Ghana’s capital, Accra, is in festive mood as the World Cup gets under way.
Ghanaian flags hang from roadside bars or “spots”, where the television is switched to the football and hopes remain high the country can defeat the Czech Republic and the US.
There are plenty of signs of money in Accra. New hotels are going up, while half-built houses dominate the outer suburbs of the capital, often funded by money sent home from relatives overseas.
But for many on the lower rungs of society in a poor country, opportunities are limited, work is insecure and rising fuel prices have hit hard.
It is nearly a year since Ghana’s President John Kufuor met leaders of the world’s most powerful countries in Gleneagles in Scotland.
Since then, Ghana has benefited from hefty debt relief. But despite promises to increase aid to Africa, there has been scant evidence of aid flows from the UK increasing.
Source: GhanaWeb
