Butternut Squash – A New Export Product From Ghana

The Export Development and Investment Fund (EDIF) has introduced butternut squash, a fruit as a new export product from Ghana. Butternut, belongs to a group of crops collectively called cucurbit (a member of the gourd family, which includes pumpkin, melon, and...

Africa – The Next Growth Market

Over the past decade, Africa’s real GDP grew by 4.7% a year, on average—twice the pace of its growth in the 1980s and 1990s. The surge cut across nations and sectors. By 2009, Africa’s collective GDP of $1.6 trillion was roughly equal to Brazil’s or Russia’s. The...

Data overhaul shows Ghana’s economy 60% bigger

Ghana leapt into the world ranking of middle-income countries on Friday with a new measure of its economy that will add over 60 percent to its output figure by better reflecting recent growth areas such as mobile telephony. The long-awaited move, which comes just...

Freedom House Ranked Ghana as “Free”

Freedom House, an independent watchdog organization that supports the expansion of freedom around the world Ranked Ghana as "Free". Ghana received a 1 (on a scale of 1 to 7, with 7 as the lowest) for political rights and a 2 for civil liberties. It is one of only 10...

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