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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AfDB plans US$3bn facility to improve food nutrition
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has taken a giant step toward improved food nutrition and security with plans to develop a US$300million facility that will leverage about US$3billion from banks and
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4,500 kids die of diarrhoea in just one year
Poor sanitation and open defecation, which continue to be the bane of the Ghanaian society, has robbed the nation of over 4,500 of its youth through the outbreak of diarrhoea in 2014 alone. According to
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FIFA health program for children filmed in Ghana
The fourth leg of the FIFA '11 for health' program has been launched in Accra on Tuesday. FIFA approved Ghana as the first country in the world for the 4th edition of the program that trains kids in
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Gov’t launches move to ratify convention on mercury
The Ministry of Environment, Science Technology and Innovation (MESTI) has begun the process required to ratify and rapidly implement the Minamata Convention on mercury to protect human life and the environment
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Nigeria: Oxfam Wants Govt to Build Farmers' Resilience to Climate Change
AS the national climate change adaptation strategy and action plan for climate change in Nigeria - NASPA-CCN indicated that climate change is already having significant impacts in Nigeria, and these impacts
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Poverty reduction in Ghana: progress and challenges
Ghana’s strong economic growth in the past two decades helped cut the country’s poverty rate in half, from 52.6% to 21.4% between 1991 and 2012. This is based on Ghana’s national poverty line. But according
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Characteristics of urban and peri-urban agriculture in West Africa: results of an exploratory survey conducted in Tamale (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
The report summarizes key results from surveys carried out on urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) in Tamale (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) in 2013. The aim was to provide a broad overview of
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Mine collapse traps 35 illegal miners in Ghana
More than 30 illegal miners were trapped and at least one confirmed dead on Monday in a collapsed illegal mine pit at Tarkwa Nsuaem, near Takoradi, 218 km west of the capital Accra. Local media quoting
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Ghana launches final MDGs report
Ghana has formally launched the final Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) report in Accra on Tuesday. In line with the six previous biennial reports, the 2015 MDGs report examines progress made since
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Ghana begins campaign against open defecation
The practice of open defecation in Ghana is still very alarming, with current data suggesting that almost a quarter of the Ghanaian population do not use any latrine facility. Statistics also indicates