Just a MoJo

Traditionalists will tell you that you should print news papers for them. But, that too is a problem. You would be competing with state run media that has the best access to state sources and unlimited state funding.

When the British gave Ghana, their former colony, its independence in YEAR, a Ghana Broadcasting Corporation was set up. It is modeled after the BBC with newscasts at the top of each hour and entertainment programming in between. Only a hand full of Ghanaians could access the media through broadcast channels so a host of independent newspapers hit the presses.

If you’re looking to go into the printing business in Ghana, be sure to keep reading, all news print in the country must be purchased from a central governmental agency. This agency dishes out different paper’s alotments based on circulation. And, say if the government did not like the story you ran about them last month, your next month’s alotment of newsprint may never be delivered.

In order to fight the lack of newsprint, the independent papers have teamed up and decided that a different paper would be published each day. Under the agreement, the independent paper gain all of the single-copy sales by independent paper readers each day. Therefore, there is one large independent paper to compete with the state run paper The Daily Graphic, each day of the week.