Policymakers in Africa are being urged to consider the abundant renewable energy resources freely at their disposal.
Countries in the West and the East have gone ahead of Africans in the exploitation of these natural and greener resources because of the immense cost-savings it brings to their economy. The inclusion...
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the critical importance of sanitation, hygiene and adequate access to clean water for preventing and containing diseases. Hand hygiene saves lives.
According to the United Nations, 6 in 10 people lack access to safely managed sanitation facilities. Each day, nearly 1,000 children die due to...
Mono-crop culture in modern agricultural terms is the emphasis of crop specialisation. This method of farming is particularly popular in industrialised regions.
However, though increasing yields are vital for having affordable food - particularly as the population is increasing, monoculture farming has some disadvantages you can’t ignore. The worlds long-term...
Government’s quick response to contain the novel coronavirus from spreading further among final-year students in SHSs is commendable.
A total of 684 contacts who got close to some eight persons who tested positive for COVID-19 at the Accra Girls Senior High School have been identified by health officials.
Dr. Yaw Adutwum,...
Although measures were put in place to check the spread of the coronavirus with the announcement of the reopening of schools, news filtering in that some students have tested positive for the virus is causing anguish among some parents, and rightly so.
Health officials of Accra Girls senior high school...
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) is appealing to be considered in the stimulus package - Coronavirus Alleviation Programme- to enable them go about agriculture production and help improve food security.
PFAG has observed that the stimulus package cannot be accessed by farmers because the criteria required does not...
As the coronavirus restrictions are gradually eased, businesses yearn for re-opening of the country’s borders so that economic activity can be heightened.
An IHS Markit Ghana survey conducted has revealed that border closures have restricted companies’ ability import goods; thereby resulting in shortage of raw materials and leading to a...
The Akuapem Education Trust (AET), a higher education fund set up by the religious and traditional leaders of the Okuapemman, has announced the opening of its 2020 applications for qualified candidates.
The AET was launched in 2019 and is anchored in the idea that, society’s primary responsibility should always bend...
MTN has to be commended for the extension of the fee waiver on Mobile Money (MoMo) on-net transfers up to GHC100 daily till Sept 30, 2020. The extension gives opportunity to MoMo customers to continue sending money transfer value up to GHS100 daily to MoMo wallets for free.
Eli Hini,...