Gideon Sarpong

Gideon Sarpong is a policy analyst and media practitioner with close to a decade of experience in policy, data and investigative journalism. Gideon is a co-founder of iWatch Africa. He is an author; a fellow of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), Thomson Reuters Foundation, Commonwealth Youth Program ,Free Press Unlimited and Bloomberg Data for Health Initiative. Gideon is the founder of Sustainable Ocean Alliance Ghana. He was a 2021 Policy Leader Fellow at the European University Institute, School of Trans-national Governance in Florence, Italy and 2020/21 Open Internet For Democracy Leader. Gideon was also a 2022 Visiting Scholar/Reuters Fellow at the University of Oxford, UK and was selected as a 2022 TRF/Trust Conference Changemaker. He is currently the Africa Regional Cordinator for Environmental Justice Foundation and a 2023 Pulitzer ORN Fellow. Email: gideonsarpong@iwatchafrica.org.

Health

Gideon SarpongMay 10, 2018
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Diabetes death rates increased by 46 percent between 2005-2016

In Ghana, about 4 million people are living with diabetes according to a 2016 report by the Ghana Diabetes Association.…
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Watch Africa

Gideon SarpongMay 4, 2018
514

World Press Freedom Day: Journalists demand end to attacks on media

Journalists from all over the world have called for an end to attacks on them in their line of work…
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Watch Africa

Gideon SarpongMay 3, 2018
848

World Press Freedom Index 2018: Ghana ranked number one in Africa

Ghana has dethroned Namibia to become the best country in Africa in the latest World Press Freedom Index. The West…
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Watch Africa

Gideon SarpongApril 19, 2018
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Tax exemptions cost Ghana GH¢2.6bn in 2017

Last year, import exemptions granted to foreign companies and other institutions rose by 15.5 percent costing the country GH¢2.6 billion…
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Watch Africa

Gideon SarpongApril 5, 2018
650

Digital economy data gap risks widening inequalities- UNCTAD

According to UNCTAD, those least prepared for the digital economy have less data on which to base policy decisions, threatening…
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Gideon SarpongMarch 22, 2018
1,260

Teenage Smokers: How Ghana’s low excise tax on cigarette encourage the deadly habit

Ghana/Accra (iWatch Africa) – Kwaku Addo, a 16 year old student of a prominent high school in Accra expressed his…
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Articles

Gideon SarpongMarch 21, 2018
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Open Data Day: A joint report by iWatch Africa and Open Knowledge Colombia

Open Data Day: A joint report performed by i-Watch Africa and Open Knowledge Colombia, 21st March, 2018 The report is…
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Gideon SarpongMarch 13, 2018
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Bloomberg Philanthropies Recognizes Governments and NGOs For Outstanding Work in Ending Tobacco Use

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – WHO Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable Diseases and Former New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg…
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Articles

Gideon SarpongMarch 9, 2018
633

WHO calls on developing countries to hasten implementation of tobacco control conventions

The World Health Organisation has reiterated the need for countries to focus on accelerating implementation of the Framework Convention on…
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Gideon SarpongMarch 9, 2018
849

iWatch Africa’s Gideon Sarpong among 20 journalists attending Global Conference on Tobacco, Health

iWatch Africa’s Policy and Content Director, Gideon Sarpong is among 20 journalists selected to attend the Global Conference on Health…
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