Ghana is participating in the Ninth Session of the United Nations (UN) Habitat World Urban Forum (WUF9) scheduled from February 7 to 13 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The country’s Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLG&RD) and its agencies is set to seek answers to some of her pressing urban management challenges at the … Read more
Government will partner the private sector to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and make the life of the ordinary Ghanaian better, Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has stated. According to Dr Bawumia, achieving the SDGs would benefit both the private sector, who would have a healthy, skilled work force, and Government which … Read more
Ghanaian builds water bicycle – Frank Darko was a final year student at the Takoradi Technical University, Ghana, pursuing a course in Graphic Design before he deferred the course due to some personal reasons. The young man who resides in Takoradi in the Western Religion has made a name for himself after he designed a bicycle that … Read more
France is set to ban the sale of any car that uses petrol or diesel fuel by 2040, in what the ecology minister called a “revolution”. Nicolas Hulot announced the planned ban on fossil fuel vehicles as part of a renewed commitment to the Paris climate deal. He said France planned to become carbon neutral … Read more
Ms Heather Troutman, a research fellow, Urban Planning, UN Development and Programme, says Ghana produces 1.7 million tonnes of plastic waste annually, which could be recycled to produce affordable and sustainable building materials. She said Accra, the capital city also produced 300 tonnes of plastic waste in a day. Ms Troutman said it was estimated … Read more
Ghana on Friday joined the rest of the world to commemorate the Day of the African Child. The Day, which was initiated by the Organisation of African Unity, now the African Union, had been commemorated since 1991 to among other things, honour the memory of the gallant children who were killed by security forces in … Read more
United Nations Coordinator in Ghana, Christine Evans-Klock, has commended the Government’s efforts to improve the regulation of small-scale mining and end Galamsey. The move is to protect legitimate livelihoods in the mining sector and to bring to justice to those who abuse the environment. In a statement to mark World Environment Day, Madam Evans-Knocked, therefore, … Read more
Access Power , a developer, owner and operator of renewable power projects in emerging markets in partnership with EREN Renewable Energy a global independent power producer, are delighted to announce the three winners of the 2017 $7 million Access Co-Development Facility (ACF) – an innovative funding and support platform for renewable energy projects in Africa. … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured that candidates taking part in the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), will enjoy government’s free Senior High School programme. The much hyped Free SHS policy by the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), is expected to kick start in the next academic year which begins in September 2017. … Read more
The Akufo-Addo Administration is targeting the next 18 months to clear the debts that have saddled the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). President Nana Akufo-Addo noted that, his government has found it necessary to find the money to save the scheme from collapse. “The scheme has been threatened by mismanagement and by huge indebtedness. We … Read more
The government has every intention and the resolve to see the fight against illegal mining to the desired end, President Nana Akufo-Addo has assured. “Having begun it, we are not turning back until we make sure that our future is protected,” the President stressed during an address to the Ghanaian community in Belgium on Tuesday. He … Read more
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has stated that education and skills training are the most important source of empowering and providing opportunities to the youth to help drive Ghana’s development, and in the process create jobs. According to him, the countries that have done well, even without natural resources, are the countries that have … Read more
He told the Ghanaian community about his government’s plan for the country President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, 6 June met and addressed the Ghanaian community in Belgium. Mr Akufo-Addo is in Belgium to attend the meetings of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals Advocates Group of Eminent Personalities. He told the Ghanaian community … Read more
President Akufo-Addo has said his flagship educational policy -Free SHS – is not a political gimmick. According to him, education and skills training are the most important source of empowering and providing opportunities to the youth to help drive Ghana’s development, and in the process create jobs. He said countries that have done well, even … Read more
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has stated that education and skills training are the most important source of empowering and providing opportunities to the youth to help drive Ghana’s development, and in the process create jobs. According to him, the countries that have done well, even without natural resources, are the … Read more
The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Frimpong Boateng, has stated that the country cannot achieve its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aimed at ending poverty and protecting the planet if the country’s biodiversity is not achieved. The Professor, who made this statement while addressing a gathering at this year’s World Environment Day Celebrations … Read more
Though there exist laws on small scale mining, according to the 2008 Ghana Chamber of Mines report, illegal mining activities (galamsey) have been increasing with an estimated number between 300,000 and 500,000 artisan miners comprising one of the largest groups of illegal miners on the continent. People now do not even operate on a ‘hit … Read more
Is education in Africa beating about the bush? It will be tough to separate Winston Churchill’s command of the English language from his wicked wit. While a lessor idiom might suggest, for example, that “It’s time to stop beating about the bush,” Churchill might capture Africa’s education dilemma thus: We must “now lay eggs instead … Read more
Mr Samuel Bentil Aggrey, the President of the Ghana Library Association, has called on the Government to create a national library to help keep relevant national information. He said a national library was important because it would help to collect and preserve all publications of the country and perform other critical roles. Mr Aggrey made … Read more
Everywhere you look headlines scream #Stop Galamsey Now! But, if you have lived in a place in Ghana where ‘Galamsey’ (i.e. artisanal/small-scale gold mining) is immense, you have seen it all. • Water bodies pollution; land and forest degradation; • Livelihood impact and poverty due to lack of jobs; • Health &safety risks e.g. risks … Read more