Health Education Where does Ghana rank based on the human capital the average child can expect to achieve? Source UNDP: The 2021/2022 Human Development Report Short answer Where does Ghana rank based on the human capital the average child can expect to achieve? The World Bank’s Human Capital Index measures “the amount of human capital that a child born today can expect to attain by age 18”. It expresses this as a value between zero and one. An economy in which the average worker achieves both full health and full education potential will score a valu... Back Full answer
#YouAsked Education How many students have benefitted from free secondary education in Ghana? Source Mid-Year Fiscal Policy Review of the 2023 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the Government of Ghana Short answer How many students have benefitted from free secondary education in Ghana? To date 1.3 million students in Ghana have benefited from a free senior high school social intervention programme rolled out by the government in 2017. The programme, Free Senior High School (SHS), is meant to extend guaranteed access to free quality education for all children of school-going age fr... Back Full answer
Health Is cholera on the increase or decline in Ghana? Source The Ghana Weekly Epidemiological Report (GWER) Short answer Is cholera on the increase or decline in Ghana? The Ghana Health Service (GHS) reported that it recorded no cases of cholera in 2020. ... Back Full answer
Welfare & population Does Ghana have the best road networks in West Africa? Source GhanaFact Fact Check – FACT-CHECK: Ghana has the best road networks in West Africa? Short answer Does Ghana have the best road networks in West Africa? No. According to the World Economic Forum’s 2019 edition of the Global Competitiveness Report, which measures road connectivity across 141 economies, Ghana was ranked 79th. When compared with the other nine West African countries ranked in the report, Ghana is 6th in the sub-region. ... Back Full answer
Crime & justice Has the United Nations issued an organ trafficking alert for the Middle East? Source GhanaFact Fact Check – FALSE: United Nations has not issued an organ trafficking alert for the Middle East Short answer Has the United Nations issued an organ trafficking alert for the Middle East? A viral image that claims to be a “United Nations Alert” has warned people against travelling to the Middle East because of the allegedly “booming” black market trade for human body parts in the region. However, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime has refuted the claim. In an email to GhanaFact... Back Full answer
Economy #YouAsked Is Ghana the country with the highest number of mobile money users in Africa? Source The 2017 Global Findex database Short answer Is Ghana the country with the highest number of mobile money users in Africa? No. According to the World Bank’s latest Global Findex database, 73% of adults in Kenya had a mobile money account in 2017. In Uganda and Zimbabwe, the figure stood at about 50%.The share of adults owning a mobile money account in Ghana in 2017 was 39%. ... Back Full answer
Health Has Ghana recorded any cases of Ebola? Source GhanaFact Fact Check – FALSE: Ghana declares new Ebola outbreak Short answer Has Ghana recorded any cases of Ebola? According to Ghana Health Services, Ghana has not recorded any confirmed or suspected cases of Ebola. ... Back Full answer
Economy What is Ghana's debt to gross domestic product? Source GhanaFact Fact Check: Mahama’s claim on Ghana’s debt-to-GDP ratio in a BBC interview Short answer What is Ghana's debt to gross domestic product? Ghana’s debt-to-GDP rose to 71% as of 30 September 2020, according to the latest figures from the Bank of Ghana. However, the International Monetary Fund forecasts the country’s debt-to-GDP ratio will drop or rise slightly to 74.7% of the GDP in 2021. ... Back Full answer
Elections & political parties How much did presidential and parliamentary aspirants pay as nomination fees ahead of Ghana's 2020 elections? Source GhanaFact Fact Check: Election 2020 – Which candidates can get a refund of their nomination fee? Short answer How much did presidential and parliamentary aspirants pay as nomination fees ahead of Ghana's 2020 elections? All presidential aspirants in Ghana's 2020 elections paid 100,000 cedis or US$17,000 as nomination fees to the country's elections agency. Parliamentary aspirants who were on the ballot paper on election day in the 275 constituencies paid a deposit of 10,000 cedis. ... Back Full answer