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Climate Change Is Making Life Harder For All Farmers – For Ghana’s Farmers With Disabilities It Can Mean Devastation
New Narratives
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June 30, 2025
Without eyesight farming is difficult for Asoke Douglas Aganawini in Ghana’s Upper East region By Jennifer Ambolley Summary: Climate change is pushing farmers with disabilities to the brink: In Ghana’s Upper East, erratic rains and rising heat are...
Burkina Faso Hosts First West Africa Regional Exchange Mechanism…
IUCN
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This inaugural regional workshop aims to foster dialogue and cooperation on the challenges and opportunities of dryland management in West Africa, with a particular focus on the DSL-IP eco-region. It places special emphasis on the role of...
Zoomlion enters Burkina Faso
Ghana Business News
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June 27, 2025
Zoomlion Ghana Limited the leading subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies is set to extend its expertise to Burkina Faso’s waste management sector, following a high-level meeting between its Executive Chairman, Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, and...
Zoomlion to launch in Burkina Faso
Business Ghana
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Zoomlion Ghana Limited, the leading subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies, is set to extend its expertise to Burkina Faso’s waste management sector, following a high-level meeting between its Executive Chairman, Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong,...
Ghana’s Energy Crossroads: How global oil shocks are reshaping an African economy
Joy FM
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June 30, 2025
Introduction Ghana stands at a peculiar energy crossroads. The West African nation pumps crude oil from its Jubilee and TEN offshore fields, yet spends billions annually importing refined petrol and diesel to meet domestic demand. This paradox has...
Zoomlion extends sustainable waste management solutions to Burkina Faso
GhanaWeb
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June 25, 2025
Zoomlion Ghana Limited the leading subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies is set to extend its expertise to Burkina Faso's waste management sector, following a high-level meeting between its Executive Chairman, Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, and...
Support for improving capacities in hydrometeorological forecasting, monitoring and warning systems in Burkina Faso
GWP
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The meeting brought together some 20 participants, including representatives of HYDROMET-BF, the Research Officer and the Project Officer from the Ministry of Environment, Water and Sanitation, the National Meteorological Agency (ANAM), the...
President of EBID urges graduates to champion problem-solving innovation for Africa’s growth
Joy FM
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June 30, 2025
The Chancellor of the Nobel International Business University (NiBS), Dr George Agyekum Donkor, has urged graduates to champion innovation and advance policies that not only address Africa’s most pressing challenges but also safeguard the...
The goal of eliminating malaria by 2030 is in jeopardy
Africa.com
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June 30, 2025
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, June 16, 2025 /African Media Agency (AMA)/ – Africa could see 554,000 additional malaria deaths due to climate change, unless urgent action is taken. The goal of eliminating malaria by 2030 is in jeopardy, as climate...
TCL poised to capture West African market with latest cutting-edge electronics
Business and Financial Times
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June 30, 2025
Chinese-owned global electronics giant TCL, with a significant footprint in Ghana over the past decade, has officially launched its expansion into the West African market. The company is also set to introduce a dynamic new line of innovative...
Burkina Faso and Togo: a joint effort on operational flood monitoring and forecasting
World Meteorological Organization
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June 23, 2025
Improved operational capacity to use flood forecasting systems for early warning has brought together specialists from the two countries, facilitating the exchange of experience between meteorologists, hydrologists, and disaster risk reduction...
Do leaders take undue credit for successful team achievements?
Joy FM
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June 30, 2025
Is the role of leaders in the attainment of successful outcomes by teams often overstated? Not if you go by Prof Stephen Adei’s well-publicised dictum. Leadership is cause, after all. Everything else is effect, he says. Ideally, the leader casts...
Wave Raises $137 Million Debt Funding to Expand Mobile Money Footprint in Africa
TechEconomy
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June 30, 2025
Advertisements Wave, the mobile money company disrupting financial services in Francophone Africa, has secured $137 million in debt funding. Designed to scale its operations across existing and new markets, even as many African startups struggle...
Morality binds and blinds: Applying Haidt’s framework to NPP’s political psychology – Part 1
Daily FT
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The NPP’s shift under AKD is not just ideological, but psychological: a move from reform to ritual The NPP’s shift under AKD reveals not just a political turn, but a moral one. Haidt’s insights show how movements bound by sacred values can become...
Tabreed teams up with CVC DIF to buy Abu Dhabi’s PAL Cooling in $1bn deal
The National News
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The UAE's National Central Cooling Company − also known as Tabreed − is boosting its presence in the country by teaming up with Netherlands-based fund CVC DIF to acquire Abu Dhabi’s PAL Cooling in a Dh3.8 billion ($1.03 billion) deal. As part of...
Comment le changement climatique menace l'alimentation des éléphants dans les savanes d'Afrique de l'Ouest
The Conversation
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June 27, 2025
Dans les savanes protégées de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, les éléphants dépendent fortement d'arbres et d'arbustes pour se nourrir, surtout en saison sèche. L'écosystème WAPOK (W-Arly-Pendjari-Oti-Mandouri-Keran), une vaste zone d'aires protégées qui...
ECOWAS begins process for smooth exit of Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 23, 2025
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has appointed a Chief Negotiator to oversee the orderly withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger from the regional bloc. The decision was made during the 67th Ordinary Session of the...
Tinubu: I’m Confident Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger Will Return to Ecowas Soon
This Day
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June 23, 2025
*Expresses deep concern over slow pace of activating ECOWAS standby force *Hands over leadership to Sierra Leonean counterpart, Maada Bio, canvasses vigilance, unity, inclusive growth in region *Says body will reshape regional economic diplomacy...
ECOWAS must keep its door open to Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso – Boakai urges regional leaders
New Mail
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June 21, 2025
President of Liberia, Joseph Boakai, has urged West African leaders to maintain open lines of dialogue with Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, stressing that the door to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) must remain open to the...
Mali completes takeover of gold mines abandoned by foreign companies
The Globe and Mail
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June 30, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:The Yatela mine in Mali’s western Kayes region was abandoned in 2016 after Sadiola Exploration Company determined that low prices made operations uneconomical despite unexploited reserves.Supplied Mali has completed its...