Climate finance in Ghana
An analysis of climate finance flows in Ghana shows that an annual average of USD 830 million was tracked in 2019 and 2020. This is a meagre 5-9% of its required investment — estimated between USD 9.3-15.5
Ghana
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Ethiopia to remain East Africa's fastest growing economy – 2018 World Bank forecast
The Ethiopian economy will maintain its growth lead for the East African region according to the latest World Bank report. The economy, however, dropped a step in growth forecast in the Sub-Saharan
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African countries need 50 times more doctors to curb their surgery deaths
A new study has found that surgery patients are twice as likely to die in Africa compared to the global average. A lack of resources was to blame for the high mortality rate. Only 12% of the world’s
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Critically endangered monkeys found in Ghana forest slated for mining
Researchers were surprised to discover white-naped mangabeys (Cercocebus lunulatus) while reviewing camera trap footage captured in Ghana’s Atewa mountain range. The white-naped mangabey has declined
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Dark future: Climate change could mean Chocoholics Anonymous soon
Climate change could mean no more chocolate in 40 years, unless ongoing gene-editing efforts are able to make the cacao plant resistant to climate change effects. Climate change could mean no more chocolate
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Kwahu Obomeng conferred cleanest in Ghana by DSWAG
The Ghana anti-water resources and environment pollution group, Drink Safe Water Advocacy has found in the search, cleanest town in the country to be Obomeng in the Kwahu South district and worthily conferred
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Chocolate Shortage May Lead To Disappearance Within 40 Years, Scientists Say
Chocolate could reportedly vanish as early as 2050. This revelation has led scientists from the University of California at Berkeley to work with Virginia-based manufacturer Mars, Incorporated to save
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‘No toilet, no marriage’ policy yielding results- KEEA
The Komenda- Edina-Eguafo-Abirem Municipal Assembly in the Central region has defended its policy of ensuring that would-be grooms have toilet facility fixed in their homes before being allowed to finalise
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10 persons arrested for engaging in open defecation
10 people have been arrested in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem(KEEA) municipality of the central region for engaging in open defecation at the beaches in the area. The 10 made up of 7 men and three
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Ghana economy to be among the fastest in growth in 2018- report reveals
Ghana's economy will be among the fastest in growth in the world in 2018, massively improving the lives of the citizens of the West African country, a major global economics report sighted by Ghanaguardian.com
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Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire work to solve pollution of Tano and Bia rivers
Authorities in Ghana are in talks with their Ivorian counterparts over measures to sanitise the two major water bodies, the Tano and Bia Rivers, which have been polluted by the activities of Ghanaian illegal