Economy
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False: Youth Enterprise Support, Ministry of Foreign Affairs not disbursing GH₵30,000 to Ghanaians
Claim: Youth Enterprise Support Initiative 2021, under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, is reported to be awarding …
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How President Akufo-Addo Misled CNN on Ghana’s corruption ranking
Claim: President Nana Akufo-Addo says Ghana’s anti-corruption ranking has gone up several notches since he assumed office in 2017. According…
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False; Government has not banned recruitment into security agencies!
Claim: A supposed statement from the Ministry of Finance claims that the government has placed a ban on recruitment of…
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False! IMF has not ‘downgraded’ Ghana to low-income country status
Claim: Many social media posts and news reports claim that the IMF in its April 2021 Fiscal Monitor document has…
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Can You Be Jailed for Not Honouring an Agreement to Visit After Accepting Money for that Purpose?
Claim: It is a criminal offense, punishable by law in Ghana to take money on the basis of a promised…
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Fact-checking Africa Facts Zone’s Claims on Ghana’s Global and African Positioning: A Case of over oversimplification
A post by Africa Facts Zone on February 27th, 2020 pertaining to Ghana’s position in Africa and the world has…
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Are 99% of Ghanaian youth unemployed as claimed by GUM flagbearer?
Claim: Flagbearer of the Ghana Union Movement, Reverend Christian Kwabena Andrew, claims 99% of youth in Ghana are unemployed Though…
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False; the Akufo-Addo government has NOT sent Ghana into HIPC
Social media users claim the Akufo-Addo government has led Ghana into the group of Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC). Ghana’s…
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Osofo Kyiri Abosom’s claim about Nigeria banning importation of rice fact-checked
Claim: Nigeria has banned the importation of rice because it is producing enough locally. Mostly false. Although Nigeria has banned…
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Is Britain investigating suspected money laundering involving Ghanaian officials?
Claim: an audio recording circulating on social media has as content a claim that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in…
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