An analysis of climate finance flows in Ghana shows that an annual average of USD 830 million was tracked in 2019 and 2020. This is a meagre 5-9% of its required investment — estimated between USD 9.3-15.5 billion — highlighting the pressing need to bolster climate finance to achieve Ghana’s …
A total of 531 communities in the Upper West Region have been declared open defecation free (ODF) by the Regional Interagency Coordinating Council on Sanitation, RICCS, from 2012 to 2018, under the Rural Sanitation Model and Strategy, (RSMS). The RSMS in Ghana postulated that individuals in rural settlements were sensitised …
The morbidity and socioeconomic effects of onchocerciasis, a parasitic disease that is primarily endemic in sub-Saharan Africa, have motivated large morbidity and transmission control programmes. Annual communitydirected ivermectin treatment has substantially reduced prevalence. Elimination requires intensified efforts, including more efficacious treatments. We compared parasitological efficacy and safety of moxidectin and …
The African Development Bank has approved a $1.5 million grant from its Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), to assist Ghana’s renewable energy investment drive. The bank stated that this grant will support the government’s efforts to overcome technical, financial, regulatory and institutional barriers to scaling-up renewable energy investments in …
The overall aim of the project is to prepare the ground for implementing risk transfer solutions within an integrated flood risk management approach for municipalities in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA), Ghana.
A July report on the toxicity of fuel blends shipped from Europe to West Africa brought new attention to the long-standing problem of lower road fuel quality on the continent, where the rise in vehicle traffic and the choking fumes with it add to air pollution woes in cities like …
Salma Okonkwo, the head of the UBI Group, a multi-million-dollar oil and gas company, is building Ghana's largest solar farm. It is due to open in March 2019, supplying 100 megawatts of energy. As an emerging market, Africa needs adequate electricity to support industrialisation and development. The 48-year-old entrepreneur Salma …
The Report of a national survey to ascertain the cost incurred by persons diagnosed of tuberculosis (TB) and to determine the economic burden carried by the patients' households in Ghana has been launched in Accra. The findings of the survey reveal that the median cost that patients incurred per a …
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abbrem (KEEA) Municipality, Nana Appiah Korang has advised women not to accept marriage proposals of men who don’t have toilets in their homes. He said women could play a critical role in helping government to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and also reduce …
Work is progressing steadily on the extension of electricity supply from the national grid to about 20 mainly deprived communities in the Offinso North District of the Ashanti Region. Thanks to Mr Augustine Collins Ntim, Member of Parliament for the area and Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development …
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Monday urged African countries to adopt a green procurement system whereby they purchase products and services that cause minimal environmental impacts. Ernest Kamala, a program officer at the UNEP Africa office, told participants at a workshop held here, 40 km south of the …
Kenya and Tanzania are among nine African countries set to benefit from an ambitious US-led initiative to invest in gas-powered power plants. The Gas Roadmap for sub-Saharan Africa, launched in June at the World Gas Conference in Washington, DC, by the US Agency for International Development's Power Africa co-ordinator, is …
The Ghana Alliance for Clean Cookstoves and Fuels (GHACCO) has called on the Government for a comprehensive and dedicated national policy on clean cookstoves and fuels sector in Ghana. According to GHACCO, the passage of the policy would contribute significantly to the work of its members to help address the …
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has disclosed that government would construct 570 dams in the Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions under the one village, one dam project. The Builsa area in the Upper East Region would receive 20 to support all year irrigation activities in the area. He …
Eighteen suspected illegal miners; fourteen Ghanaians and four Chinese nationals, have been arrested by personnel of Operation Vanguard in the Western and Ashanti Regions. They were arrested on Monday during land patrols by the Forward Operation Bases (FBOs) at illegal mining sites at Tasco in the Tarkwa District of the …
Kampala — Uganda has Africa's best electricity regulatory system, according to the African Development Bank (AfDB's) 2018 Electricity Regulatory Index (ERI) report. Second is Namibia, tailed by Tanzania, Nigeria, Ghana, Malawi, Kenya, Cameroon, South Africa, Togo, Senegal, Côte I'voire, Lesotho, Zimbabwe and the Gambia respectively. "The implication of this result …
Heavy downpour over the weekend caused flooding in several parts of the region with the worse hit being the Akyemansa district. According to the farmers, the destruction of their farms has the potential to cause rice shortage. Some of the farmers who spoke to Class FM explained that the rice …
Mr Peter Amewu, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has urged the newly inaugurated board members of the Forest Plantation Development Fund to be united and steer the affairs of the fund. He charged the Board to come up with ideas to tackle the menace of illegal mining, which …
A science symposium has opened in Accra, to create a platform for advancing discussions on the contribution of climate and environmental services, to reduce the negative impacts of climate change on socio-ecological systems in West Africa. The three-day programme which is being hosted by the West African Science Service Centre …
Heavy rains last night caused flooding in parts of Accra, trapping some residents in their homes, submerging vehicles and destroying properties. Hundreds of residents have been left homeless. The west of the capital, which is a low laying area, is worst affected.
A report published by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has revealed that 73% of Ghanaian workers operate under vulnerable conditions. The report also points out that a majority of Ghanaian workers receive less than 2 dollars a day, and do not have any form of pension contributions. Out of the …
