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.

SMARTerWASH project enhances rural water provision

By Edmund Smith-Asante, ACCRA

Eumerators taking data on a dis-functional water system.

Rural water provision in Ghana has received a major boost through the introduction of the use of the smartphone to collect data on the performance of all water facilities provided for communities, irrespective of who provided them.

7th WACDEP Technical Coordination Meeting opens in Accra

By Edmund Smith-Asante, ACCRA

 

Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Dr Agyemang-Mensah (r) in a chat with Executive Secretary of GWP, Mr Rudolf Cleveringa. PICTURE BY EDMUND SMITH-ASANTE

The seventh technical coordination meeting of the Water, Climate and Development Programme (WACDEP) opened yesterday with a call on participants to share ideas, experiences and suggestions that would lead to the reduction of the impacts of climate change on the West African sub-region.

Provision of boreholes enhances academic performance at Sirigu High School

By Edmund Smith-Asante, SIRIGU

A classroom block at the Sirigu Senior High School

The drilling of three boreholes in the Sirigu Senior High School in the Upper East Region has brought a lot of changes in the lives of the students, staff and the academic performance of the school, Mr Thomas Awiah, the headmaster, has stated.

Deliver on new global water, sanitation goals — WaterAid urges UN members

By Edmund Smith-Asante

International development organisation, WaterAid, has urged member countries of the United Nations (UN), to ensure that they deliver on the new global goals, the sustainable development goals (SDGs), especially goal six and leave no one behind.