Jun 21, 2021Powering communities and protecting the planetGhana’s first mini hydro plant is an engine for job creation and power generation “My dream is to become a top-notch engineer”, said Janet Etornam Kekesi, a 20-year old operating technician working at Ghana’s first mini-hydro power plant, the Tsatsadu Generating Station, located in Alavanyo in the Hohoe Municipal Assembly…Hydro Power Plant5 min readHydro Power Plant5 min read
Jun 21, 2021Shading the cocoa trees for people and natureIn West Africa, particularly in Ghana, deforestation for cocoa production and other agriculture purposes is a concern, as smallholder farmers continue to cut down forests to establish new cocoa plantations and for other farming activities. In a small village called New Apaso located in the Sekyere East District of Ashanti…Sustainability4 min readSustainability4 min read
May 11, 2021Hatching Guinea Keets with Scrap FridgesA young Ghanaian who benefited from UNDP’s youth innovation challenge is boosting guinea fowl production in Northern Ghana with egg incubators he made from scrap fridges and other materials As a teenager, Iddrisu Alhassan Kobga, the only child with formal education among five siblings, was burdened with finding a solution…Sdgs6 min readSdgs6 min read
May 10, 2021The Tiger Nut ‘Gold’ BusinessTwo young Ghanaians have built a factory, using locally fabricated technology to produce milk drinks, biscuits, and other products from tiger nuts. For an hour, Prince Oppong and his production team grind tiger nuts in a mill and pass it through a strainer to separate the chaff from the juice…Sdgs5 min readSdgs5 min read
May 7, 2021Solace in Snail GreenhousesA young Ghanaian entrepreneur and an awardee of UNDP supported Youth Innovation for Sustainable Development (YISD) Challenge finds economic freedom in an eco-friendly snail rearing business. Felix Appiah Nyarko recalled how the question “why can’t I rear snails” lingered on and clouded his mind for days, weeks and months. This…Snailfarming6 min readSnailfarming6 min read
Dec 11, 2020From saving in boxes with 3 padlocks to mobile wallets“Last year, thieves broke into our house and stole our money box. We were unable to tell how much was in the box because we have different people’s money in tins and small sacks inside the box”, noted Stella Nyaaba, Leader of Anafobiisi Asongtaaba Leligo Cooperative. Women in most…Women In Tech4 min readWomen In Tech4 min read
Sep 7, 2019Managing community waste to improve food securitySoil Fertility Decline “We were constantly using chemical fertilizers for farming. Not only was this expensive, but it also affected the soil fertility to the extent that when we do not apply fertilizer to our crops in a particular farming season, we get very low yields”, words from Kwabena Owusu, a subsistence farmer…Agriculture4 min readAgriculture4 min read
Sep 7, 2019Water Transforms by Climate Adaptation UNDP on ExposurePlease enable JavascriptClimate Change1 min readClimate Change1 min read
Jul 13, 2019Setting the pace for sound health care waste management in GhanaThe management of medical waste in Ghana has been an area of growing concern. Due to population growth and expansion of medical services, there have been an increase in the generation of hazardous waste in health facilities. …Healthcare4 min readHealthcare4 min read
Mar 15, 2019Increasing water supplies in rural GhanaIn the northern savannah region of Ghana, more than 60% of households depend on wells compared to the national average of 32.3%.Climate Change3 min readClimate Change3 min read
