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DStv's new Ghana prices start 5 November. Here is what the minister's claims leave out
MultiChoice Ghana cut its six packages to four, with all its football at GH¢250 a month. Communication Minister Sam George called the line-up unique to Ghana. Kenya announced the same four packs on the same day, starting the same date.
Fact check: five numbers from the minister's AI forum that don't hold up
At the JoyNews Digital Economic Forum, Communications Minister Sam George and IMANI's Bright Simons clashed over Ghana's AI plans. We checked the claims against the public record.
Americans are buying less Halloween chocolate. Ghana's cocoa farmers took their cut months ago
Cocoa has fallen about 70% from its record, but US chocolate prices haven't. Ghana cut what it pays farmers straight away, and the new season price is only GH¢63 a bag higher.
Bawumia says Ghana's "paper economy" is not reaching people's pockets
In Sunyani, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia said falling inflation and a stable cedi are not reaching people's pockets. The figures support his point, but his own record in 2022 is part of the story.