It has come to light that betting and pornographic websites are among the top five websites in Ghana that receive the most traffic.

the revelation was made by the Director-Genearl of the Cyber Security Authority (CSA), Albert Antwi Boasiako. 

speaking to the press on thursday, he disclosed that Ghanaians are very active on social media per data available to the authority.

in addition, he said Ghana is ranked 3rd country with active social media presence in the world.

"our citizens are quiet active on social media, and statistics show that we are ranked third country with active social media presence behind Nigeria and Philippines in the world.

"You may be surprised, access to betting sites is one of them, also it is not very nice to say but even pornographic access is one of them, he said.

He further disclosed that especially in the last decade, Ghana's internet penetration across the country has increased significantly.

"I think that even at the social level, statistics are showing back in 2012, i think Ghana's internet population was 2.3 million, according to statistics, but somewhere this year we were around 17 million users" the CSA Director-General added.

Credit: Eric Murphy Asare