{"id":128242,"date":"2023-12-06T17:37:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T17:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/06\/ghana-card-credit-scoring-a-mess-turns-surreal\/"},"modified":"2023-12-06T17:37:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T17:37:23","slug":"ghana-card-credit-scoring-a-mess-turns-surreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/06\/ghana-card-credit-scoring-a-mess-turns-surreal\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Card &amp; Credit Scoring: A mess turns surreal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Readers may recall a\u00a0recent essay\u00a0on this site challenging a claim by the Vice President (Veep) of Ghana that the government will, for the first time, be introducing individualised credit scoring in Ghana, made possible by the Ghana Card. Ghana\u2019s Credit-Scoring Situation Two main points were canvassed: Credit scoring in some form and at some level [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Readers may recall a\u00a0recent essay\u00a0on this site challenging a claim by the Vice President (Veep) of Ghana that the government will, for the first time, be introducing individualised credit scoring in Ghana, made possible by the Ghana Card. Ghana\u2019s Credit-Scoring Situation Two main points were canvassed: Credit scoring in some form and at some level [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ghana Card &amp; Credit Scoring: A mess turns surreal - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/06\/ghana-card-credit-scoring-a-mess-turns-surreal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ghana Card &amp; Credit Scoring: A mess turns surreal - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Readers may recall a\u00a0recent essay\u00a0on this site challenging a claim by the Vice President (Veep) of Ghana that the government will, for the first time, be introducing individualised credit scoring in Ghana, made possible by the Ghana Card. Ghana\u2019s Credit-Scoring Situation Two main points were canvassed: Credit scoring in some form and at some level [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/06\/ghana-card-credit-scoring-a-mess-turns-surreal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-06T17:37:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Bright-Simons.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"502\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/06\/ghana-card-credit-scoring-a-mess-turns-surreal\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/06\/ghana-card-credit-scoring-a-mess-turns-surreal\/\",\"name\":\"Ghana Card &amp; Credit Scoring: A mess turns surreal - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/06\/ghana-card-credit-scoring-a-mess-turns-surreal\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/06\/ghana-card-credit-scoring-a-mess-turns-surreal\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Bright-Simons.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-06T17:37:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-06T17:37:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/06\/ghana-card-credit-scoring-a-mess-turns-surreal\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/06\/ghana-card-credit-scoring-a-mess-turns-surreal\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/06\/ghana-card-credit-scoring-a-mess-turns-surreal\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Bright-Simons.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Bright-Simons.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":502},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/06\/ghana-card-credit-scoring-a-mess-turns-surreal\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ghana Card &amp; Credit Scoring: A mess turns surreal\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/author\/ghanamma\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ghana Card &amp; Credit Scoring: A mess turns surreal - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/06\/ghana-card-credit-scoring-a-mess-turns-surreal\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ghana Card &amp; Credit Scoring: A mess turns surreal - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"Readers may recall a\u00a0recent essay\u00a0on this site challenging a claim by the Vice President (Veep) of Ghana that the government will, for the first time, be introducing individualised credit scoring in Ghana, made possible by the Ghana Card. Ghana\u2019s Credit-Scoring Situation Two main points were canvassed: Credit scoring in some form and at some level [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/06\/ghana-card-credit-scoring-a-mess-turns-surreal\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2023-12-06T17:37:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":502,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Bright-Simons.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/06\/ghana-card-credit-scoring-a-mess-turns-surreal\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/06\/ghana-card-credit-scoring-a-mess-turns-surreal\/","name":"Ghana Card &amp; Credit Scoring: A mess turns surreal - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/06\/ghana-card-credit-scoring-a-mess-turns-surreal\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/06\/ghana-card-credit-scoring-a-mess-turns-surreal\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Bright-Simons.jpg","datePublished":"2023-12-06T17:37:23+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-06T17:37:23+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/06\/ghana-card-credit-scoring-a-mess-turns-surreal\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/06\/ghana-card-credit-scoring-a-mess-turns-surreal\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/06\/ghana-card-credit-scoring-a-mess-turns-surreal\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Bright-Simons.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Bright-Simons.jpg","width":600,"height":502},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/06\/ghana-card-credit-scoring-a-mess-turns-surreal\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ghana Card &amp; Credit Scoring: A mess turns surreal"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}