Editing Economy of Ghana (section)

== Telecommunications ==
{{Main|Telecommunications in Ghana}}
At the end of January 2022, total number of voice subscription in Ghana stood at 41,380,751.This represents a percentage increase of 1.28% over December 2019 figures of 40,857,007. The total penetration rate stands at 136.79%.

Competition among mobile-phone companies in Ghana is an important part of the telecommunications industry growth, Current market leader MTN with voice subscription of 23,150,485 representing 55.95% of the market is followed by Vodafone with voice subscription of 9,075,795 representing 21.93% market share, AirtelTigo voice subscription stands at 8,428,322 representing 20.69%, Glo's current voice subscription stands at 726,149 which represent a market share of 1.75%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nca.org.gh/industry-data-2/market-share-statistics-2/telecom-voice/|title=Telecom Voice Subscription » National Communications Authority|website=nca.org.gh|access-date=1 March 2020|archive-date=26 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026220923/https://www.nca.org.gh/industry-data-2/market-share-statistics-2/telecom-voice/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/business/Mobile-voice-subscription-hits-41-3-million-NCA-877081|title=Mobile voice subscription hits 41.3 million – NCA|website=ghanaweb.com|date=25 February 2020 |language=en|access-date=1 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.classfmonline.com/business/Mobile-voice-subscription-hits-41-3m-11148|title=Mobile voice subscription hits 41.3m|website=classfmonline.com|date=25 February 2020 |language=en|access-date=1 March 2020}}</ref>

The mass media of [[Ghana]] is among the most liberal in Africa, with [[Ghana]] ranking as the third-freest in Africa and 30th-most free in the world on the [[Press Freedom Index|worldwide press freedom index]]. Chapter 12 of the [[Constitution of Ghana]] guarantees freedom of the Ghanaian [[News media|press]] and the independence of the mass media, and Chapter 2 prohibits censorship.<ref name="Ghana culture and media" /> Ghanaian [[Freedom of the press|press freedom]] was restored in 1992.<ref name="Ghana culture and media">[http://country-facts.com/es/country/africa/55-ghana/269-ghana-culture-and-media.html Ghana culture and media] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130408012707/http://country-facts.com/es/country/africa/55-ghana/269-ghana-culture-and-media.html |date=8 April 2013}} "Country Facts". Accessed 6 February 2013.</ref>

[[Ghana]] was one of the first countries in Africa to achieve the connection to the [[World Wide Web]].<ref name="stats">[http://www.internetworldstats.com/af/gh.htm Ghana: Internet Usage and Telecommunications Report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024065305/https://www.internetworldstats.com/af/gh.htm |date=24 October 2020 }}. ''Internet World Stats''. Accessdate 24 April 2013.</ref> In 2010, there were 165 licensed internet service providers in Ghana and they were running 29 of the [[Optical fiber|fiber optic]], and authorized networks [[VSAT]] operators were 176, of which 57 functioned, and 99 internet operators were authorized to the public, and [[private data]] and [[packet-switched network]] operators were 25.<ref name="proexca">Atteneri Nabila Benítez Trujillo. [http://www.proexca.es/Estudios_de_Mercado/Ghana/Informe_Telecomunicaciones_en_Ghana.pdf ''Information of Telecommunications in Ghana''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703055019/http://www.proexca.es///Estudios_de_Mercado/Ghana/Informe_Telecomunicaciones_en_Ghana.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626225440/http://www.proexca.es/Estudios_de_Mercado/Ghana/Informe_Telecomunicaciones_en_Ghana.pdf |archive-date=26 June 2011 |url-status=live |date=3 July 2012}} (in Spanish). Proexca, 2010. Accessdate 24 April 2013.</ref>