For generations, Techiman’s farmers cleared fields with controlled burns. “Fire is our tractor,” explains cassava processor Kofi Boateng, gesturing at mounds of rotting mango peels outside Techiman Central Market. But climate change has weaponized tradition:
– *Rainfall has dropped 30% since 2020, desiccating crops into tinder
– Temperatures now spike to 42°C during Harmattan season
– 300+ tons of weekly market waste—with no municipal composting—pile up in fields
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The Machine Sees What It’s Told to See
Cadbury’s Cocoa Life program says their AI can spot child labor with 85% accuracy, but only within the GPS locations given to them by cocoa cooperatives. That means if a child like Kofi walks out of the cocoa field and into a nearby mine, the system stops tracking him.
“Our satellites can identify children carrying machetes or cocoa sacks,” said a Nestlé sustainability officer, who asked not to be named. “But if that same child enters a mine pit after school? Our system marks that as ‘out of scope.’”
On a dusty street inside Suame Magazine in Kumasi, the sound of metal hitting metal rings loudly. Sparks fly as young boys in oily clothes bend over engines. There are no blackboards here. No chalk. But this is where many Ghanaian youth are learning to build their future—not in a classroom, but in a garage.
Over 500 traders and shop owners operating behind the Boss FM storey building in Kumasi are calling on the government, Ashanti Regional Minister, and relevant authorities to extend support to them following the recent fire outbreak at the Blue Bulb Market in Adum.
APEX, a civil society organization advocating for national development, has issued a stern call to Ghanaian authorities to intensify efforts in clamping down on illegal foreign miners, particularly Chinese nationals who have been implicated in destructive galamsey (illegal mining) operations across the country.
President John Dramani Mahama through the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development has nominated Richard Ofori-Agyemang Boadi as the new Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) for the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), signaling a new chapter for a city grappling with infrastructural decay, transport chaos, and sanitation woes.
Alarming incident erupted at Adventist Senior High School in Bantama, Ashanti Region on a fateful Friday morning in April 2025 after a student fired a gun on campus, leaving two students injured , sparking nationwide concerns over rising brutality and access to firearms among Ghana’s youth.
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is leading the race for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) 2028 presidential flagbearer position, according to a fresh Global InfoAnalytics poll. The survey places him ahead of other contenders, solidifying his status as the party’s frontrunner for the next leadership contest.
Undoubtedly, Ghana’s flourishing Mobile Money transaction showcased astonishing growth in early 2025, with mobile money transactions achieving six hundred forty-nine billion two hundred million cedis (GH¢649.2 billion ) for January and February combined – representing a sixty-four point sixty-eight percent(64.68% )
surge from the three hundred ninety-four billion two hundred million cedis (GH¢394.2 billion ) total of the same period last year.
Former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has extended a helping hand to traders affected by the devastating fire that tore through the Adum business district, donating GH₵200,000 and 1,000 bags of cement to aid their recovery.