The World Bank has released the Next Generation Africa Climate Business Plan (NG-ACBP), which sets out a blueprint to help sub-Saharan African economies achieve low carbon and climate-resilient outcomes.
The Plan calls for countries to seize the opportunity to scale-up climate resilience to grow their economies and reduce poverty, redouble...
The Ghana Climate Innovation Centre (GCIC), a pioneering green business incubator, last week held an economy and ecology strategic dialogue themed: ‘The Green Recovery’ as a response to the COVID-induced economic downturn currently assailing the Ghanaian economy.
Agata E. Pawolowska, the World Bank Operations Manager, Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone...
Parliament has approved government’s request for a financing agreement with the International Development Association (IDA) for an amount of US$ 125 million as additional financing for the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area Sanitation and and Water Project (GSWP).
The purpose of the funding is to continue with the implementation of earlier...
Gov’t, ECG should focus on minimising systemic losses
Pay suppliers, power generators, transmitter on time
The growth of renewable energy in the country should be seen as an opportunity, not a threat to the viability and future growth of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), the largest distributor of...
Agilitee Africa, a South African-based green solutions provider, is seeking to break into Ghana’s nascent automobile market, with its eco-friendly smart solutions to emerging challenges posed by fossil-fuel-powered vehicle use.
With the global automobile industry now faced with ending the era of fossil-fuel-powered vehicles by 2040, Agilitee Africa says it...
One of the striking cultural elements of many a society is their building architecture; a personality carved deliberately with indigenous material, colour, motifs and other symbolic accents.
Until the influence of western design, indigenous design leveraged the immediate natural environment to provide quality indoor air, cooling and other functional spaces....
Developing targeted intervention to attract young people to become ‘creators’ rather than ‘seekers’ of jobs, Green Economy Ghana is on a job creation mission to help in the increment of the economic growth of the country. Its mission is to adopt new approaches to work that requires the workforce...
The Minister of Transport, Kweku Ofori Asiamah has led a delegation comprising, the Acting Chief Director of the Ministry of Transport and the Ministerial Advisory Board, Mrs. Mabel Sagoe, Officials from the Ministry of Transport as well as the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority to inspect current works at...
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, will, on Wednesday, December 22, launch the e-pharmacy digital platform in Accra.
The digitization of pharmacies, which will have the nation's pharmacies converged on one digital platform, is aimed at addressing the difficulties of roaming around looking for medicines in pharmacies.
It is also expected...
Africa is seen to be just at the beginning of the digital ecosystem, but among the few leading the continent’s digital innovation drive is the young South African entrepreneur, Dr. Mandla Lamba.
“Driven by the purpose of God,” said Dr. Lamba, he envisions seeing African people economically free through pursuing...