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A Ghanaian pensioner who is based in Frankfurt, Germany, has shared his regrets about travelling abroad. The man, who is known as Expensive Joe, recalled that though he was his own boss back in Accra due to his skills as a shoemaker and a carpenter, he was not allowed to …

A 58-year-old woman at Koforidua, Elizabeth Arthur, has been arrested by the police for what has been suspected to be an unhealthy way of preparing the locally-prepared pepper sauce, shito. The woman, popularly-known as Naana, who trades in the business of selling shito in the city, was found out by …

The Congolese music band, Fulu Muziki, shot to the center of public attention in 2019. Their message was simple — they generate music from garbage and that is the literal translation of the name of their music band in the local dialect. Producing their music from the dumpsite means they …

CEO of Green Essentials, Yaa Anima, has disclosed that she quit her job as a relationship officer in the banking sector after two years because she did not enjoy it as much. In an interview on Daily Hustle on SVTV Africa, Miss Anima indicated that she is not cut out …

Each year, an estimated one-third of all food produced worldwide for human consumption is lost or wasted, which amounts to 1.3 billion tonnes per year. Interestingly, most people do not realize how much food they throw away every day —from leftovers to spoiled produce. In Ghana, recent statistics by the …

  The Ranking Member of the Parliamentary Committee on Environment, Science and Technology, Mr. Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi has urged  government to allocate adequate  funding to service providers to provide proper sanitation and waste management in the country.   Speaking to the media at the Oti landfill site in the Asokwa …

As part of government’s efforts in making the entire country clean, the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cut sod for the construction of the third solid waste Facility in the Ahafo regional capital Goaso.   The President has already cut sod in the Bono East and Bono Region earlier …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cut sod for the commencement of the construction of the Sekondi-Takoradi Solid and Liquid Waste Facility, estimated to cost 60 million Euros, in Asaakae in the Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipal Assembly (EKMA), Western Region. The project, which is going to be executed by waste management expert, Zoomlion Ghana …