Ghana’s road construction budget fell by 18% in 2023, even as pothole-related accidents increased.

That was the reason?

GESS 2 highlights that 88% of respondents earning less than GHS5,000 a month do not own cars, reflecting the financial limitations faced by lower-income earners in affording such assets.

$50M grant from Green Climate Fund for rural solar projects in 2022. -Green Climate Fund

Ghana’s road density is 32.8 km per 100 square kilometers of land, nearly double the African regional average of 17 km.

Local OMCs in Ghana, like Star Oil and Zen Petroleum, pay fuel attendants better wages than foreign-owned OMCs. Local OMCs offer salaries ranging from GH₵1,250 to GH₵2,000 per month, while foreign-owned stations pay between GH₵600 and GH₵1,200. -Report

COCOBOD sold cocoa at forward sales contracts ranging between US$2,600 to US$2,700 per tonne.

26 people have died from rabies out of 31 cases reported in 9 regions since January 2024.

YEA has created 700,390 jobs since 2017, including 45,000 jobs in sanitation and 6,028 community health worker roles.

Ghana’s road construction budget fell by 18% in 2023, even as pothole-related accidents increased.

2023 power tariffs included 10% green energy surcharge. -Public Utilities Regulatory Commission

27,266 pregnant women were identified and followed up on for malaria prevention in 2023, up from 19,844 in 2022.

1,033,000 doses of vaccines have been made available for a free vaccination exercise as part of rabies prevention efforts.

Between 2017 and 2022, the losses of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) increased from about GHS295 million to GHS9.7 billion.

ECG has been costing the country approximately $1.5 billion annually in energy sector shortfalls over the past six years.

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The contract for ECG’s new payment platform with Hubtel was valued at GHS171.8 million, with service charges amounting to over GHS100 million between November 2022 and December 2023.

Jihadist attack in Mali kills 70, wounds over 200.

The Landscapes and Environmental Agility Across the Nation project distributed over 600,000 seedlings to 60 farming communities in Bono East and Ashanti regions to promote forest conservation.

Approximately 26.7% of Ghanaian adults paid bribes in 2021