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 …
The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) on Wednesday launched a platform to help showcase cutting edge research that is addressing endemic challenges in the continent like diseases, hunger and climatic shocks. Officials said the AAS open access platform will enable African scientists to publish their research findings that could inform …
A UN human rights expert, Philip Alston, on Wednesday said unless Ghana addressed growing inequality and continuing high poverty rates, the country would fall far short of meeting the key UN Sustainable Development Goals, including the eradication of extreme poverty by 2030. Speaking to journalists after ending a 10-day fact-finding …
Waste management has become one of the biggest challenges confronting Ghana Walking down the streets of the famed 'Garden City' of Kumasi, one is overwhelmed by the volumes of litter blotting the Ashanti Region capital. Solid and liquid wastes choke open and closed drains with the attendant health and environmental …
An average of six (6) people die in road accidents everyday in Ghana, the Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD) of the Ghana Police service has revealed. The Head of Education, Research and Training at the MTTD, DSP Mr Alexander Obeng who announced this on the Morning Xpress on Radio …
Cereals growers in North Rift region, the country's grain basket, are staring at heavy losses due to the re-emergence of the Fall armyworm. The worm invasion has increased production costs and also threatens farm yields. Several counties in the region are racing against time to contain the spread of the …
The government has estimated that $400 million will be needed to dredge and clean the heavy mercury content in the River Ankobra in the Western Region due to the activities of illegal small-scale mining. This followed the assessment of the turbidity level of the River by a private research firm, …
The destruction of forests according to the FAO may cause huge financial losse for the nation The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has bemoaned the rapid destruction of Ghana’s forest reserves. They argue that the situation if not checked will not only lead to the extinction …
Women, Business and the Law (WBL) measures gender inequality in the law. The dataset identifies barriers to women's economic participation and encourages the reform of discriminatory laws.
Armech Africa Limited, a subsidiary of the Armech Group, will construct a $300-million (3.57-billion) waste-to-energy power plant in the Ghanaian city of Tema to generate 60 megawatts of clean energy after signing a deal with the Electricity Company of Ghana, online publication Construction Review reported. READ: Drive to raise funding …
Takoradi — A Sekondi high court on Thursday convicted five Chinese and four Ghanaians to a total fine of GHȻ54, 000, for polluting River Ankobra in the Bamiankor area of the Western Region, in March, last year. The convicts, Dong Cheng, unemployed, 30, Hung Jian, engineer, 51, Ning Guorui, welder, …
Asian farmers are growing rice and rearing fish in the same fields to increase their income and reduce weeds, while Ghanaians are using crop residues as compost to boost yields. Such eco-farming techniques could deliver nutritious, environmentally friendly food for a growing world, increase farmers' earnings and make farms more …
The Government has begun processes to conduct a Census of Agriculture, to produce and disseminate complete and reliable data for decision making and for monitoring programmes aimed at further developing the agricultural sector and the economy. The Census of Agriculture is a nationwide exercise that collects, processes and disseminates information …
Armech Africa Limited, a subsidiary of the Armech Group, is to construct a $300 million waste-to-energy (W2E) power plant in Tema to generate 60 megawatts of clean energy. Armech Africa Limited, a designer and manufacturer of modern industrial processes, has therefore signed a Public Private Partnership Agreement with the Electricity …
A research fellow at the Centre for Coastal Management of the University of Cape Coast Dr. Donaltus Agnorien has charged authorities to double up efforts aimed at saving the country’s water bodies. The country, he explains is heading for doom as water bodies in the country are at a stage …
Residents of East La in the La Dadekotopon Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, have resolved to take legal action against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the La Dadekotopon Municipal Assembly (LADMA), to stop the operations of plastic manufacturing, company EDISAW Company Limited. Residents say the operations of EDISAW …
Only 27 per cent of Ghanaians have access to safe and potable water, a 2017 joint monitoring programme report has revealed. According to the report conducted by the International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC Ghana), an independent international non-profit organisation and its partners, national access to basic sanitation stands at …
Mr Kofi Amponsah-Bediako, Public Affairs Director of the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has said bottled water companies passed for safety and quality assurance certification by his outfit is considered wholesome. He said unless something triggers a potential risk of contamination after certification on the market, products certified are safe for …
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo says government is planning to install 200,000 solar systems to provide power to households, commercial as well as government facilities in urban and selected non-electrified communities. President Akufo-Addo revealed this while addressing the plenary session of the maiden conference of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) in …
Obuasi, GhanaKwaku Asare grabbed his machete and trekked through the bush to his cocoa farm—through winding pathways and hills, past ominous pits of muddy water, and underneath the low-hanging canopy of dried cocoa leaves. But the trees were bare. A few rotting cocoa pods littered the ground, while other stunted …
According to the 3rd Ghana Economic Update report from the World Bank, the Agric sector has witnessed declining trends in contribution to GDP since the year 2010 while there has been a rise in the extractive industries which appears to be constraining the agricultural sector growth. Program Lead from the …
