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Ghana
Population: 21.8 million (UN, 2005)
Capital: Accra
Area: 238,533 sq km (92,098 sq miles)
Major languages: English, African languages
including Akan, Ewe
Major religions: Christianity, indigenous
beliefs, Islam
Life expectancy: 56 years (men), 57 years
(women) (UN)
Monetary unit: Cedi
Main exports: Gold, cocoa, timber, tuna,
bauxite, aluminum, manganese ore, diamonds
GNI per capita: US $380 (World Bank, 2005)
Internet domain: .gh
International dialing code: +233
President: John Kufuor
Vice-president: Aliu Mahama
Foreign minister: Nana Addo Dankwa
Akufo-Addo
Finance minister: Kwadwo
Baah-Wiredu
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MEDIA
The
press
The Ghanaian Chronicle - published three
times a week
Daily Graphic - daily
The Mirror - weekly
Akwaaba - online magazine with daily news
updates
Ghanaian Times - daily
The Independent - weekly
Accra Daily Mail
Ghana Palaver - weekly
Sunday Herald - weekly
Television
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) -
state-run, operates Ghana TV (GTV)
Metro TV - jointly owned by government and
private company
TV3 - private
Multi choice - cable operator
Radio
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) -
state-run, operates Radio 1 with programs in
English and Ghanaian vernaculars, commercial
service Radio 2 and Accra local station
Unique FM
Adom FM - private
Choice FM - private
Vibe FM - private
Joy FM - private
Space FM - private
Peace FM - private
Radio Gold FM - private
Happy FM - private
News agency
Ghana News Agency
For more information on Ghana please visit
us at:
www.ghana.gov.gh
www.businessghana.com |
Nigeria
Population: 130.2 million (UN, 2005)
Capital: Abuja
Area: 923,768 sq km (356,669 sq miles)
Major languages: English (official), Yoruba,
Ibo, Hausa
Major religions: Islam, Christianity,
indigenous beliefs
Life expectancy: 43 years (men), 43 years
(women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 Nigerian naira = 100 kobo
Main exports: Petroleum, petroleum products,
cocoa, rubber
GNI per capita: US $390 (World Bank, 2005)
Internet domain: .ng
International dialing code: +234
President: Olusegun Obasanjo
Vice president: Atiku Abubakar
Foreign minister: Oluyemi Adeniji
Finance minister: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
MEDIA
The press
The Guardian - influential, privately-owned
national daily
The Champion - Lagos-based daily
Daily Times - Lagos-based government daily
The Punch - privately-owned daily
New Nigerian - government daily, separate
editions in Lagos and Kaduna
The Daily Independent - Lagos State-based
daily
Daily Trust - Abuja-based daily
The Comet - private, daily
Vanguard - Lagos-based, widely-read daily
This Day - widely-read Lagos-based daily
The Daily Sun - Lagos-based
News watch - weekly news magazine
Tell - weekly news magazine
Television
Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) -
state-run, operates national and regional
stations
Degue Broadcasting Network (DBN) -
commercial
AIT - commercial, broadcasting in Lagos and
Abuja and via satellite
Minaj TV - commercial, serves eastern
Nigeria
Galaxy TV - commercial, serves western
Nigeria
Channels TV - commercial
Radio
Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN)
- state-run, operates \"Radio Nigeria\"
stations in Abuja, Lagos, Ibadan, Kaduna,
Enugu
Voice of Nigeria - external service
Ray Power - commercial, operates music-based
and speech-based networks
News agency
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) -
government-owned
For more information on Nigeria please visit
us at:
www.nigerianembassy.org
www.nigeriabusinessinfo.com
USA
Population: 298 million (US Census Bureau
estimate, 2006)
Capital: Washington D.C.
Area: 9.8 million sq km (3.8 million sq
miles)
Major language: English
Major religion: Christianity
Life expectancy: 75 years (men), 80 years
(women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 US dollar = 100 cents
Main exports: Computers and electrical
machinery, vehicles, chemical products, food
and live animals, military equipment and
aircraft
GNI per capita: US $41,400 (World Bank,
2005)
Internet domain: .us
International dialing code: +1
President:
George W Bush
Vice
president: Dick Cheney
Secretary of state: Condoleezza Rice
Secretary of defence: Donald Rumsfeld
Attorney-general: Alberto Gonzales
Homeland security secretary: Michael
Chertoff
National security adviser: Stephen Hadley
The press
USA
Today - national daily
Wall Street Journal - business daily
Christian Science Monitor - church-owned
daily
Los Angeles Times - daily
Washington Post - daily
Boston Globe - daily
New York Post - daily
New York Times - daily
Philadelphia Inquirer - daily
Baltimore Sun - daily
Chicago Tribune - daily
Newsweek - news weekly
Time - news weekly
Television
ABC -
major commercial network
CBS - major commercial network
NBC - major commercial network
Fox - major commercial network
CNN - pioneer of 24-hour rolling TV news,
operates domestic and international streams
MTV - pioneer of music television
HBO (Home Box Office) - pay-TV network;
originator of some of American TV\'s most
critically-acclaimed programs
PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) - public
TV, serves some 350 non-commercial member
stations
Radio
NPR
(National Public Radio) - non-commercial
network of member stations; news,
information and cultural programs
Clear Channel - America\'s largest
commercial radio operator, owns more than
1,200 stations
CBS Radio - major commercial operator with
nearly 180 stations in major markets
ABC Radio Networks - operates flagship
stations coast-to-coast
External
broadcasting
Voice
of America - government-funded, programs for
global audiences in many languages
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty -
government-funded, targets eastern Europe,
former Soviet Union and the Caucasus in
local languages
Radio Free Asia - government funded, targets
China, North Korea and southeast Asia
Al-Hurra - government-funded, satellite TV
for Middle East
Radio Sawa - government-funded,
Arabic-language radio for Middle East
Radio Farda - government-funded,
Persian-language radio
Radio and TV Marti - government-funded
services for Cuba
News agencies
Associated Press
Bloomberg Business News
UPI
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