Ghana and Singapore on Wednesday discussed cooperation in sustainable development and value-added agriculture, anchoring their talks around a pioneering carbon markets agreement and plans to scale agro-processing and jobs in Ghana. Speaking during bilateral talks with President John Dramani Mahama in Singapore, President Tharman Shanmugaratnam said, “the first Asian country to sign the implementation of a carbon credit agreement with Ghana and the first in Africa, is Singapore,” casting the deal as a platform to channel investment into low-carbon growth. He added that “other areas of interest are agribusiness, downstream…
Day: August 31, 2025
EJN Grantee’s Report On Illegal Logging Generates Community Debate and Pushes Government to Investigate National Forest Authority
Kiundu Waweru First Published, 29 August 2025 Uganda’s forests house a plethora of flora and fauna, including charismatic species like the mountain gorilla in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, and the most studied chimpanzees in the world, in Kibale National Park. The country is known as the “pearl of Africa”, a phrase attributed to Winston Churchill. In 1907, Churchill, then the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, was on a tour of East Africa. On visiting Uganda, its natural beauty had a great effect on him, and…
