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Sub-Saharan Africa: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda.

European missionaries established schools in the coastal areas of West Africa in the 1600s and 1700s, but these early schools lasted only a short time. When Christian missionaries began arriving in Africa in greater numbers in the early 1800s, they made a serious effort to educate local populations.

Nigeria

Ghana has a GDP per capita of $4,700 as of 2017, while in Uganda, the GDP per capita is $2,400 as of 2017.

Equatorial Guinea

Botswana

Richest African Countries by GDP

• Nigeria – $514.05 billion.
• Egypt – $394.28 billion.
• South Africa – $329.53 billion.
• Algeria – $151.46 billion.
• Morocco – $124 billion.
• Kenya – $106.04 billion.
• Ethiopia – $93.97 billion.
• Ghana – $74.26 billion.

Nigeria with a GDP of $397.3B ranked the 32nd largest economy in the world, while Ghana ranked 73rd with $65.6B….Gross Domestic Product & Income.

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Ghana with a GDP of $65.6B ranked the 73rd largest economy in the world, while Ivory Coast ranked 90th with $43B….Gross Domestic Product & Income.

Ghana is approximately 238,533 sq km, while Cote d’Ivoire is approximately 322,463 sq km, making Cote d’Ivoire 35% larger than Ghana. Meanwhile, the population of Ghana is ~29.3 million people (1.9 million fewer people live in Cote d’Ivoire). We have positioned the outline of Ghana near the middle of Cote d’Ivoire.

Top 10 Places Most Similar to Ghana

• Nigeria is another former British colony on the Gulf of Guinea.
• Sierra Leone was a British colony, despite its Italian sounding name.
• Liberia is another English-speaking African country similar to Nigeria.
• Benin is the only French-speaking country on this list.

West Africa

Ghanaians predominantly inhabit the republic of Ghana, and are the predominant cultural group and residents of Ghana, numbering 20 million people as of 2013. The word “Ghana” means “warrior king”.

Ghana is a West African country on the Gulf of Guinea. Its neighbours are Côte d’Ivoire, to the west, Burkina Faso, which lies north, and Togo, to the east.

Kwame Nkrumah

Ghana be de first country for sub-Saharan Africa wey gain independence on 6th March, 1957. Today be exactly 64 years since Ghana wrestle dema freedom British colonial authority to manage dema own affairs.

Portuguese

Gold Coast & European Exploration: Before March 1957 Ghana was called the Gold Coast. The Portuguese who came to Ghana in the 15th Century found so much gold between the rivers Ankobra and the Volta that they named the place Mina – meaning Mine. The Gold Coast was later adopted to by the English colonisers.

Ghana, until independence from British colonial rule on March 6, 1957, was known as the Gold Coast. The country is named after one of the ancient Sudanese Empires which flourished between the 4th and 10th centuries.

The Gold Coast was the first British colony in Africa to become independent. After independence, its name changed to Ghana, and the first president was Kwame Nkrumah. Ghana is in West Africa, in the Gulf of Guinea.

Formerly known as the Gold Coast, Ghana gained independence from Britain in 1957, becoming the first sub-Saharan nation to break free from colonial rule.

Chale is the most popular Ghanaian pidgin word. You would greet and address a friend as ‘Chale! ‘ ‘Chale wote’ might remind you of the art festival. Its meaning stems from the flip-flops used in the household or for a daily stroll. Wote is a Ga word for ‘let’s go’, pronounced ‘wor-tay’.