Opportunities and Challenges
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Washington, DC USA There has been considerable discussion and analysis about how the world will feed over 9 billion people in 2050. What we...
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Mahama Ayariga Defends €18m Contract Signed After Defeat
Out-going Environment, Science and Technology minister Mahama Ayariga has defended the signing of an €18m waste management contract days after the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) lost...
Russian Ambassador Shot In Turkey
The Russian ambassador to Ankara, Andrei Karlov, has been shot and seriously injured while visiting a photo gallery in the Turkish capital. Several other people were reportedly also injured in the...
First Gas To Flow From WAGL Project In July 2017 – Project Director
Barring any last minutes hitches, Ghana would receive its first gas from the West Africa Gas Ltd. (WAGL) LNG terminal currently under construction in Tema on the 1st of July 2017. This, according to...
In Search Of The Hoe And Cutlass
“As The Globalisation Project Unfolds, It Exposes Its Bankruptcy At The Philosophical, Political, Ecological And Economic Levels. The Bankruptcy Of The World Order Is Leading To Social, Ecological,...
We Don’t Have Enough Men – MTTD
The heavy vehicular traffic in most parts of Accra will not cease soon, at least, not until the Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service recruits more men. According...
NDC Gov’t Signs Fresh €18m Contract
The exiting Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) government has approved a controversial €18 million waste management contract at a time the government’s tenure is coming to an end. The...
Ghana To Rake In $2.3bn Annually From Sankofa Gas Project
New figures released by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has projected that the Sankofa Gye Nyame Oil and Gas field will generate about $2.3 billion in revenues for the government of Ghana...
Ghana To Rake In $2.3bn Annually from Sankofa Gas Project
New figures released by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has projected that the Sankofa Gye Name Oil and Gas field will generate about $2.3 billion in revenues for the government...
China’s African Gold Rush
play videoChinese miners from the region of Shanglin travel to Ghana to mine for gold Ghana is one of the world's poorest countries, yet it is rich in gold. For a decade now, Chinese miners from the...
Policymakers Urged To Review Farmers’ Access To Seeds, Fertilizer
A new study into the access to quality inputs by Ghanaian farmers has called on policy makers to re-evaluate the existing distribution of fertiliser subsidy and the channels for obtaining improved...
GIPC Explores Investment Potential In Tourism
The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) is looking to attract investment to boost the numerous tourist sites located across the length and breadth of the country. Mawuena Trebarh, CEO of the...
2017 ‘imminent’ Dumsor Must Not Occur – Kwame Jantuah
Oil and Gas Analyst, Kwame Jantuah has impressed on both the governing NDC and incoming NPP government to work to avert any load shedding regime early next year. He argues that the impact of another...
2017 ‘imminent’ Dumsor Must Not Occur – Kwame Jantuah
Oil and Gas Analyst, Kwame Jantuah has impressed on both the governing NDC and incoming NPP government to work to avert any load shedding regime early next year. He argues that the impact of another...
New Gas Project In Tema To Revamp Idle Plant
Government’s desire to stabilize Ghana’s gas supply to enhance electricity production has received a major boost as the West African Gas Limited, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum...
New Gas Project In Tema To Revamp Idle Plant
Government’s desire to stabilize Ghana’s gas supply to enhance electricity production has received a major boost as the West African Gas Limited, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum...
There Is No Plastic Rice On Ghanaian Market – FDA
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has debunked reports that there is an influx of some rice on their Ghanaian market purportedly made from plastic. According to the food regulator, its surveillance...
Bird Flu Hits British Turkey Farm
The UK's chief veterinary officer said there is no need to panic as food safety is not at risk Britain on Friday announced the discovery of a highly contagious strain of bird flu at a turkey farm,...
Millions of Kenyans At Risk of Elephantiasis Disease
play videoA campaign has been launched to treat patients with disease that affects poor communities Transmitted through mosquitoes, more than three million people in Kenya are at risk of a disease...
Ignore Reports of ‘plastic Rice’ On Market – FDA
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has downplayed reports of the influx of some fake rice purported to be ‘plastic rice’ on the Ghanaian market. A video of the supposed plastic rice was...