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Government will join the Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP), a new initiative created by a coalition of influential public and private leaders to fast-track plastic pollution action around the world. The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah disclosed this Wednesday at a press briefing said President Akufo-Addo, and the Environment Minister, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng will […]
Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng has admonished staff of MESTI to work in harmony and eschew behavior which promotes disunity at the workplace. He said if MESTI doesn’t function well, Ghana is going nowhere adding that “the poverty gap is a Technology gap”. The Minister noted that technology has the enviable track record of solving problems in […]
Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI) has launched the Ghana Health and Pollution Action Plan (HPAP), which was facilitated by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO-Ghana), with funding from the European Union (EU) and the United States Agency for International Development […]
Ghana will join the rest of the world to mark this year’s World Environment Day on Thursday, 6th June 2019. World Environment Day is a UN Environment-led global event, which takes place on June 5 every year and is celebrated by thousands of communities worldwide. However, due to the likelihood that 5th June 2019 will […]
Ghana will join the rest of the world to mark this year’s International Biological Diversity Day on Wednesday, 22 May 2019 under the national theme: “Promoting Our Indigenous Foods and Medicines; a Catalyst for Achieving the Ghana beyond Aid Agenda”. This year’s celebration seeks to spread awareness on the dependency of our food systems, nutrition, […]
As part of a strategic policy to make Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) the fulcrum of Ghana’s socio-economic development, MESTI has established the Ghana Innovation & Research Commercialization Center (GIRC-Center) to drive and grow research and support the transportation of innovation & research into industry. The Center will also provide support for the innovation eco-system […]
The United Nations has proclaimed May 22 The International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues. The theme for this year’s celebration is: “Celebrating 25 Years of Action for Biodiversity”. In marking this day, the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation led a high powered delegation on a tour of the Densu […]
The Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation had its turn at the Ministry of Information’s Meet the Press series. This program was organised today, 10th April, 2018 at the MOI. The aim if this program is to create a platform for open interaction between the Press and the Government.
At the inauguration of the 13-member board of Directors of the NBA in Accra on Monday, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation said since GMOs were good technological systems that help improve crop and plant varieties and ensuring food security, it was proper that the public was well engaged to help […]
Ghana launches a Radio Astronomy Observatory that would enable scientists from around the world to view and study the universe from within the country at Kuntunse, near Accra. The launching of the first phase of the conversion of the telecom dish into a Satellite dish, today Thursday August 24, by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo would […]
