The Green Economy Ghana project is offering technical and entrepreneurial training to 400 young people and support them into gainful employment either as entrepreneurs or qualified personnel in the plastic waste management, organic waste management or sustainable forestry sectors. Since the launch of the Green Economy Ghana project in November 2020,...
Ghana and the United Kingdom (UK) have renewed their commitment to biodiversity protection and preservation, during the ‘Nature Action – Private Sector Mobilisation Event,’ organised by the government of UK. The programme seeks to catalyse and demonstrate delivery of the ‘Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework’, a landmark international agreement adopted by...
After years of just bubbling under, the ESG megatrend has finally opened the afterburners. At a time when the reminders of past flameouts by the fossil fuel sector have been amplified by the pandemic, the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) momentum has reached fever-pitch with assets invested in...
In the past 20 years, SEED has been supporting eco-inclusive enterprises: MSMEs that provide practical solutions to social and environmental problems. These enterprises create lasting collective impacts across their value chains, eliminating poverty as they serve communities at the base of the pyramid, while tackling environmental issues. Yet, when SEED...
Technology and Africa’s Development Challenges African governments and stakeholders will have to deal with the stark realities of climate change variabilities, inadequate and unsustainable energy supply and increasing unemployment as nations seek economic solutions. Climate change and its devastating impact on societal livelihoods have taken centre-stage among governments and development partners....
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...
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...
Ghana is making significant progress toward the sustainable management of cocoa forest landscapes, boosting livelihoods and addressing the impacts of climate change  Ghana has received an advance payment of US$1.3million out of a US$50million agreement with the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility for results-based payments for reducing emissions from...
Not so long ago, the energy transition was an idealistic concept-driven largely by researchers and environmentalists. The most important drawback was the high cost associated with the deployment of clean technologies. However, today and even more in the very near future, renewable energies (RE) will be accepted as the...
Human activities such as cutting down of forests, improper waste disposal, use of fertilisers, burning of coal and petroleum products and gas (fossil fuels), continue to have a brunt on the environment. These are leading to changes in average weather conditions such as temperature and rainfall, affecting natural resources...