GhanaWeb is Ghana’s leading digital news and online advertising portal that is democratizing journalism, promoting freedom of expression and empowering content creators. The open platform launched in 1999 operates under the laws of the Netherlands, a legal setup that allows Ghanaians to express themselves freely through opinion articles, multimedia content and comments. The platform also hosts mil
lions of user-generated content published through the GhanaWeb Reporter which is a digital media sharing platform integrated into the GhanaWeb App to give citizen journalists and content creators direct access to publish a wide range of local content. According to the Alexa website traffic statistics, GhanaWeb is very popular among Ghanaian migrants in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Italy, South Africa, Netherlands, France and many other countries. These loyal visitors and the millions of readers in Ghana have made GhanaWeb the most popular news website in Ghana and ranked the third most visited website in the country after Google and YouTube. GhanaWeb is updated with original content out of Accra by a team of editors and journalists who work around the clock to ensure balanced and unbiased coverage of the news. The privately-owned independent and objective portal has a team of web developers and designers who regularly improve the technology and design of the platform which has been built to be fast and efficient for its 4 million unique visitors each month. GhanaWeb is part of the AfricaWeb Holding group, an advertising and digital solutions provider for African publishers. AfricaWeb also owns MyNigeria.com, CamerounWeb.com and TanzaniaWeb.com among other country-specific portals as part of its goal of developing viable independent news portals as well as advertising and publishing solutions for Africa. GhanaWeb’s Editorial Team adheres to the Editorial Standards and Policies of the AfricaWeb Group. AfricaWeb Publishing manages and licenses all content within the group and deals with all copyright issues on behalf of the group.
