Tag: Ghana

Burning old TVs to survive: The toxic trade in electrical waste

You can see thick plumes of smoke rise from the Agbogbloshie dumpsite…

Navin Singh Khadka Navin Singh Khadka

Celebrating the king banished by the British

The field outside the royal palace in the Ghanaian city of Kumasi…

Barnaby Phillips Barnaby Phillips

Marcel Desailly: ‘I don’t know if I was a star, but I’m now a legend’

The World Cup winner has firm grip on the game’s pulse and…

Jonathan Liew Jonathan Liew

Idris Elba: Why I’m planning a move to Africa

British actor Idris Elba intends to relocate to Africa within the next…

Thomas Naadi Thomas Naadi

The former president seeking to lead Ghana once more

John Dramani Mahama has been Ghana's president once before - and now…

Wedaeli Chibelushi Wedaeli Chibelushi

From political outsider to Ghana’s ‘Mr Digital’

Mahamudu Bawumia soared from being a political outsider to become Ghana's second-in-command…

Wedaeli Chibelushi Wedaeli Chibelushi

Gold, prices, and jobs: What’s at stake in Ghana’s elections?

Ghana is due to get a new president after December’s election. The…

Damian Zane Damian Zane

‘We are poisoning ourselves’: Ghana gold rush sparks environmental disaster

Water from a polluted river in Ghana was so thick and discoloured…

‘Bipolar, colour and me’ – an artist’s spreadsheet of emotion

One day when struggling to get to grips with a spreadsheet to…

Penny Dale Penny Dale

Ebike entrepreneur Valeria Labi: ‘If I see a problem and I think it can be solved, I follow that thread’

The British-born businesswoman behind Ghana’s first electric bike is out to woo…

Jack Simpson Jack Simpson