It’s World Water Day. This year’s World Water Day focuses attention on food security – because for all the water we drink, more water goes in to producing our food. While we may drink between 2 and 4 litres of water per day, to produce a kilo of wheat needs 1,500 litres of water, and …
ICTworks links to this account of teacher training in Haiti, and how a simple email address can be a major ICT4D barrier. I squirmed in sympathy when I read it, because I’ve also been let down by Yahoo! Mail when attempting to sell people on the wonderful world of ICTs. And I’ve been let down …
…one of the world’s most prominent development economists says Ghana is proving to be one of the strongest performers on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa and unlike some of its African counterparts is likely to fulfill them by the 2015 deadline. Africa Rising: Jeffrey Sachs says Ghana’s future looks bright When I first read this, I twitched …
“The people say ‘Why should I use the toilet? It’s fresh air outside, I can chit chat with my friend while I’m squatting there’. Our big breakthrough will happen when we look at the poor as if they are customers. We need to sell them products that are very beautiful and sexy. Once these become …
Erosion is a huge problem in villages. Farmers who now have access to affordable herbicides spray it on the ground in the villages instead of trimming long grass back to deter snakes. With no vegetation in villages or around houses, the soil melts away in the rainy season and blows away in the dry season. …
This is a borehole repair at Bosomkyekye, a reasonable size village outside Mampong. A borehole is not an insult. It’s a deep hole drilled in the ground that water comes out of through a pump. Sometimes it’s 120-odd feet deep. That’s not 120 odd feet. They’re quite normal feet. It means approximate, silly. A borehole …
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