GhanaWeb explained

GhanaWeb
Commercial:Yes
Type:General news and information
Registration:Optional
Language:English
Owner:Bellaart Investments B.V.
Launch Date:[1]
Current Status:Online

GhanaWeb, founded as GhanaHomePage, is a Ghananian portal, content curation and syndication website covering news, politics, business, sports, entertainment, opinions and general information about Ghana. It was launched by GhanaWeb B.V., a privately-owned Dutch company in 1999.[2] It also offers background information, classifieds, radio stations and a social network for Ghanaians and the Diaspora.[3] [4]

GhanaWeb is owned by Bellaart Investments B.V.[5] It has evolved over the years to include video content (GhanaWeb TV)[6] and social media components as well as a mobile app (GhanaWeb Reporter).[7]

History

Ghanaweb.com began in 1992 by Akoto Francis as GhanaHomePage.[8] It was a print magazine serving the growing Ghanaian community in Amsterdam by collating news stories from Ghanaian newspapers.

In 1999, the website was renamed as GhanaWeb.[8] [9] - a blog on the domain of the University of Uta in Finland - which was conceived in the early nineties by a Ghanaian lecturer working in Finland.[10] GhanaWeb.com/GhanaHomePage featured links to news, sports, announcements, chat rooms,[11] a Ghanaian dictionary and many other resources. News stories from Ghana were republished from different sources and mailing lists from magazines.

GhanaWeb has currently evolved from a news aggregator to a producer of original content. It also has a mobile app. In 2020, it won the first Google News Initiative (GNI) Innovation Challenge[7] for its GhanaWeb Reporter project.

Initiatives

In February 2020, GhanaWeb was the only Ghanaian media company to receive funding from Google (Google News Initiative (GNI) Innovation[7]) to enable the media company to thrive in a digital era and expand its projects.[12]

In July 2020, GhanaWeb partnered with Africa Consumer Pane, a cooperative effort between the digital publisher Africa Business Communities and market research firm MSI-ACI, to launch the Ghana Election Polls, conducted monthly to enable citizens express their opinions and projections of the 2020 elections.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GhanaWeb.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools . whois.domaintools.com . 21 January 2020.
  2. Web site: Online . Peace FM . Sam Jonah Threatens Ghanaweb . www.peacefmonline.com . 21 January 2020.
  3. Web site: Ghanaweb Hacked Down . Modern Ghana . 21 January 2020 . en.
  4. Web site: About GhanaWeb . www.ghanaweb.com . 21 January 2020.
  5. Web site: GhanaWeb. ghana.mom-gmr.org.
  6. Web site: 2020-12-06. GhanaWeb TV to go LIVE on December 7. 2020-12-06. www.ghanaweb.com. en.
  7. Web site: Selected Projects. 2020-12-06. Google News Initiative. en.
  8. http://ghana.mom-gmr.org/en/media/detail/outlet/ghanaweb
  9. Web site: 2020-01-01. Taking A Look At GhanaWeb - GhanaWeb Homepage. 2021-02-07. www.ictcatalogue.com. en.
  10. Web site: GhanaWeb. 2020-12-06. ghana.mom-rsf.org. en.
  11. Web site: Ghana Chat Rooms. 2020-12-06. www.ghanaweb.com.
  12. Web site: GhanaWeb wins Google funding to help journalism thrive in the digital age. 2020-07-07. Africa Business Communities. en.
  13. Web site: Atoklo. Dziedzom. 2020-07-03. Ghana Election Poll launched to help project December 2020 elections. 2020-07-07. Business Financial Times Online Economy, World, Finances, IT, ICT, Business. en-US.