Cocoa production is essential to the health of Ghana’s economy, contributing 3% to its gross domestic product and supporting the livelihoods of approximately 4 million farming households (GSS, 2015). Ghana represents the gold standard for cocoa quality and is one of the world’s largest producers, yet the sector’s yields remain stubbornly low. Young people are…
The Government has identified about 8,000 basic schools that need urgent refurbishment, and would need about $200 million to renovate dilapidated basic school structures across the country. Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, the Minister for Education, who gave the figures, in Parliament on Tuesday, said the identified structures threatened the lives of pupils, and the Government…
At the start of April, Ghana’s government issued a three-week ultimatum to illegal gold miners operating in the country. They were told that they could either stop their activities or face prosecution. The threat seemed to work. By the end of the three weeks, over 500 excavators used in informal artisanal gold mining – known…
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Upper Denkyira West, Mr Daniel Appianin, has said that Captain Maxwell Mahama who was lynched on Monday at Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region, was part of some military personnel who were protecting Chinese small-scale illegal miners (galamsey) in a distant forest at Aminase. In a radio interview on Accra…
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Women in West Africa dominate the fishing value chain and often handle the finances related to fishing. Artisanal fishing is under threat, but better governance and improved surveillance systems are making a difference in some countries. Women are increasingly included in the co-management of fisheries with the support of the World Bank-funded West…
Participatory Development Associate has called for farmer inclusion in initiatives aimed at ensuring Food security. Ensuring food security in the world features significantly on the development agenda of both governments and the development community. Food security largely refers to the access, availability and sustainability to nutritious food for everyone irrespective of status and location. Vandzilah…
The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) has held a coalition meeting on infrastructure sharing and open access on Tuesday, 25th October, 2016 at the Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in IT. Patronized by a broad spectrum of stakeholders, ranging from both the public and private sector as well as civil society organizations, the programme addressed…
Ghana, served as host for the first ever AfriLabs Gathering which brought together over 30 hubs across the African continent. The event was sponsored by Making All Voices Count and Microsoft4Afrika and supported by a host of other partners. The annual gathering was a unique opportunity for members and other stakeholders to convene, learn the…
A chubby-cheeked little boy whose serious expression turned him into a meme could end up educating an entire village.Jake has become one of the most famous schoolchildren in South Africa since people began sharing a picture of him, joking he was everything from a grumpy driving instructor to an unimpressed security guard. But Jake lives…