Ghana Archives

Cocoa beans being transported on a conveyor belt in a processing facility.

EU27 countries in the spotlight for deforestation exposure

Feature / EU imports of cocoa and palm oil drive major global deforestation, new Trase research shows.

27 June 2024 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Forests, Public policy and Supply Chains

A solar panel on a traditional thatched house

Webinar: Harnessing the potential of smart microgrid systems in African countries

Past event / The webinar is an overview of smart microgrids, technologies, business models and enabling policy environment for efficient energy systems in Africa.

14 March 2024 / About Energy access and Household energy

Young African woman cooks a meal over a wood-burning fire outside a brick house in Malawi

The quiet triumph of COP28: clean cooking

Feature / We speak with SEI US clean cooking expert Rob Bailis on how COP28 delivered for an issue that affects climate and development alike.

7 February 2024 / About Energy access, Finance, Forests, Household energy, Pollution, Short lived climate pollutants and Wellbeing

Women transplanting tomatoes at a farm located in the Upper East Region in Navrongo, Ghana.

Gendered dynamics of state-led smallholder commercialisation in Ghana. The case of Nkoranza traditional area

Journal article / The paper examines whether and how new policies for Ghana's agricultural development deal with critical gendered challenges around land tenure.

4 January 2024 / About Behaviour and choice, Food and agriculture and Participation

Group of workshop participants posing for a photo in Accra, Ghana.

Examining risk mitigation for renewable energy investment in West and Central Africa

Feature / A recent SEI workshop in Ghana revealed insights into overcoming investment barriers in African renewable energy.

22 November 2023 / About Finance, Public policy and Renewables

Akosombo Power Station supplies almost whole Ghana and half of Togo with energy, West Africa.

Canales in Climate Home on disaster risk: “The risk owner should have the capacity to manage risks”

Media coverage / SEI Research Fellow Nella Canales comments recent flooding in Ghana in Climate Home News.

20 November 2023 / About Business, Energy access, Water-Energy-Food Nexus and Wellbeing

Stakeholder-guided, model-based scenarios for a climate- and water-smart electricity transition in Ghana and Burkina Faso

Journal article / We assessed different mitigation and adaptation pathways for energy and water supply and demand and implications for achieving SDGs in West Africa.

31 October 2023 / About Energy access and Household energy

Financing sustainable development: insights from Ghana, Indonesia, Mexico, and Senegal

Other publication / Find out more about the state of play, recent initiatives, and prospects for financing the SDGs in Ghana, Indonesia, Mexico, and Senegal.

20 October 2023 / About Finance and Sustainable Development Goals

Re-thinking and revitalizing SDG financing

Perspective / Systemic changes are needed in public and private finance towards the achievement of the SDGs.

31 August 2023 / About Finance and Sustainable Development Goals