By Ghana News

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The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has trained 30 Ghanaian journalists from across the country in investigative journalism and anti-corruption reporting.

The training, which was held from Tuesday, September 23, to Thursday, September 25, 2025, focused on equipping the journalists with the requisite tools and skills needed to expose corruption issues and other instances of abuse of power in Ghana.

The 3-day training forms part of the ‘Countering Corruption through Accountability Journalism and Improved Freedom of Expression Environment in Ghana’ project being implemented by the MFWA in partnership with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ).

In her welcome address on the first day of the training, Rosemond Ebi-Adwo Aryeetey, Senior Programme Manager, MFWA, said that the training was part of a series of activities which would be implemented under the project.

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She said that in addition to equipping journalists with anti-corruption skills, the project also aimed at ensuring that journalists in Ghana have the freedom to go about their responsibilities in the country.

“This training is part of a number of activities that we are implementing under a two-year project, which would end in 2025… From the title alone, one can deduce that activities under the project are in two components — focus on anti-corruption reporting (how we can counter corruption) but also, very importantly, how we can improve the freedom of expression environment in Ghana, where journalists can do their work, hold government accountable and at the end of the day we can have a democracy that is solid, formidable and that would take us into the future that we want,” she said.

Rosemond Ebi-Adwo Aryeetey

Ebi-Adwo Aryeetey also indicated that the 3-day training was one of three trainings the beneficiary journalists are expected to have.

On his part, the Component Manager at GIZ Ghana, Kweku Lartey Obeng, said that his outfit was proud to support the ‘Countering Corruption through Accountability Journalism and Improved Freedom of Expression Environment in Ghana’ project because of the critical role the media plays in the development of any democracy.

He explained that the project was under the Participation, Accountability, Integrity for a Resilient Democracy programme, a four-year programme commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, co-financed by the European Union and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), and implemented by GIZ in partnership with Ghana’s Ministry of Finance.

Kweku Lartey Obeng

“We firmly believe that a free, vibrant, and empowered media is not a luxury; it is actually our lifeblood. And that is why, through the programme I represent, which is Participation, Accountability, Integrity for a Resilient Democracy (PAIReD), we are proud to support this vital work,” he stated.

He also stated that the vision of the project is to “strengthen governance systems through accountability, integrity and meaningful citizen participation.”

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The 30 journalists who took part in the training, including GhanaWeb’s Ishmael Batoma, were selected from the Greater Accra, Ashanti, and the five regions in the north – the Upper East, North East, Upper West, Savannah and Northern Regions.

The second training for the group of journalists, which would focus on the effective use of Ghana’s Right to Information (RTI) law, is scheduled to take place in October 2025.

The third training will focus on data journalism and fact-checking.

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