
The Fourth Estate Podcast takes you beyond the headlines of Ghana’s most impactful investigative journalism.
Produced by The Fourth Estate, a non-profit public interest project of the Media Foundation for West Africa, the podcast opens up the reporting that has triggered investigations, prosecutions and difficult national conversations about power, accountability and justice. With a strong focus ... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 11 | Founded | 5 months ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | NewsNews Commentary | |||

To equip young journalists with critical, in-depth reporting skills, The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) five years ago, launched the Next Generation Investigative Journalists (NGIJ) fellowship.
In this episode, we take a look at the journe... more
When the local government ministry started the sanitation guards initiative in 2007, the goal was clear - to help make Ghana cleaner.
But as laudable as the idea is, a lot of the guards who have been recruited over the years have dropped out of the... more
Article 286 of the 1992 constitution of Ghana requires public office holders to declare their assets and liabilities before they assume office. They are also required to do same at the end of every four years and at the end of their term of office. B... more
Shortly after the Fourth Estate released its documentary 'Medical Kalabule', the Health Minister formed a committee to investigate allegations made in the documentary. The committee's report indicted only one of the medical professionals named in the... more
Right at the start of his second term in office, President John Mahama pledged to eliminate sole-sourcing, suggesting a push for new legislation to end the practice of awarding public contracts without competitive bidding. It was a bold promise, fram... more
Typically, when someone dies under mysterious circumstances, the police launch an investigation to ascertain if it was a murder or accidental. But what happens when a person dies under questionable circumstances while in police detention?
For the do... more
Investigations by The Fourth Estate revealed that over a five-year period, at least 19 people died while being detained by the Ghana Police Service. Four of those deaths, according to the police, were suicides. But families of the deceased suspects h... more
When the documentary, Medical Kalabule, was released earlier this month, it exposed the desperation and lengths some critically ill patients and their families were willing to go for care.
While a committee set up by the Ministry of Health investig... more
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