The TRANS-SAHARA project continues to gain visibility in Ghana through a feature broadcast on TV3 Ghana’s Weekend Central, a national news and current affairs programme covering major national developments and societal issues. The television coverage follows the project’s recent feature in the Ghana News Agency, further highlighting the growing interest in TRANS-SAHARA’s work and its contribution to climate resilience and sustainable development across Africa.
The report showcases the Tindongo Living Lab in northern Ghana, where the project works alongside local communities to co-design and test innovative solutions based on the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus approach. Through footage from the Living Lab and interviews recorded during the African WEFE Nexus Summit, viewers are introduced to the project’s objectives and its commitment to developing sustainable, community-driven approaches to natural resource management and climate resilience.
The feature includes interviews with Prof. Daphne Gondhalekar, Project Coordinator of TRANS-SAHARA at the Technical University of Munich (TUM); Prof. Akissa Bahri, former Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries of Tunisia and member of the project’s Advisory Board; Mr. Edward Ndanbon, representative of the Chief of Tindongo; and Dr. Boubacar Ibrahim from Abdou Moumouni University (Niger). Together, they discuss how international collaboration, scientific innovation and community-driven solutions can contribute to more resilient and sustainable futures across Africa.
By bringing together the perspectives of researchers, decision-makers and local communities, the report demonstrates how the Tindongo Living Lab serves as a collaborative environment where practical solutions are developed and tested with those who will ultimately benefit from them.
Media coverage such as this plays an important role in increasing public awareness of the TRANS-SAHARA project and showcasing how Horizon Europe research is contributing to practical solutions for climate resilience and sustainable development.
We are delighted to see TRANS-SAHARA featured on TV3 Ghana and would like to thank our partners at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), together with the colleagues involved in the Tindongo Living Lab, for helping bring the project’s work to a wider audience.
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