{{short description|Ghana-focused news and opinion website}} {{Infobox website | name = ''GhanaWeb'' | logo = GhanaWeb copyright-free logo.jpg | logo_size = 250px | logo_caption = GhanaWeb | logo_alt = | screenshot = <!-- Please don't update this image unless the layout has significantly changed. --> | screenshot_alt = | url = {{URL|https://ghanaweb.com}} | commercial = Yes | type = General news and information | registration = Optional | language = English | owner = Bellaart Investments B.V. | author = | launch_date = {{start date and age|1999|01|01}}<ref name="whois">{{cite web |title=GhanaWeb.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools |url=https://whois.domaintools.com/ghanaweb.com |website=whois.domaintools.com |accessdate=21 January 2020}}</ref> | current_status = Online }}
'''GhanaWeb''', founded as '''GhanaHomePage''', is a Ghanaian 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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Online |first1=Peace FM |title=Sam Jonah Threatens Ghanaweb |url=https://www.peacefmonline.com/pages/local/news/201109/69029.php |website=www.peacefmonline.com |accessdate=21 January 2020}}</ref> It also offers background information, classifieds, radio stations and a social network for Ghanaians and the Diaspora.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ghanaweb Hacked Down |url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/945955/ghanaweb-hacked-down.html |website=Modern Ghana |accessdate=21 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="about">{{cite web |title=About GhanaWeb |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/aboutus.php |website=www.ghanaweb.com |accessdate=21 January 2020}}</ref>
GhanaWeb is owned by Bellaart Investments B.V.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ghana.mom-gmr.org/en/media/detail/outlet/ghanaweb/|title=GhanaWeb|website=ghana.mom-gmr.org}}</ref> It has evolved over the years to include video content (GhanaWeb TV)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-06|title=GhanaWeb TV to go LIVE on December 7|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/GhanaWeb-TV-to-go-LIVE-on-December-7-1127768|access-date=2020-12-06|website=www.ghanaweb.com|language=en}}</ref> and social media components as well as a mobile app (GhanaWeb Reporter).<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|title=Selected Projects|url=https://newsinitiative.withgoogle.com/innovation-challenges/funding/middle-east-turkey-africa/|access-date=2020-12-06|website=Google News Initiative|language=en|archive-date=2020-11-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104191946/https://newsinitiative.withgoogle.com/innovation-challenges/funding/middle-east-turkey-africa/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== History == Ghanaweb.com began in 1992 by Akoto Francis as GhanaHomePage.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web | url=http://ghana.mom-gmr.org/en/media/detail/outlet/ghanaweb | title=GhanaWeb | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305003314/http://ghana.mom-gmr.org/en/media/detail/outlet/ghanaweb/ | archive-date=2023-03-05 }}</ref> 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.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-01|title=Taking A Look At GhanaWeb - GhanaWeb Homepage|url=https://ictcatalogue.com/taking-a-look-at-ghanaweb-ghana-homepage/|access-date=2021-02-07|website=www.ictcatalogue.com|language=en}}</ref> - 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=GhanaWeb|url=https://ghana.mom-rsf.org/en/media/detail/outlet/ghanaweb/|access-date=2020-12-06|website=ghana.mom-rsf.org|language=en}}</ref> GhanaWeb.com/GhanaHomePage featured links to news, sports, announcements, chat rooms,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ghana Chat Rooms|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/social_lounge/chat.php|access-date=2020-12-06|website=www.ghanaweb.com}}</ref> 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<ref name="auto1"/> 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<ref name="auto1"/>) to enable the media company to thrive in a digital era and expand its projects.<ref>{{Cite web|title=GhanaWeb wins Google funding to help journalism thrive in the digital age|url=https://africabusinesscommunities.com/tech/tech-news/ghanaweb-wins-google-funding-to-help-journalism-thrive-in-the-digital-age/|access-date=2020-07-07|website=Africa Business Communities|language=en}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Atoklo|first=Dziedzom|date=2020-07-03|title=Ghana Election Poll launched to help project December 2020 elections|url=https://thebftonline.com/2020/business/companies/ghana-election-poll-launched-to-help-project-december-2020-elections/|access-date=2020-07-07|website=Business Financial Times Online {{!}} Economy, World, Finances, IT, ICT, Business|language=en-US}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
Category:Internet properties established in 1999 Category:1992 establishments in the Netherlands Category:1999 establishments in the Netherlands Category:News agencies based in Ghana Category:Ghanaian news websites
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