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As the Gold Coast colony prepared for independence, the nation's leader and first prime minister later first president Kwame Nkrumah the one who led Ghana to independence, settled on Ghana, aiming to evoke a sense of unity and liberation among the Ghanaian people. The name was a powerful reminder of their shared heritage and the legacy of the ...
Fact-Check Ghana is a non-profit fact-checking project under the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA). [1] [2] The first fact-checking project in Ghana was set up to promote fact-based public discourse, especially in the media landscape that has seen a significant increase in internet access. [3]
The Ghana women's national football team is known as the Black Queens, while the Ghana national women's under-20 football team is called the Black Princesses. There are several club football teams in Ghana, which play in the Ghana Premier League and Division One league, both managed by the Ghana Football Association.
Inspired by the story of two-time Super Bowl champion Osi Umenyiora, the NFL turned the spotlight on itself during the sport’s biggest night, putting Accra, Ghana on center stage in the process.
The area of the Republic of Ghana (the then Gold Coast) became known in Europe and Arabia as the Ghana Empire after the title of its Emperor, the Ghana. [1] Geographically, the ancient Ghana Empire was approximately 500 miles (800 km) north and west of the modern state of Ghana, and controlled territories in the area of the Sénégal River and east towards the Niger rivers, in modern Senegal ...
Coal is one of the dirtiest energy sources in use, and coal plants still generate 38% of the world’s electricity. One strategy is to stop them from getting built in the first place, and Ghanaian ...
As of 2013, Tema is the eleventh most populous settlement in Ghana, with a population of approximately 161,612 people – a marked decrease from its 2005 figure of 209,000. [3] [4] The Greenwich Meridian (00 Longitude) passes directly through the city. [5] Tema is locally nicknamed the "Harbour City" because of its status as Ghana's largest ...
CIA World Factbook - Ghana; Ethnologue Ghana languages; US State Department — Ghana includes Background Notes, Country Study and major reports; Business Anti-Corruption Portal Ghana Country Profile; Historical Notes and Memorial Inscriptions From Ghana, Compiled 1988 to 1990 by M.E.J. Crew of Ofinso Training College, Ofinso, Ashanti, Ghana