MoFA launches programme to tackle climate change

By Edmund Smith-Asante, ACCRA

The Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture in charge of Crops, Dr Alhassan Yakubu Ahmed launching the document

A five-year Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) Action Plan has been launched by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) to serve as a vehicle for the implementation of the Agriculture and Food Systems Strategies of the National Climate Change Policy (NCCP) from 2016 to 2020.

Rewarding excellence in liquid waste management :MMDAs to compete for sanitation prize

By Edmund Smith-Asante, ACCRA



Operators of the cesspit emptiers work without protective gear

A whopping £1.43 million (GH¢8.44 million) is up for grabs by 139 metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs), which excel in designing and implementing liquid waste management strategies from now up to December 2018.

Ghana-China bilateral trade to soar: More investments in sanitation to make Ghana leading player in Africa

By Edmund Smith-Asante, ACCRA



The Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Madam Sun Baohong, has stated that bilateral trade between Ghana and China will hit six billion dollars by close of the year, from last year’s figure of $5.6 billion.

Non-revenue water, major problem of utilities

By Edmund Smith-Asante, NAIROBI

Unaccounted for water has been identified as a major challenge of utility companies in Africa.

Unaccounted for water has been identified as a major challenge of utility companies in Africa, with developing countries losing an estimated 45 million m3 (45 billion litres) of water daily through leakages enough to serve nearly 200 million people.

Private sector pushes for more say:In managing sanitation

By Edmund Smith-Asante, ACCRA




The discussants at the dialogue are from left, Mr David Duncan, UNICEF Chief of WASH, Mr Joseph Agyepong, President of ESPA; Mr Edward Effah, Managing Director, Fidelity Bank and Mr Kenneth Ashigbey, Managing Director, GCGL.

Stakeholders in the sanitation sector have pushed for more involvement of private companies in the decision-making process in the sector, saying that a partnership among the private sector, the government and the partners is the best way to ensure progress in the sector.

Govt does not care enough about sanitation

By Edmund Smith-Asante, ACCRA

Mr David Duncan

There has been no improvement in sanitation coverage in the country for three years because neither the government nor the public has given priority to issues of sanitation in the country, the Chief of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) at UNICEF, Mr David Duncan, has stated.

Think creatively about water, sanitation provision - water utilities in Africa urged

By Edmund Smith-Asante, NAIROBI

Mr Evans Ondieki, an Executive Committee Member of the Nairobi City County making his presentation. To his left is  Mr Philip Gichuki, Managing Director of the Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company.

Members of the Science and Technical Council (STC) of the African Water Association (AfWA), have been urged to see beyond policies and laws governing the provision of water and sanitation services, to more innovative ways of ensuring access.