WAPCo Chases Dangote Gas
Officials of the West African Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo) are in talks with Dangote Refinery to buy gas to bridge an estimated 300million Standard Cubic Feet of Gas Per Day (mmscfd) deficit by the...
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7 Worst Traffic Areas In Accra That We Just Can’t Escape
When you first arrive in Accra, one of the things you are hit with is the overwhelming traffic jams. Any resident of Accra will tell you that Accra is the haven for insane traffic. From the...
Meet Ashesi Lecturer Who Is Building Maker Spaces In Agbobloshie
In the heart of Accra lies Agbobloshie, a sprawling scrapyard once tagged as one of most toxic places on earth. A former wetland, Agbobloshie has become a dumpsite for electronic waste products from...
Cocoa Production To Improve
Although Ghana’s cocoa production fell short of industry forecasts for the 2015/16 growing season, increased investment in seed development programmes and infrastructure upgrades should improve...
Ghana Gas Reacts To Project Cost
The Ghana National Gas Company Limited (Ghana Gas) has explained that it has not inflated the cost of contract for the construction of the 180-mile (290km) gas pipeline from Aboadze to Tema....
Stanbic Bank To Provide Farmers Easy Access To Credit
Stanbic Bank has reiterated its commitment to give farmers easy access to loan facilities to help them adopt better technology, and to buy better quality seeds and fertilizers. Over the years,...
Renewable Energy Capacity Overtakes Coal
The International Energy Agency says that the world's capacity to generate electricity from renewable sources has now overtaken coal. The IEA says in a new report that last year, renewables accounted...
Ghana Still Imports Power
The relatively cheaper cost of electricity from Côte d'Ivoire is the reason Ghana continues to import power from that country, sources have said. As at 5pm yesterday, figures from Ghana Grid Company...
Ghana To Ban Charcoal Production
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is in talks with government to ban the production and sale of charcoal in Ghana. This according to the EPA will help Ghana reduce the emission of carbon...
UN Members Urged To Back New Secretary-General For Peace, Human Rights
The United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon has urged all Member States to give their full backing to Secretary-General-designate Antonio Manuel de Guterres to continue the global mission...
Blame Rains For Latest Erratic Power Supply
Deputy Power minister John Jinapor has attributed the recent erratic power supply in parts of Accra to the rains. According to him, some of the transmitting lines become vulnerable when they are hit...
Ghana Imports $135m Fish In 2015
Ghana imported $135 million worth of fish last year due to the reduction in the country’s fish stock, Sherry Ayittey, Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, has stated. Ms Ayittey, who disclosed...
Dirty Food Vendors To Be Prosecuted
Environmental health officials in the Ashanti Region have warned they will not hesitate in prosecuting food vendors who sell in unsanitary conditions. Officials have begun engaging food vendors...
Volta Region Remains NDC Stronghold
President John Dramani Mahama says no amount of political propaganda by the opposition will destroy the ties between the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the people of the Volta Region,...
Entries Open For 2nd International Olam Prize For Innovation In Food Security
Olam has opened entries for the second International Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security, setting off another hunt for potentially ground-breaking scientific research into food security that...
Ayariga’s ‘no Coal Plant’ In Ghana Contradicts NDC Manifesto
Despite assurances from the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Mahama Ayariga ,that government will not permit the setting up of coal plant in Ghana, a civil society group...
Galamsey Threatens Cocoa Production
The Oxford Business Group (OBG) has warned that Ghana risks losing a substantial part of its agriculture land due to the activities of illegal miners popularly called ‘Galamsey’. According to the...
Climate Change To Be Added To Education Curriculum
Plans are underway to include the study of climate change in the education curriculum to equip students to better understand the impact of climate change on the country. The Ministry of Environment...
Government Will Make Cocoa Production A Priority – VEEP
Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur says the focus of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government for the next four years is to increase cocoa production from the current 750 thousand metric...
Bawku Youth Give Authorities 2-Week Ultimatum Over Forest Depletion
Youth of Zongoire, Binaba and Kusanaba in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region have given the Forestry Commission, the Ghana Police Service and the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) a...