Ghana: Country Reports
♦ Facts
2019 China investments
- $2bn Chinese investment in rail, road, bridge networks + 100 police vehicles
- $42M grant
- $35M debt write off -> Ghana granted access to 5% of bauzite reserves
2019 Trade Surplus 2.8% of GDP
3 main export commodities:
- Gold
- Oil
- Cocoa
2019 GDP $21,427,100 million, GDP per Capita $1970, up by $600 since 2010
2019, IFC input $1,259.5 million
President: Nana Akufo-Addo
2019 WHO participation $72,000
2019 Population 31 million
Capital : Accra 2.5 million population
- 55-64 years: 5.05%
- under 25: 57%
* Chinese Population in Ghana 700,000
2019 Contraceptive prevalence 31%
♦ Telecom Subs
- Blu
- Blusy (Afrimax)
- Expresso
- Glo Mobile (Globacom)
- GoldKey
- MTN
- NITA
- Surfline
- Tigo (Millicom)
- Vodafone
- Zipnet (Broadband Home)
♦ The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) Market Cap
- US$ 20.17 billion (2014)
- Founded, 1989
- Loses over 4.5 bn in 9 months in 2019
♦ Education Related
Education System
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Illiterate Population
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Literacy Rate
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♦ COVID-19 / Masks delivery/Medical materials from where? And how much?
- As of April 13th 2020 – 44000 people have been tested
- Ghanian gov pledged $100M to stop the spread and increased by 50% the salary of frontline workers
- US donated one state-of-the-art Level II Field Hospital for fighting covid-19
