…to stop post-harvest losses, boost exports
The Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) is pushing for the setting-up of radiation facilities across the country to support the food export market as well as prevent post-harvest losses.
According to the Commission, radiation is one of the best methods to address the perennial post-harvest...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for construction of a solid waste treatment facility at Fiaso, a farming community that lies on the banks of the Fia River in the Bono East Region.
The sod-cutting ceremony was graced by the Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Madam...
The general price level for good and services, measured by consumer price inflation, has seen its biggest fall since April this year
In April this year, food prices soar abnormally as a result of panic-buying to stock-up for a partial lockdown in some parts of the country, resulting in an...
Gold Fields Ghana Limited has presented two brand-new fully-equipped Mercedes Benz ambulances to the Apinto Government Hospital and Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Hospital in the Western Region.
The two ambulances cost US$248,000 and are to ensure good healthcare delivery for people of the area in which it operates.
Stephen Osei-Bempeh, General Manager of...
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), the industry regulator, has once again raised a red flag over the menace of agrochemicals misapplication by farmers, indicating that the wrongful practice poses threats to sustainable cocoa production and productivity.
Over the years, the frequency of agrochemicals application, over- and under-use of pesticides and insecticides...
Ace Medical Insurance, a private health insurance company, has donated some items to the 37 Military Hospital. The donation, in execution of the company’s corporate social responsibility, was aimed at helping to alleviate the strain on the hospital’s resources caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Donation
Items donated to the hospital...
Unveiled. The People’s Manifesto was so-called by the NDC presidential-aspirant John Mahama and his history-making, running mate Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang. In the tradition of presidential political manifestos, it was long, the roll-out late, and more than a few of us snoozed before it was over.
What caught my attention...
A new report backed by Novartis Foundation and Microsoft has revealed that low- and middle-income countries could soon leapfrog high-income countries in their adoption of new AI-enabled technologies in health.
According to the report, technologies such as mobile phone trading platforms, e-banking, e-commerce, and even blockchain applications have often been...
Endeavor Energy, a leading independent power company focused on developing, acquiring, financing, constructing, owning, and operating power generation projects in Africa has donated GHS350,000 to the National COVID-19 Trust Fund.
“We are grateful for to the opportunity to help drive Ghana’s economic growth, create jobs, and secure its social system,”...
One of the striking cultural elements of many a society is their building architecture; a personality carved deliberately with indigenous material, colour, motifs and other symbolic accents.
Until the influence of western design, indigenous design leveraged the immediate natural environment to provide quality indoor air, cooling and other functional spaces....