Honours

The Fourth Estate Journalists Sweep Top Honours at 2025 CJID Excellence in Journalism Awards

The Fourth Estate’s Forest Invasion story Named Third-Best Investigative Report in Africa

The Fourth Estate’s exposé on mining in forest reserves shortlisted for African Investigative Journalist of the Year Awards

The Fourth Estate’s investigation into Electrochem, Ada indigenes’ battle for West Africa’s largest salt deposit wins international award

GHS 3 billion lie: The Fourth Estate’s investigative story on SML wins another award

GHS 3 billion lie: The Fourth Estate’s investigation into SML contract wins African Investigative Journalism award

Latest Podcast

After spending billions on streetlighting, why are Ghana’s streets still dark?

Most of Ghana’s major roads and streets are persistently dark at night. This is despite the fact that Ghanaians pay a 3 percent energy levy on their electricity bills. Investigations by The Fourth Estate found that, the Energy Ministry between 2023 and 2025 awarded street lighting contracts worth eight billion Ghana cedis – mostly without competitive bidding. On this episode of the podcast, we go behind the numbers to discuss why Ghana’s streets remain dark despite the billions awarded in contracts.