Ghana needs GDP growth above 8 pct to cope with rising population

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. Africa faces a long term challenge of creating jobs for an expanding population and Ghana, with a population of about 25 million, saw GDP growth of about 8 percent for years due to exports of cocoa, oil and gold. Ghana's economic figures for the second quarter of this year will be "much better" than in the