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Girl in a school uniform using a Veronica bucket. The Veronica bucket [1] is a mechanism for hand washing originating in Ghana which consists of a bucket of water with a tap fixed at the bottom, mounted at hand height, and a bowl underneath to collect waste water. The Veronica bucket was developed by Veronica Bekoe. The Veronica bucket serves ...
Ghana Water had requested a 400% tariff increase to fully cover costs, but the regulator had pared down the request substantially, citing concerns about affordability. [4] Between 1990 and 1997, the average water tariff in Ghana's urban areas had been in the range of US$0.10 to US$0.15 per m³. [82] [83]
The table below presents the latest Human Development Index (HDI) for countries in Africa as included in the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report, released on 13 March 2024 and based on data collected in 2024. [1] As of 2024, all African UN member states are included in the report.
The Ghana Stock Exchange is the fifth largest on continental Africa and 3rd largest in sub-saharan Africa with a market capitalisation of GH¢ 57.2 billion or CN¥180.4 billion in 2012 with the South Africa JSE Limited as first. [123]
As of 2012, 5.3 percent of households in South Africa either had no toilets, or used bucket toilets. [26] The South African government set up a bucket eradication programme in order to eradicate all pre-1994 sanitation buckets from the formal townships and replace them with sanitary sewers and other sanitation systems. [27]
The rebase moved Ghana into middle income status and it placed the country as the third largest in the ranking of GDP per person in West Africa behind Cape Verde and Nigeria. After the changes in statistics, the service sector became the largest sector of Ghana's economy with a share of 51%.
Air pollution varies seasonally, but the average measure PM 2.5 average concentration of 49.5 μg/m 3. [59] Live monitoring of air pollution is done at three sites in the city of Accra. [60] A 2021 review by the Environmental Protection Agency in Ghana found that the levels were well exceeding both national and international standards for ...
The Accra Mall remains Ghana's prime supermarket. The mall, which started operations in the 2008, [2] sought to improve the Ghanaian shopping experience. It is located on the Spintex Road adjacent the Tema Motorway. Other major supermarkets include Melcom. [3] The company was established in 1989 and its primary shop was opened in Accra Central ...