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Clean Air Report Ghana

New Narratives and Joy FM

16 episodes

2 weeks ago

Award-winning journalist Albert Oppong Ansah joins host Michael Asharley to share how powerful storytelling can help Ghana breathe cleaner air. In this episode of Clean Air Report Ghana, Albert — a reporter with the Ghana News Agency and a New Narratives Clean Air Fellow — reflects on his recent win as Best in News Reporting (Online) at the 29th Ghana Journalists Association Awards. It was the second big win for him in a week. A few days before the GJA award, he also picked up the Eric and We...

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Award-winning journalist Albert Oppong Ansah joins host Michael Asharley to share how powerful storytelling can help Ghana breathe cleaner air. In this episode of Clean Air Report Ghana, Albert — a reporter with the Ghana News Agency and a New Narratives Clean Air Fellow — reflects on his recent win as Best in News Reporting (Online) at the 29th Ghana Journalists Association Awards. It was the second big win for him in a week. A few days before the GJA award, he also picked up the Eric and We...

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Episodes (16/16)

Clean Air Report Ghana

Shining a Light on Ghana’s Pollution Problem and Solutions: Albert Oppong Ansah

Award-winning journalist Albert Oppong Ansah joins host Michael Asharley to share how powerful storytelling can help Ghana breathe cleaner air. In this episode of Clean Air Report Ghana, Albert — a reporter with the Ghana News Agency and a New Narratives Clean Air Fellow — reflects on his recent win as Best in News Reporting (Online) at the 29th Ghana Journalists Association Awards. It was the second big win for him in a week. A few days before the GJA award, he also picked up the Eric and We...

2 weeks ago

13 minutes

Clean Air Report Ghana

Funding the Fight for Clean Air

Michael Asharley explores a stunning global paradox: while air pollution kills nearly 8 million people a year, funding for cleaner air is rapidly disappearing. Between 2022 and 2023 alone, support for outdoor air quality in sub-Saharan Africa dropped by a staggering 91%. Michael speaks with Jacob Johnson Attakpah from the Green Africa Youth Organization about how these funding cuts are hitting grassroots environmental projects in Ghana. From waste recovery centres to youth-led air monitoring,...

3 weeks ago

12 minutes

Clean Air Report Ghana

Pennies for Clean Air, Billions for Fossil Fuels

Air pollution kills an estimated 28,000 Ghanaians every year — and costs the country up to $2.8 billion in lost productivity. Yet, as the crisis deepens, global funding for clean air is falling. In this episode of Clean Air Report Ghana on Joy 99.7 FM, host Michael Asharley asks a critical question: why is the world investing less in saving the air we breathe? He breaks down the latest State of Global Air Quality Funding Report, which reveals that support for outdoor air quality dropped by 20...

1 month ago

14 minutes

Clean Air Report Ghana

Mercury as a Dangerous Air Pollutant: The Hidden Cost of Gold Extraction in Ghana

In Ghana’s gold towns, the danger isn’t always underground — it’s in the air. Michael Asharley investigates a new report by the FCDO, Pure Earth, and the EPA, revealing alarming levels of mercury in the air across artisanal and small-scale mining communities. When mercury is burned to extract gold, it releases invisible, toxic vapour that threatens not just miners, but entire families and nearby towns. Michael speaks with Rev. Dr. Esmond Wisdom Quansah of Pure Earth, Dr. Dezel Tay of Korle Bu...

1 month ago

12 minutes

Clean Air Report Ghana

The Numbers Don’t Lie: How Air Pollution Is Reducing Ghana’s Life Expectancy

What’s taking more years off our lives than smoking, unsafe water, or even HIV/AIDS? The answer might surprise you. In this episode of Clean Air Report Ghana, host Michael Asharley speaks with Tanushree Ganguly, Director of the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) at the University of Chicago, to unpack the latest AQLI 2025 findings. The data reveals that air pollution is now the single greatest external threat to human life expectancy — and West Africa is among the hardest-hit regions. From the hid...

1 month ago

13 minutes

Clean Air Report Ghana

When the Air Turns Toxic: How Pollution Fuels Breast Cancer and Hypertension

This week on Clean Air Report Ghana, host Michael Asharley connects the dots between the air we breathe and the diseases we fear most. It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month — but beyond lifestyle and genetics, could Ghana’s polluted air be a silent trigger? In this episode, Jennifer Ambolley of The Chronicle Newspaper shares the stories of market women battling breast cancer while working in smoke-filled stalls and roadside chaos. Then, Kayleb Ahinakwah takes us to the streets, where hawkers bre...

1 month ago

14 minutes

Clean Air Report Ghana

The Blame in the Air: Why Accountability Matters for Clean Air

Who’s responsible for cleaning Ghana’s air — the Ministry of Transport, the Energy Commission, the EPA, or your local assembly? Trick question. It’s all of them — and that’s exactly the problem. In this episode of Clean Air Report Ghana, host Michael Asharley explores why Ghana’s air pollution crisis remains unresolved despite decades of monitoring and dozens of overlapping mandates. With more than 30,000 air pollution-related deaths every year, experts say the country’s fragmented approach i...

