket every June: A seasonal phenomenon explained
Full Text The role of agriculture in most developing countries is the backbone of many developing economies. The food and…
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False! TESCON KNUST has not endorsed 24-hour economic policy
Claim: An X user, @fanti_boy, tweeted that KNUST’s Tertiary Students Confederacy of New Patriotic Party (TESCON) branch has endorsed the…
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Explainer: Ghana’s precarious economic outlook and its impact on global brands
The recent exit rumours of Société Général, a French bank from the Ghanaian market, may have turned out to be…
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Majority Leader makes false claim about Ghana’s electricity tariff reduction
Claim: Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin claims that the NPP government is the first to reduce electricity tariffs in the Fourth…
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Image of wrecked aeroplane falsely attributed to Malawi Vice President’s plane crash
Claim: An X user @AlinurMohammed_ has shared an image featuring the wreckage of an aircraft claiming to be from the…
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No, Mahama did not promise to stabilise cedi within 100 days in office
Claim: News reports claim the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress, John Mahama, promised to stabilise the cedi in the…
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