Sowing Success: How Ghana’s Local Content Policy Could Revolutionize the Seed Industry
By Amos Rutherford | amos.rutherford@legacycrop.com Ghana's agricultural sector stands at a crucial crossroads, where implementing a robust local content policy in the seed industry could catalyze significant growth and transformation.…
Sayansi Magazine Issue No. 41
This special edition of ‘Sayansi’ is a product of three activities (science cafes, story grants and support to cover COP29 in Baku) done in collaboration with CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform…
Integrating technology with the traditional way of story telling
By Tebby Otieno | tebbyotieno62@gmail.com Even before George Edwin Kairu Karega, joined the School of Journalism to pursue a career in Media and Journalism, he was already writing stories. The 2024…
Does Ghana really need genetically modified organisms?
By Henry Ackah | henryackah29@gmail.com, Member National Seed Trade Association of Ghana (NaSTAG) Plant Biotech Committee Mid last year, Ghana experienced a severe drought that intensely affected its agricultural sector…
National Biosafety Authority expansion plan on course
By Christine Ochogo | christawine@yahoo.com The National Biosafety Authority (NBA) will open three regional offices a month after lifting the ban on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and their derived products.…
Neglected diseases lead tops at the African Health Excellence Awards
By Christine Ochogo | christawine@yahoo.com A Kenyan, Dr. Borna Nyaoke-Anoke is the winner of the “Healthcare Researcher of the Year 2024” award. Dr. Borna who is a clinical researcher and…
Reporting crop biotechnology: Words matter
By Winnie Ali | aliwinnie3@gmail.com The public's perception of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is heavily influenced by how the media frames its narratives, a leading science journalist from Nigeria has…
MESHA Elects New Leaders at Annual General Assembly
By Winnie Ali | aliwinnie3@gmail.com November 21, 2024, Nairobi Journalists need to adopt innovative ways such as mobile journalism to tell the African science story to help improve the living…
MESHA clears twelve candidates to vie for 2024 Board Election
By Clifford Akumu | akumu.clifford@gmail.com. The Media for Environment, Science, Health, and Agriculture (MESHA) has cleared twelve candidates to vie for board of management positions in this year’s election. Eight…
