… Country Lead of the Clean Air Fund, Desmond Appiah, said the project is designed to test a practical model that can eventually be introduced in other schools. …
… Country Lead of the Clean Air Fund, Desmond Appiah, said waste burning and transport are the two major sources of air pollution in Accra and must be tackled together. …
The Country Lead for the Clean Air Fund, Desmond Appiah, has called for greater recognition and protection of firefighters in Ghana’s air-quality and occupational health policies. …
Two-day nationwide cleanup exercise begins Friday in seven regions
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The Country Lead for the Clean Air Fund, Desmond Appiah, says Ghana’s growing air pollution problem is imposing a heavy economic and public health burden on the country, warning that the open burning of waste during the nationwide clean-up exercise could worsen the situation. …
The Country Lead for the Clean Air Fund, Desmond Appiah, has criticised the burning of waste during the nationwide clean-up exercise, warning that the practice undermines the campaign’s objective of promoting a cleaner and healthier environment. …
… Mr Desmond Appiah, Country Lead for the Clean Air Fund, said the report would help communicate the true cost of air pollution in a language policymakers understand, making it easier to prioritise action and investment. …
… Desmond Appiah, Country Lead for the Clean Air Fund in Ghana, says data infrastructure like this has been missing for too long, and the consequences are real. …
… Isaac Danso, 39, a freight forwarder, and Desmond Appiah, 50, a businessman, pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to defraud Mr Ibrahim Gomna. …
Six Senior High Schools in the Greater Accra Region are piloting the Schools for Clean Air and Waste Segregation (SCAWS) project, led by Impact Footprints Africa with support from the Clean Air Fund and Ghana Education Service, to improve waste segregation, reduce open burning and promote cleaner air. The project, launched at Achimota School on September 7, aims to develop a practical model for scaling to other schools while engaging students, teachers, and school management.
Six Senior High Schools in the Greater Accra Region are piloting the Schools for Clean Air and Waste Segregation (SCAWS) project, led by Impact Footprints Africa with support from the Clean Air Fund and Ghana Education Service, to improve waste segregation, reduce open burning and promote cleaner air. The project, launched at Achimota School on September 7, aims to develop a practical model for scaling to other schools while engaging students, teachers, and school management.
Accra residents are being urged to report open waste burning via a phone line to their local assemblies through the Stop Waste Burning campaign, which aims to tackle air pollution. The campaign, implemented by Infinity 970 with support from Breathe Cities Accra and Clean Air Fund, addresses waste burning and transport as the two major sources of air pollution in the city.
The Schools for Clean Air and Waste Segregation (SCAWS) project has been launched in Accra to promote cleaner school environments through waste segregation and sustainable management practices. Led by Impact Footprints Africa with the Clean Air Fund and Ghana Education Service, the initiative will work with six selected schools—five public and one private—to introduce practical waste management systems.
The Clean Air Fund's Country Lead has called for greater recognition and protection of firefighters in Ghana's air-quality and occupational health policies, saying they face significant health and safety risks from prolonged exposure to smoke and harmful pollutants but remain inadequately protected.
According to a UNDP report cited by the Clean Air Fund's country lead, Ghana loses almost $2 billion annually to ambient air pollution through impacts on public health and the economy. The fund warns that open waste burning during sanitation exercises could worsen the problem and undermines regulatory enforcement.
Desmond Appiah, Country Lead for the Clean Air Fund, has warned that burning waste during the nationwide clean-up exercise contradicts environmental objectives and creates new air pollution problems. He noted that the Environmental Protection Agency's recent Air Quality Regulations prohibit open burning, and that authorities should demonstrate best practices rather than engage in activities that violate national environmental standards.
A UNDP report found that outdoor air pollution cost Ghana an estimated GH¢28 billion (2.3 per cent of GDP) in economic losses in 2024 and contributed to 12,870 deaths and over 316,000 disease cases, with stroke accounting for the largest share of pollution-related deaths.
Ghana's Environmental Protection Authority has partnered with Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory to map PM2.5 pollution levels across the entire country from 2005 onward, addressing a long-standing data gap. Air pollution kills approximately 32,000 Ghanaians annually and costs the country an estimated 2.5 billion US dollars annually, about 4.5 per cent of GDP.
Breathe Accra is expanding its air quality monitoring network across Accra with funding from Breathe Cities, providing thirteen municipal assemblies with additional monitoring equipment in phase two. The expansion addresses a long-standing lack of real-time pollution data needed by authorities to enforce air quality regulations and respond to sources like open burning and vehicle emissions.
An Accra Circuit Court granted bail of GH¢200,000 each to Isaac Danso and Desmond Appiah, accused of defrauding a commodity trader of 4,132 bags of maize valued at GH¢888,380. The prosecution alleges they delivered maize to a farm, sold it at a lower price per bag, and kept the proceeds.
The Air Quality Sensor Evaluation and Training Facility for West Africa at the University of Ghana held a four-day workshop from May 18 to May 21, 2026, bringing together researchers, students, policymakers and media practitioners to address the challenge of measuring air pollution across West Africa, where many institutions lack expertise to deploy sensors and interpret air quality data.