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700-year-old West African soil technique could help mitigate climate change

A farming technique practised for centuries by villagers in West Africa, which converts nutrient-poor rainforest soil into fertile farmland, could be the answer to mitigating climate change and rev

Lancaster University Ghana to host conference on health in September

Lancaster University Ghana (LUG), is in the process of developing continuous professional development programmes in Health Leadership, Management and Public Health.

NGO pilots a new kindergarten education initiative

Good Governance West Africa a governance and policy NGO is expecting to implement a new educational pilot initiative to provide unique solutions to kindergarten education in the Central Tongu distr

People who read books live longer lives, study says

As if reading could get any better, scientists have now linked it to a longer life.

Health literacy is poor in Ghana - Specialist

Dr Christina Osei-Yeboah, a Consultant Paediatrician and a Public Health Specialist, has described health literacy in Ghana as poor.

Young entrepreneurs compete for seed funding to revolutionise agric

Twenty young entrepreneurs in five teams have moved to the next stage of the Kosmos Innovation Centre’s (KIC) AgriTech Challenge 2016, a formal competition in which invited young business leaders a

Meat contributes to obesity as much as sugar, research suggests

The consumption of meat contributes just as much as sugar to the growing prevalence of global 

Breakdown of governance cause of corruption in Ghana – expert

A fellow of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) says the prevalence of corruption in Ghana is a consequence of institutional failure.

Research reveals the most ‘metal’ word in the world

Blogger digs deep into English language to reveal the most ‘metal’ word in existence

A date-science blogger by the name of Degenerate State has researched the most ‘metal’ word in the Eng

Researchers develop new framework for human nutrition

Existing models for measuring health impacts of the human diet are limiting our capacity to solve obesity and its related health problems, claim two of the world's leading nutritional scientists in