About & Methodology

Our stories start from reporting by Ghanaian news outlets and from primary publishers: the Bank of Ghana, the Ghana Statistical Service, the Ministry of Finance, the Ghana Stock Exchange, regulators, courts and international bodies such as the IMF and World Bank.

Market figures on the site come from named feeds. Each one shows its source and the date it refers to. Exchange rates come from ExchangeRate-API. Brent and WTI oil prices are U.S. EIA figures and cocoa is the IMF monthly price, both published via FRED. If a feed is unavailable, we say so instead of showing an estimate.

Before a story is published it must pass checks that:

• it contains at least one current, substantive statistic that measures the news itself. Dates, times, durations and edition numbers don't count;
• the story is about Ghana or has a clear Ghanaian impact;
• it is not a duplicate of an event we have already covered. A genuine update with new figures is published as an update;
• it links to the original source.

The numbers in a story's “Key numbers” box are taken from the story itself and are shown only when real statistics are present. See also our editorial standards.

If we get something wrong, we correct it promptly and openly. Corrected stories carry a note saying what changed and when. We don’t quietly edit numbers. If a story can’t be corrected because its central figure was wrong, we remove it and say so.

To report an error, email officeofstatsgh@gmail.com with the story link, the figure in question and, if possible, the correct source.

General enquiries, tips and corrections: officeofstatsgh@gmail.com. On X: @StatsGH. Experts can submit analysis through our submission form.