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Can Ghana’s economy recover?

Business Daily

BBC

News, Business

4.4796 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

In the first of a two part series ahead of Ghana’s presidential election, we are in Accra asking how much the economy is influencing how people vote.

The country has faced one of Africa’s worst financial crises in recent years, and the recovery seems to be underway, but is this translating to how workers and business owners feel?

There are 13 presidential candidates, and we hear from representatives of the two front runners. We find out about their plans for the economy.

Produced and presented by Ed Butler

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi there, I'm Ed Butler.

0:03.9

Welcome to Business Daily, where today you find me on the crowded, bustling streets of Accra, days before Ghana's next presidential election.

0:14.8

Change must be, and we are going to change, and we are going to be majority in Parliament.

0:19.4

You know, the people are resolute.

0:22.8

It's like you've been in a prison.

0:25.3

And now that you are seeing some light approaching.

0:29.2

What do you want to see change?

0:31.3

To make the economy well, the economy is no good.

0:35.5

Yes, Ghana is only slowly emerging from some tough economic times,

0:39.9

and I'm going to be hearing from citizens, businesses,

0:42.6

and the politicians about what they've been through and the path ahead.

0:48.0

Going forward, Ghanaians should be citizens and not spectators.

0:53.3

We feel that we should only hold government accountable once in every four years when the election is coming.

0:58.7

But I think that we should not just vote and go to bed.

1:01.7

We must hold government accountable on daily basis.

1:05.8

Ghana goes to the polls.

1:07.8

That's here on Business Daily from the BBC.

1:12.9

I'm standing outside of a car shopping mall, which is one of the big malls here in the capital city.

1:20.1

And, well, whilst inside you've got many of the designer brands, outside you've got a kind of poor person's equivalent. It's a series of kiosks

1:30.6

selling shoes, sunglasses, plastic products, and nobody here seems particularly upbeat

1:39.0

about the state of the economy at the moment. My name is Zachore, Khalid.

1:46.2

Business there is slowly.

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