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.

Government Expenditure

Gideon SarpongJanuary 20, 2018
510

Ghana’s debt stock now at GHC138.8 Billion

The country’s total debt stock reached ¢138.8 billion as of November 2017 according to the latest Bank of Ghana economic…
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Articles

Gideon SarpongJanuary 11, 2018
633

iWatch Africa backs decision to nominate Martin Amidu as Special Prosecutor

iWatch Africa fully backs President Akufo Addo’s decision to nominate Martin Amidu as the first Special Prosecutor in his effort…
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Job Creation

Gideon SarpongJanuary 9, 2018
592

Budget Watch: Breakdown of expected 500,000 jobs promised in 2018 [Infographic]

iWatch Africa as part of our continuous effort to promote transparency and accountability will in 2018 continue our nationwide tracking…
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Education

Gideon SarpongJanuary 4, 2018
665

Budget Watch: Key educational commitments to be tracked in 2018

iWatch Africa as part of our mandate to undertake evidence-based, value for money assessment of government’s commitments to Ghanaians will…
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Health

Gideon SarpongDecember 31, 2017
895

Budget Watch: Key Health Commitments to be tracked in 2018

iWatch Africa as part of our mandate to undertake evidence-based, value for money assessment of government’s commitments to Ghanaians will…
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Government Expenditure

Gideon SarpongDecember 22, 2017
1,112

MSDI budget breakdown: ¢800k for website; ¢500k for a 4-wheel drive

The Ministry of Special Development Initiative budgeted ¢800,000 for the development of a website, a figure several experts have described…
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Job Creation

Gideon SarpongDecember 19, 2017
843

iWatch Africa performance assessment of the Multilateral Mining Integration Project [Infographic]

The government of Ghana as part of its effort to address the challenge of illicit mining in the country and…
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Education

Gideon SarpongDecember 18, 2017
714

36% of public basic schools without toilets – Report

About 7,332 out of the 20,738 public basic schools in the country do not have toilet facilities, while 6,922 do…
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Government Expenditure

Gideon SarpongDecember 11, 2017
851

Ghana loses over $180m to trade misinvoicing, key policy recommendations for Gov’t

A 2017 report by Global Financial Integrity has revealed that Ghana loses over $180 million due to Illicit Financial Flows…
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Education

Gideon SarpongNovember 28, 2017
1,007

Free SHS: Gov’t promises to provide 69,500 desks to address furniture deficit in schools

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that contracts will soon be awarded for the provision of 69,500 single desks…
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