Chifu Salt Advert on Radio: Dangerous and Misleading

Posted on Mar 24, 2011 | Last updated: Mar 24, 2011
False and misleading advertising is a global phenomenon

Ghana Salt Industry produces between 250,000 to 300,000 tons of salt annually. The salt industries in Ghana have become major foreign exchange earners for the country. Economists in Ghana believe that the industry has the potential to produce 2.2 million tons annually.

The salt is also of good quality. However, the present salt advert on radios in Ghana is irresponsible. The latest salt in the Ghanaian market has a brand name: Chifu Salt. What is frightening is the aggressive marketing of the salt on radio and television to make it seem like harmless no matter which quantity is taken.

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Bill Gates to redesign the toilet

Posted on Jul 19, 2011 | Last updated: Jul 19, 2011
Bill Gates has his eye on the common toilet

Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft who has morphed into the world's best-known philanthropist, wants to reinvent the toilet.

This next big idea for the good of mankind will now also be getting help from German taxpayers after Development Minister Dirk Niebel earmarked $10 million for a joint project with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Over the next five years, this project aims to provide 800,000 people in Kenya with access to sanitation facilities and ensure clean drinking water for 200,000.

The goal is to fi

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Culture Shock and Behavioural Trends in Ghana

Posted on Jun 14, 2011 | Last updated: Jun 14, 2011
Unavoidable!
A foreigner arriving in Ghana for the first time will experience culture shock because what he will see is diametrically opposed to what he is used to in his country.
 
Culture shock is not only suffered by those who travel and live abroad. Any change in surroundings can bring about the feeling of shock. If a person leaves home for the first time and goes to college, the new environment and experiences may be a shock to him.
 
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