G8
AFRICA INFRASTRUCTURE AND INVESTMENT CONFERENCE 2010
The
G8 Africa Infrastructure Investment Conference hosts a strategic
platform at the centre of the global economy. Carefully designed
plenary sessions, workshops and speed meetings in defined business
forums target key infrastructure and the players required to
drive development across the African continent.
Road
toll increases and its impact on road maintenance in Ghana
For the
first time in over 10 years, the Government announced new road
and bridge toll rates that came into effect on February 1 this
year, after the legislation instrument was revised by parliament
in December 2009. ....
A nation that fails to plan intelligently
for the development and protection of its precious waters will
be condemned to wither because of its short sightedness.
The
Institute’s flagship project is to support Government
prepare ambitious urban master plans that will transform parts
of the lower Western Region into world-class cities where residents
live the highest quality of life. Three cities shall be built...
The Chiefs
and people of the Western Nzema Traditional area in the Jomoro
District have resolved not to sell any of their lands to companies
and individuals who may want to operate in the area because
of the oil find.
AFRICAN GOVERNMENTS
URGED TO INDEPENDENTLY FUND SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Professor Walter
Sandow Alhassan, a former Director General of the Council for
Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), on Wednesday called
on African governments to independently fund science and technology
development
Over the last
few years, crisis in the urban water sector in Ghana has resulted
in increased use of sachet water, which is water bagged in small
polythene bags, usually of 500 ml.