Africa · Thursday, 5 November 2026
Ghana
No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.
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Everyday apps here: Chicken: Egg Savings · Tiktok · Snapchat · Audiomack - Play Music Offline · e-Sword LT: Bible Study to Go. Apps that top the charts every day. They’re listed after what’s new or in the news.
What the news is talking about
How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 2,897 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- Jobs and work Anxious
- Rodri out with hamstring injury - Ghanaian Times (ghanaiantimes.com.gh)
- Prostate cancer: Separating myths from facts (ghanaiantimes.com.gh)
- Immigration More than usual
- NACOC destroys cannabis gardens in Nadowli District (ghanaiantimes.com.gh)
- Arise Ghana accuses Ofori-Atta of using US Embassy protest to evade accountability (theheraldghana.com)
- Climate More than usual
- Korea supports preservation of Ghana's forts and castles (ghanaiantimes.com.gh)
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #45 2026 (skepticalscience.com)
Survey · 2023 68% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
- Inflation rises marginally to 5.5% in October (ghanaiantimes.com.gh)
- Ghana Inflation Rises to 5.5% as Non-Food Prices Accelerate (econotimes.com)
- Veterans Day Event to Focus on Nation's Military Reserves (noozhawk.com)
- Jeffrey Wright Talks W.E.B. Du Bois Doc 'Rebel With A Cause' (deadline.com)
How the news sounds
- Tone+0.1positive minus negative words per 100usually +0.2The GDELT Project
- Anxiety1.0× usual2.9 words per 1,000usually 3.0The GDELT Project
- Fear1.3× usual0.7 words per 1,000usually 0.6The GDELT Project
- Anger1.1× usual5.3 words per 1,000usually 5.0The GDELT Project
- Sadness1.0× usual6.8 words per 1,000usually 6.7The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty0.9× usual6.7 words per 1,000usually 7.6The GDELT Project
News coverage in more than 100 languages, machine-translated and counted with English word lists, from The GDELT Project.
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Issues people are looking up
The top topics in politics, the economy, tech, science, health, climate, education and society that people here read and search about today.
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RVD, Jeroen van der Meyde, CC0 Abxbay, CC BY-SA 4.0 Daniel Torok, Public domain
By category
Business & economy
RVD, Jeroen van der Meyde, CC0 Falling Everyday app
3Voice Recorder - Audio Record
Everyday app
Cars & transport
Everyday app
Falling Everyday app
Falling Everyday app
Education & careers
3e-Sword LT: Bible Study to Go
Everyday app
Health & wellness
1Fitness Buddy+ Gym Workout Log
Everyday app
Money & crypto
Abxbay, CC BY-SA 4.0 Everyday app
Music
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Kofi Amoakoh, CC BY-SA 4.0
Politics & world affairs
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Sports
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Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tech & AI
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Travel & places
Pxhere, CC0 1Como
Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0 Legohun, CC BY-SA 3.0
Industries here
Music 35Tech & software 14Sports & fitness 13Government & public sector 10Travel & tourism 7Media & entertainment 6Advertising & marketing 4Nonprofits & NGOs 3Telecom & internet 2Food & beverage 1Gaming 1AI 1Education 1
The numbers behind the mood
The latest official figures, with the period each one covers. Yearly numbers can be a year or more old.
Economy
- Inflation4.8%Jul 2026 · −0.5 pts since Jun 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Unemployment3.0%2025 · +0.2 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
- GDP growth6.0%2025 · +0.1 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
- Youth unemployment5.8%2025 · +0.5 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
Research
Most-published fields last month
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Education
- Sociology and Political Science
- General Health Professions
Society
- People online72.2%2024 · +1.5 pts since 2023World Bank (ITU) · CC BY 4.0
- Say humans mainly cause climate change39.9%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
- Want climate made a high government priority64.5%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
Charts
App Store · Free apps
1Waze
2ChatGPT
3MoMo App
4Tiktok
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5CapCut
6Audiomack - Play Music Offline
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7Snapchat
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8WhatsApp
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9SportyBet: Sports Betting
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10YouTube app
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App Store · 2026-11-06
App Store · Paid apps
1Shadowrocket
2Chordality
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3PadLab - Live Pads
4Nkyea Keyboard
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5e-Sword LT: Bible Study to Go
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6Money Manager (Remove Ads)
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7OppaMatch - Chat with Koreans
8NDI Capture: Screen Sharing
9Jolly Phonics Sounds Adventure
10Auto Translate for Safari
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App Store · 2026-11-06
Data credits: App Store · Apple Music · Google Trends · Wikipedia. These signals show what people look up, watch, play and buy online. How it works.