Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
THIS WEEK’S TOPIC ON GREEN AFRICA: Economics of Waste Management PLEASE JOIN THIS WEEK’S DISCUSSION LIVE BY PHONE AND SKYPE The waste management industry is broad, covering the collection, transport, processing, recycling or disposal, and monitoring of waste materials. Growing rapidly rate everywhere in the world, the Sector is represented by a host […]
Mr Fritz Baffour, Minister of Information, on Saturday reaffirmed government’s commitment to assisting the National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) with the necessary credit facility in its restructuring, infrastructural and technological development. He said the credit facility would help transform the Institute’s into a sub-regional centre of excellence in training creative and media arts students […]
Airtel Ghana has announced that it will join hands with Friends of the Museum, a not-for-profit organization interested in the promotion of the national museum and Ghana’s cultural heritage. This collaboration was announced at a discussion series with the theme for the month: “Why Heritage Matters” hosted by Adventurers of the Diaspora (AiD). Airtel’s support […]
Luanda — Brazil’s ambassador to Angola, Ana Cabral, on Monday here considered the cultural interchange among the Portuguese Speaking Countries Community (CPLP) positive, ANGOP has learnt. Speaking to ANGOP, on the fringe of the opening of the preparatory meeting of the culture ministers of the mentioned community, set for Tuesday, the ambassador said there is […]
The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today voiced concern about the risks posed by the latest fighting in Mali to the World Heritage site of Timbuktu and called on the parties to safeguard the country’s cultural heritage. “Timbuktu’s outstanding earthen architectural wonders that are the great mosques of Djingareyber, […]
By Geoffrey Kamadi Nairobi — Satellite technology is coming to the aid of pastoralists in drought-stricken Kenya, with the expansion of a water monitoring system that aims to reduce livestock loss. The Livestock Early Warning System combines information uploaded by villagers with satellite data to create a virtually real-time map of forage and water conditions. […]
Luanda — Preliminary results of a fishing investigation held in March, on the Angolan sea, show that there is more fish than in the previous year, a source with the sector has announced. This was said by the technical director of the National Institute of Fishing Investigation (Inip), Filomena Vaz Coelho. She announced it during […]
An international team led by the University of Toronto and Hebrew University has identified the earliest known evidence of the use of fire by human ancestors. Microscopic traces of wood ash, alongside animal bones and stone tools, were found in a layer dated to one million years ago at the Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa. […]
By A. Max Konneh The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources has ordered the release of a French fishing vessel, STERENN following the payment of $703,970 fine levied on it in respect of various infractions for which it was arrested. According to a report prepared by the Fisheries Protection Officer and Head of the Boarding […]
By Isaiah Esipisu Nairobi — Sarah Chebet from Nandi Hills in Kenya’s Rift Valley province knows that this year’s long rains are likely to fail. But the mother of one is determined to keep her horticultural project flourishing nonetheless by making use of modern agricultural technology. In early March, the Kenya Meteorological Department predicted the […]