GhanaWeb
GhanaWeb is one of Ghana's most visited online news and information portals. Publishing in English, it aggregates and produces coverage of Ghanaian politics, business, sport, and entertainment, along with extensive community and reference content. It serves a large domestic and diaspora audience.
GhanaWeb at a glance
- Country
- Ghana
- Region
- West Africa · Africa
- Kind of outlet
- News portal
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Website
- ghanaweb.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups GhanaWeb
Crosswire groups GhanaWeb as Centrist for comparisons within Ghana's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate.
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Where GhanaWeb sits in Ghana's press
GhanaWeb is one of 5 outlets tracked in Ghana, and one of 3 news portals among them — the others being Joy Online and Adomonline. By outlets tracked, Ghana ranks fourth of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Africa hub, which lists 178 outlets in all.
Across Africa, Crosswire tracks 11 of the 80 news portals in the directory. The nearest counterparts to GhanaWeb outside Ghana, starting with West Africa, are Lefaso.net (Burkina Faso), IPP Media (Tanzania), Défi Media Group (Mauritius) and mediacongo.net (DR Congo). Opening one of them beside GhanaWeb is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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