He once imagined a peaceful retirement after over 40 years of hard work around the world as a marine engineer. His dream was ...

In October 2023, the spillage of the Akosombo Dam caused catastrophic flooding in some districts of the Eastern, Volta, and Greater Accra regions, displacing thousands of people and leaving a trail of ...

This has heightened inflationary pressures, eroded purchasing power, and exacerbated Ghana's balance of payments crisis. In such a precarious situation, import substitution has become an essential ...

Kaiser Company, was retained by the Ghana and U.S. Governments to make ... For instance, the cost of the Akosombo Dam, generating station, and township were now estimated to be £102.5 million ...

Getty Images The Akosombo dam was built in the 1960s to provide energy to industrialise the country The Akosombo and Kpong Dams generate about a third of Ghana's energy mix. The authorities say ...

Massive tropical trees have been submerged beneath Lake Volta since 1965, when the construction of Ghana's Akosombo Dam flooded part of the Volta River Basin. A Ghanaian company, which has ...

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Ho, Feb 1, GNA – Stakeholders are raising alarms over the rise in female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) at Lakeside communities within the Volta Basin in the wake of the Akosombo Dam spillage.

In 2023, Ghana faced a major disaster when the spillage of excess water from the Akosombo Dam led to devastating floods in the Eastern, Volta, and Greater Accra Regions. The increased water flow in ...