Author: Npong Balikawu Francis

Npong Baliakwu Francis is a Development Communication Specialist, Professional Multi-Media Journalist, Climatologist, Editor, Writer, Photo/Videographer, Visiting Journalism Lecturer, and Script and Content Developer with over 10 years of working experience in international reporting, media engagement, planning and event management, Training Facilitation, blogging, website and social media management and training.

Rice Transplanting Technology Improves Women’s Income in Northern Ghana


<p class="has-drop-cap" value="<amp-fit-text layout="fixed-height" min-font-size="6" max-font-size="72" height="80"><img src="https://voice4environment.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/download-1.jpg&quot; class="wp-image-4319" style="width: 700px;" alt=""> The rise of the “Kayaye”, (head porter) phenomenon … More

Ghana Celebrates 60+ years of Evil After Demonizing Dr. Nkrumah


Though we have universities, they produced paper based professionals, we have training colleges, they produce talking teachers not skillful teaching professionals, we have bankers, yet our economic growth is determined by IMF, World Bank, we have political leaders who are concerned with grammatical expressions, we have resources, but not factories, we have fertile lands yet we import food stuff, we have parliamentarians yet foreigners draft our laws and we have technocrats, yet our productivity is at the lowest level in the world, we have security yet our addicted girls could not be found, we have engineers, our roads and bridges remained unconstructed, we have contractors but our building projects lasted less than 5 years, we have lawyers and judges, yet injustice is at peak, we have relatively free press, yet misinformation runs through headlines.

Ghana’s Parliamentary Speaker Professor Mike Ocquaye Enters History as Enemy to Free Press, Democracy and Good Governance


Well, this is not a personal opinion but my constitutional right to contribute to national discourse. The president called me and every other Ghanaian to be citizens and not spectators. Well, maybe this call by the president was declared because it was in a plagiarized or stolen presidential speech. I doubt if the president would have included this important call if he had written his “inaugural speech” all by himself with the support of his advisors. I also doubt if the president went through his “inaugural speech” before delivering it. If the president did, was it to wow citizens and the world because he was being hailed as a “well-educated” person or it was a principle of governance he outlined for Ghanaians?

Feed the Future Ghana Agriculture Technology Transfer Boosts Planting for Food and Jobs Initiative


Recognizing Ghana as an agrarian society (or agricultural society) whose economy is based on agriculture, the Government of Ghana (GoG) launched an initiative dubbed “Planting for Food and Jobs”. The initiative forms part of the government’s efforts to promote growth in food production to boost food security, agribusiness, create jobs, and improve farmers income and livelihoods across the country in a sustainable manner.

A USAID Project Grows Seed Sector in Northern Ghana


Inaccessible roads networks in northern Ghana partly play a role in hindering farmers’ access to certified seed and agriculture extension information and technologies and farm inputs. The cost of transportation to and from the nearest towns to purchase certified seed is huge for poverty-stricken farmers. It is prudent to use saved seed as did by the farmers under the circumstances.

Effective Use of ICTs Could Halt Needless Mortality of Women and Children


The former United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, a few years ago convened a meeting of health leaders and experts … More