1 month ago

9 minutes

Clean Air Report Ghana

Journalists Embark on Groundbreaking Project to Illuminate the Very Real Dangers to Ghanaians of Air Pollution

Welcome to the first episode of this second season of the program, hosted by Joy News. This first show introduces listeners to a new cohort of clean air reporting fellows embarking on a groundbreaking journey to inform audiences of the dangers of air pollution. We will also meet some of the experts working to bring changes that can save lives and improve our health. And we'll learn what we can do to protect ourselves. Clean Air Report Ghana is a collaboration between New Narrati...

2 months ago

14 minutes

Clean Air Report Ghana

TB Cases Grow, Residents in Industrial Areas Cry for Clean Air and Ghana's Million Shea Butter Workers Get a Clean Boost

Welcome to “Clean Air Report Ghana,”. In this episode: · As air pollution in Ghana increases so do tuberculosis infections. Nearly twenty thousand Ghanaians died from TB in in 2023 alone as experts warn the two are linked. · Residents in industrial zones are battling polluted air. We look closely at Weija in Accra. · Women are the backbone of Ghana’s globally successful shea butter industry. But they are paying a price. We mee...

1 year ago

25 minutes

Clean Air Report Ghana

Air pollution linked to autism, toll collectors demand compensation for job-related illnesses and rural communities struggle with untarred roads

Tens of thousands of Ghanaians die prematurely each year as a result of air pollution and many more are sickened. As Ghana’s population soars air pollution has become a major health challenge that experts say needs an urgent response. So welcome to another edition of “Clean Air Report Ghana”, the programme the highlights the severe impacts of air pollution and potential solutions. Coming up, · Researchers find a link between air pollution and neurological disor...

1 year ago

29 minutes

Clean Air Report Ghana

Air Pollution in Informal Settlements Plaguing Ghana's Children, Why Can't Clean Air Be Enforced? And... Young People Work to Clean Our Air

Hello and welcome to another edition of “Clean Air Report Ghana”. In this episode, · Experts warn a growing number of children in slum areas exposed to dangerous levels of air pollution has worrying implications for Ghana’s future. · A young advocate embarks on a cross-country trip on a bicycle to bring attention to alarming levels of air pollution. · We look at how poor enforcement of environmental regulations is denying many ...

1 year ago

28 minutes

Clean Air Report Ghana

Residents and Workers Fear Retribution in Polluted Kumasi Industrial Zone; Roadworks Plague Accra and We Got To South Africa to Ride the Rapid Transit Bus

Coming up in this episode: Silence descends over one of the country’s biggest industrial zones as workers say they are afraid to report air pollution. Residents and workers grapple with the effects of air pollution from roadworks across the country. Clean cookstoves protect fishmongers resist from blindness and other diseases. Why are they rejecting them? And... Clean Air Report goes to Johannesburg to see what Ghana can learn about cleaner public transport. I am Wonder Ami Hagan, and t...

1 year ago

25 minutes

Clean Air Report Ghana

Women fish smokers pay a high price for the food we eat and MPs move to address air pollution

Welcome to another episode of Clean Air Report Ghana. Coming up in this edition: We look at the high price women across the country pay for smoking fish. As air pollution in Ghana worsens some MPs are on an ambitious charge to address the problem before it gets out of hand AND with vehicle emissions identified as the leading cause of air pollution in Ghana, we find out how we can all help to reduce pollution from our modes of transport. Clean Air Report Ghana is a collabora...

1 year ago

23 minutes

Clean Air Report Ghana

Air Pollution Threatens Ghana's Food Supply and, Driving Down Dangerous Vehicle Emissions

Picture this: you’re driving down a busy street, surrounded by cars, buses, and trucks. Have you ever stopped to think what’s in the air you’re breathing ? The World Health Organization says more than seven million people around the world die each year from air pollution. In Ghana seventy percent of air pollutants come from vehicle emissions. In this episode we look more closely at what’s driving those emissions, how they’re hurting the economy and what can be done to cut them. Also, ...

1 year ago

25 minutes

Clean Air Report Ghana

Woodworkers, Fish Smokers and the People of Tema's Industrial Zone Battle the Health Impacts of Toxic Air

Hello and welcome to Clean Air Report Ghana. Coming up in this edition we meet woodworkers in Kumasi who are risking lives and limb to produce the main component in most of the furniture we use. Why fishmongers in James Town in Accra prefer traditional ovens over modern clean stoves and the impact of air pollution on their health and we will also hear from an expert on how and why we need to constantly measure air quality in our cities and towns. This program is a collabora...

1 year ago

27 minutes

Clean Air Report Ghana

We Explore the Dangers Hidden in Waste Burning, Fish Smoking and Ghana's Most Popular Form of Transport

In our very first episode, we’ll explore the multifaceted aspects of air pollution – from its sources and impacts to the innovative solutions and inspiring stories that give us hope for a cleaner future. We’ll hear from reporters who are working with the collaborative newsroom New Narratives, to explore the impacts of air pollution in Ghana and the world. We’ll also hear from experts, government officials, industry leaders and everyday individuals who have witnessed the devastating effects of...

2 years ago

25 minutes