One of Accra’s major challenges in solid waste management has been the unavailability of landfills. In the past, waste management companies have had to endure tortuous journeys worsened by hilly...
The 3rd Ghana Oil and Gas Awards (GOGA 2016) brought together players in the oil and gas industry. The awards recognizes achievements from local and international companies involved in the Ghana oil...
Mr Sam Ayeh-Datey, Coordinating Director of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), has expressed concern about the apathy being shown by some residents of Accra towards the National Sanitation Day...
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...
Public toilets - a chain in the line of good sanitation Public toilets are built in communities to solve issues of open defecation and prevent diseases in various communities across the country. Its...
Public toilets – a chain in the line of good sanitation By Alex Blege Public toilets are built in communities to solve issues of open defaecation and prevent diseases in various communities across...
Public toilets are built in communities to solve issues of open defaecation and prevent diseases in various communities across the country. Its maintenance is crucial to the prevention of diseases...
The Kingdom of Netherlands is working assiduously to reduce to a large extent its aid to Ghana and replace it with trade and investment, its ambassador to Ghana has announced. Ron Strikker said this...
In Ghana, all things are possible. You doubt that? Yes, all things including seeing your confidential document with a groundnut seller. Well, if you want a copy of a public document for example, just...
Over one thousand homes at Kaase and environs in the Kumasi metropolis in the Ashanti Region affected by unhygienic atmosphere created by the Kaase landfill site in the area have been earmarked for...
Scores of residents of Kaasi in the Kumasi metropolis on Wednesday morning blocked city authorities from discharging waste at the Dompoase Landfil site to protest the condition of the site. Clad in...
Ghana’s growing population, especially in urban centres, has over the years translated into the generation of huge amounts of solid waste. With our population estimated to hit approximately 50...
Germany has earmarked €20 million to support Ghana to set up an electronic waste recycling facility which is one of the interventions to control hazardous and electronic waste in the country. The...
It surprises me why none of the political parties is presenting solution to one major problem which is shooting this country to hell in their campaign tour thus, waste management. Well, they cannot...
Education: 2000-2004, Harvard Law School, Doctor of Juridical Sciences, with distinction. Studied: Politics and Economics of Development; Law and Development; International Law, Human Rights and...
Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is perhaps Africa's youngest Deputy Minister. Appointed at the age of 28, Mr. Okudzeto Ablakwa served as Deputy Minister of Information in the Republic of Ghana. He is...
Osu cemetery, one of the final resting places in the city for the dead, has currently been turned into a defecation and dumping site.
In an interview, Mr William Totimeh, the sexton at the cemetery,...
Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is perhaps Africa's youngest Deputy Minister. Appointed at the age of 28, Mr. Okudzeto Ablakwa served as Deputy Minister of Information in the Republic of Ghana. He is...
The Shame of Lavender Hill -Accra's Greatest Shame
Poor sanitation and the inefficient human waste disposal has always been a problem in Accra, Ghana's largest city.
It is not uncommon to see storm...
Takoradi which prides itself with the accolade the ‘Best Comes from the West’ is gradually loosing this pride to nothing, but filth, due to the inability of the city authorities to manage the...
