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Universal Access to Electricity: government pledges to implement 55 mini grids
In an epoch of clean energy, climate change and climate investing, the government of Ghana says, it would establish 55 solar mini grids within islands and small communities by the end of 2025, after revising its target of 2020.
The…
Africa’s output grows to over $997.9b in merchandise trade – Report
Africa’s output grew by 3.4 per cent between 2017 and 2018 with a value of over $997.9 billion in merchandise trade despite the slowdown in global growth during that period, a new report by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)…
African countries can create $2.3 trillion economy by increasing trade – Songwe
African countries can grow the economy of the continent if they increase trade, Dr. Vera Songwe, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has said.
Dr. Songwe who was speaking at the opening…
Operation Vanguard arrests 15 suspected Chinese illegal miners
Operation Vanguard Personnel stationed at their Forward Operating Base in the Western Region on Saturday morning at about 5:30am apprehended 15 suspected Chinese illegal miners in the Juabosu District in the Western North Region.
This…
No West African institution in 2020 World University Ranking
Even though some universities in West Africa boast of being among the best institutions for study, none of them appeared on the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings for 2020.
The world’s most-consulted independent…
Ghana government asked to rationalise the many tax exemptions
Professor Godfred A. Bokpin, a Fellow of IMANI Centre for Policy and Education, has urged government to rationalise the many tax exemptions that are granted multinational companies.
Government should also explore and deepen efforts…
Ghana’s gross public debt hits over GH¢173b – IMANI
...Country likely to return to IMF
Ghana's gross public debt has reached GH¢173,068.7 billion compared to GH¢142,616.6 billion in 2017, with an interest rate of GH¢19 billion to be paid on the debts.
These figures were presented at a…
How sand mafias silence journalists in India
Up to 50 billion metric tons of sand and gravel are extracted every year worldwide.The inexhaustible need for sand from this rapidly-developing country is the breeding ground for illegal activities by what has come to be known as the “sand…
Ghana’s economy expands 6.7% in first quarter of 2019 – GSS
Ghana’s economy grew 6.7 per cent year-on-year in the first three months of 2019 compared to 5.4 per cent in the same period last year, the Ghana Statistical Service said on Wednesday.
The quarter-on-quarter seasonally adjusted growth…
Green Blood: A photo holds Swiss-Russian mine accountable in Guatemala fisherman’s death
A group of fishermen from an indigenous community in Guatemala demanded to know more about the environmental impact of a ferronickel mine established on their ancestral land. One of them was killed, and a local reporter was criminalized for…