locating in ghana the enabled ict & it outsourcing environment presented by kow a sam goldshore limited agenda overview economic political cultural geography location western africa bordering north atlantic ocean between cote d ivoire and togo latitude 5 degrees 36 minutes longitude 0 10 east land boundaries total 2 093 km burkina faso 548 668 877 coastline 539 area 238 540 km2 230 020 comparative just about size of uk international disputes none politics formerly called gold coast independence from britain on 6th march 1957 republic day 1st july 1960 type government presidential parliamentary president elected every 4 years is head executive legislature made up parliamentarians are indicators population 20 400 000 million imf weo april 2005 average annual growth rate 56 50 increase over 1984 census figure 12 2million gdp 8 8billion 2004 capita 434 2002 oecd educational number tertiary institutions 39 universities 13 graduates
