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
Managers of the Quality Bus System (QBS) in Accra, have revealed that the programme is still operating at a loss, about eight months since commercial services commenced in the capital, Accra. Reports indicate that, about 197 out of the 245 Aayalolo buses imported into the country for the QBS, have not been used since 2016. … Read more
Managers of the Quality Bus System (QBS) in Accra, have revealed that the programme is still operating at a loss, about eight months since commercial services commenced in the capital, Accra. Reports indicate that, about 197 out of the 245 Aayalolo buses imported into the country for the QBS, have not been used since 2016. … Read more
The State Transport Company is looking to acquire some buses idling under the Quality Bus System (QBS) system, popularly known as Aayalolo, to augment its fleet. Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show, the Managing Director of the STC, Nana Akomea said his outfit needed a minimum fleet strength of 150 buses. The Corporation is currently … 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
Vice President for Sale in Africa at Japanese technology company NEC, Chad Baker told Adom News in an exclusive interview at the ongoing Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that “smart cities is not relevant for Africa now.” He cited, in the main, infrastructural, regulatory and attitudinal hurdles that the continent has to deal with to … Read more
The Minister of Finance, Mr Seth Emmanuel Terkper, has stated that Ghana’s economy is getting back on the path of growth as a result of a sustainable home-grown policy that has been adopted by the government. He said with the current trend, the World Bank had projected a growth rate of between seven and eight … Read more
The Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC) is assuring the various transport unions that government is not taking over their business with the advent of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). The bus system, known as ‘Ayaalolo,’ is to afford commuters easy means of transport in the capital. A five-day piloting of the system which started … Read more
Managers of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service have begun training drivers who will take charge of the bus on roads. The mass education according to the System Monitoring Assistance of BRT system, Emmanuel Bosu, is to enable them train the drivers on how to use the system to facilitate non-obstructive communication between them and … Read more
The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system which began on Monday September 27 has been halted. According to Starr News sources, the move is to enable government perfect the registration and insurance of the buses before they are allowed on the road again. Nine of the BRT buses deployed to ply to the Amasaman – Achimota … Read more
A fleet of buses under the much-talked about Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) today hit the streets in Accra, but are neither insured nor registered, Management of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) has confirmed. For a project of this magnitude, one would have expected that the buses would passed for all the necessary documentations before they … Read more
Business magnate Alhaji Asuma Banda says he is worried about what he describes as a growing unemployment situation in the country. The teeming youth lining the streets of, the capital city especially with a variety of items for sale he says should be a matter of concern for government and the citizenry at large. A … Read more
A group calling itself Committed Drivers Association (CDA) has threatened to strike next week Monday over the soon to be introduced operation of the Bus Rapid Transport (BRT). Spokesperson of CDA, Francis Appiah told Joy News their source of livelihood stands threatened if some outstanding issues regarding the BRT are not ironed out immediately. He … Read more