ACCRA – Ghana needs annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth above 8 percent to create jobs for its expanding population, President John Mahama said in a radio interview on Wednesday.
The West African country, with a population of about 25 million, saw GDP growth of about 8 percent for years due to exports of cocoa, oil and gold. But that is set to slow to about 3.9 percent this year due to commodity price weakness and a fiscal crisis.
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(Reuters)