On the final day of the climate talks in Bonn, Germany, leaders of key negotiating blocs joined in call for global action on renewable energy and energy efficiency at COP22 in Marrakech later this year. The Chairs of these groups, representing over 90 countries, highlighted the launch at COP 21 in Paris last year of […]
The Ghana Police Service has served notice it is considering closing down social media services during the November 7 general elections. The Inspector General of Police, John Kudalor, said the move is to curtail abuse of the social media platforms where members of the general public hide behind them to create tension. “At one stage
Activities of illegal miners have forced management of the Ghana Water Company to halt the activation of a 58-million dollar Konongo water treatment plant that is intended to solve the perennial water shortage in the area. Although work on the 3.6 million-gallon daily water supply is completed, authorities are yet to begin pumping water from
Up to 30 migrants are feared dead after a boat capsized in the Mediterranean off the Libyan coast while some 77 were rescued by EU naval units from the sea. Ships from an EU task force and Italy’s coast guard raced to the scene 35 nautical miles (65km) off the coast as survivors clung to
“Africa must think big, act big and deliver big. We must never show low ambitions for Africa,” African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina said on Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at the formal opening of the Annual Meetings of the Bank Group in Zambia on the theme “Energy and climate Change”. Addressing a huge gathering
Old Mutual Investment Group has announced a deal to increase its overall effective equity stake in African agriculture investment group, UFF African Agri Investments, to 49%. The partnership will see the strengthening of a longtime relationship between the two companies, with investment opportunities of up to $500 million into African farmland envisaged over the next
New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer Nana Akufo-Addo has emphatically stated he will reduce electricity tariffs if he wins power. In a terse statement to the media Thursday, the three-time presidential candidate of the Danquah-Busia-Dombo tradition noted: “I think it is important for there to be clarity on this matter. If the government cannot or will
MTN Ghana, the leading telecommunications company in the country has once again distinguished itself by winning six prestigious awards at the sixth Ghana Information Technology and Telecom Awards (GITTA) organized by InstinctWave. MTN Ghana topped all other operators in the following categories; Telecom Operator of the Year Best Telecom Business of the Year (MTN Business)
Department of Center for Culture and African Studies at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is partnering the European Union (EU) and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to produce a video documentary on the life of the late Asantehene Otumfuo Agyeman Prempeh I. The hallowed King ruled in the then
Farmers of the Northern Savannah Zone of Ghana are to benefit from a scale-up of Sustainable Land and Water Management (SLWM) interventions in selected watersheds and forest fringe communities. This is under a second additional financing Global Environment Facility (GEF) grant of US$12.76 million. The Additional Financing grant will help the project scale-up ongoing SLWM
