Education

Tracking Government Commitments on Education in Ghana

Gideon SarpongMarch 18, 2019
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ODD 2019 : A joint report by iWatch Africa and Lesotho Open Data Initiative

This report is part of the event report series on International Open Data Day 2019. On Saturday 2nd March, groups…
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Gideon SarpongMarch 12, 2019
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Akufo-Addo gov’t fails to deliver promised 65 earth dams two years after budget commitment

President Akufo-Addo led government is yet to deliver a single earth dam two years after it promised to “rehabilitate 65…
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Gideon SarpongFebruary 4, 2019
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Government’s handling of RTI Bill troubling [infographic]

The Right to Information Bill was first drafted in 1999 under former president, Jerry John Rawlings. Twenty years later, all…
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Gideon SarpongJanuary 22, 2019
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FactCheck: Is California’s GDP larger than that of Africa’s combined?

iWatch Africa assessment of recently published data by the African Development Bank can confirm that the US state of California…
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Gideon SarpongAugust 27, 2018
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TVET: Tracking government commitments in Ghana [infographic]

iWatch Africa’s third-quarter assessment of government commitment to construct 20 modern TVET schools and 10 Regional STEM centers as indicated…
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Gideon SarpongJuly 22, 2018
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Fact-Check: Businesses to incur 5% VAT cost despite government claims that VAT has not been increased

iWatch Africa assessment of the newly proposed Valued Added Tax (VAT) structure can confirm that businesses will incur a tax…
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Gideon SarpongMarch 7, 2018
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iWatch Africa marks International Open Data Day 2018

iWatch Africa, marked the 2018 International Open Data Day, on 23rd March, 208 with a conference on the theme; The…
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Gideon SarpongFebruary 21, 2018
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Register for the 2018 International Open Data Day Conference

Invitation to the 2018 International Open Data Day Conference on 3rd March, 2018 : The importance of Open Data in…
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Gideon SarpongFebruary 19, 2018
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iWatch Africa Transparency & Accountability Survey

iWatch Africa; a Non–Governmental Organization is conducting a survey to assess the performance of the first year of President Akufo…
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Gideon SarpongJanuary 25, 2018
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Gov’t at risk of GH¢200 million judgment debt over UG failure to pay contracted loan

The government of Ghana is at risk of payment of over GH¢200 million judgment debt as a result of failure…
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