What if the key to this problem is not to remove them from the pavements. Cause, we already know they're gonna come back.

The key would be to sanction the ppl that patronise these particular vendors. For instance, anyone caught buying from them either face a hefty fine.

Essentially, if there is no demand, i dont know who would want to stay there.

Taking a group of HS students to Accra in January. The connecting theme of our trips this year is how sports builds culture and connects people and communities. Especially with the Accra sports stadium, collegiate, and local sports present in Accra I really want students to either experience a game or boxing or anything else. Even the opportunity to play a game with a local high school or college would be amazing and really allow them to connect with people their own age in Ghana.

Any recommendations or tours of any stadiums you know that occur? It seems like a lot of teams aren't playing at home the dates we are there (last week of January). Any events that we might not know as tourists that occur around that time would be amazing too!

If you are a coach for any sport or team and would love to have some students see a match or practice or play with your team, please let me know!

Thank you in advance!

Access bank ghana posted this and I think it’s a big step in the right direction cause if one bank implements Apple Pay, other banks will also slowly follow in those footsteps

I love this idea so much

Hey everyone,
I am creating a reading group on Substack where we meet at the end of every month to discuss the books we have read.
It would be a perfect opportunity and place to make new friends for those interested in meeting new people.

So text me on Substack @Nora Sefa if interested
Thank you

I’ve built and launched a tech startup that’s already live, attracting users, and generating revenue from paying subscribers. Now, I’m looking for the right investor or strategic partner to help push it to the next level.
I’m looking for someone serious who can bring capital, strategic insight, valuable connections to help scale the business and unlock its full potential.

I’m keeping the details private for now, but I’m happy to discuss the traction, revenue, valuation, and growth opportunities with genuinely interested people.
If you’re an investor or know someone who backs early-stage tech businesses, please DM me. Let’s talk and build something significant.
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I'm on a mission to go around and ask each country subreddit what people think about beans (my favorite meal!), just to see how people like or dislike them all around the world out of curiosity and for fun. If you like beans, hate them, they are a big part of the culture, anything else, just share your thoughts! 🫘

A little birdie in the Cote D'Ivoire post told me it would be a fun time to ask you bunch this question, as you have the Waakye and Gobe! So tell me about them beans if you may, dear Ghanaians :D

Commercial banks will begin collecting a 20% tax on qualifying cross-border digital services from October 15, 2026, increasing the cost of subscriptions to platforms such as Netflix, Spotify and ChatGPT where the applicable taxes are not already included.

The rollout follows directives from the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) requiring banks to collect and remit applicable taxes on qualifying digital transactions made with Ghana-issued bank cards.

The rollout follows directives from the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) requiring banks to collect and remit applicable taxes on qualifying digital transactions made with Ghana-issued bank cards.

Other services potentially covered include cloud computing platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud and DigitalOcean, as well as online advertising services offered by Google, Meta, TikTok and LinkedIn. Etc

Mental health is not a joke. It is not something to laugh at, dismiss, or brush aside as if it doesn’t matter. Too often, people who are struggling emotionally or mentally are told to pray harder, stop overthinking, or simply be strong. While faith can be a source of comfort, people also need understanding, support, and professional help without being judged or shamed.
And to Ghanaian parents, please listen to your children. Your child should not have to suffer in silence because they are afraid of how you will react. Not every struggle is disrespect, laziness, stubbornness, or a lack of gratitude. Sometimes, your child is hurting in ways they cannot even explain. Sometimes, they are crying out for help without knowing how to ask for it.
Create a home where your children feel safe enough to speak about their feelings without fear of being insulted, compared to others, dismissed, or told that other people have it worse. You may not always understand what they are going through, but you can choose to listen, show compassion, and take their pain seriously.
We cannot keep losing people to struggles we refuse to acknowledge. We cannot continue to stigmatize mental illness and then wonder why people suffer in silence.
Ghana must do better. We need more mental health awareness, accessible professional support, and a society that treats mental health with the same seriousness as physical health.
Let’s stop making jokes about people’s struggles. Let’s stop shaming people for asking for help. And let’s teach our children that their feelings matter, their voices deserve to be heard, and they do not have to suffer in silence.
You never know what someone is battling behind closed doors. Choose compassion. Listen. Take mental health seriously. 🇬🇭❤️
#MentalHealthMatters #GhanaMustDoBetter #EndTheStigma #ListenToYourChildren #MentalHealthAwareness

Hello!

I am bringing a group of high school students to Accra in January. There are 15 people total (12 students, 3 adults).

I am mostly struggling to find accommodation that is suitable for our group.

1. We've looked into hostels but a lot specify that guests need to be 18+

2. For both safety and financial purposes, we typically want queen beds per room if we go the traditional hotel route so we can put 4 students in each room. (Girls and boys have separate rooms of course). However a lot of recommended hotels seems to just cap out at a single king bed. Further, I'd ideally want them to experience Ghana more intimately instead of a chain hotel. Not opposed to a chain if there's a good option though!

3. We are struggling where to "home base". I've traveled to about 40 countries, but this is my first time anywhere in Sub Saharan Africa and my first time taking students on a trip of this magnitude. A lot of the neighborhoods feel amazing, but I just can't seem to commit to one that allows us the most flexibility. Ideally, I want somewhere we can walk around as the logistics of frequently going in and out of Accra with that many people just becomes more strenuous.

Any and all recommendations into places to check out would be amazing. If you have had students stay in a place and have experience, that'd be even better!

Thanks a ton in advance. I'm very excited for this trip and the impact it will have on my students and myself.

Note for any travel guides: we are a small HS and don't charge students to go on these trips. We cover flights and hotels and everything and make it part of the curriculum. Because of this, we are on quite a tight budget. I definitely am willing to potentially work with you, but I don't want to waste your time or undervalue your work. For the most part the planning falls on me, and single event guided tours of locations are about all we can afford to book rather than a person who arranges the entire trip for us. Thanks in advance, I appreciate the work you do to educate people on your beautiful country.

I took this a few minutes ago. It looks so peaceful, Did anyone else see it?

A plastic bottle, food waste , and a broken laptop all have value. But getting those materials out of our streets and into recycling plants depends on the people picking them up—and whether recovering the waste is actually worth their time.

I’ve been building a project called TrustGrid to test a straightforward question: Can we make environmental cleanup a reliable, daily source of income?

We’re running three small research pilots across plastics, organics, and e-waste in Ghana and Zambia.

Here is how it works:

When a collector brings waste to a participating local processing plant, TrustGrid verifies the delivery and adds a small extra payment on top of the regular market price, sent straight to their Mobile Money.

Through these pilots, we’re trying to answer three practical things:

1. Does extra pay actually lead to more waste being collected?
   
2. What does it cost per extra kilogram recovered?
   
3. Where can long-term funding for these top-ups come from once the pilots end?

The collectors, aggregators, and recycling facilities are already out there doing the heavy lifting. Our goal is just to connect the dots—making sure every delivery is logged honestly and paid out instantly, so the whole system works better for everyone involved.

We know there will be bumps in the road, and we'll probably have to tweak the model as real data comes in.

For anyone here who has worked in waste management, built MoMo/payout systems, or funded field projects: What would convince you that a setup like this is actually realistic and worth scaling?

I have been prescribed with Ritalin 10mg and I really need it but it's currently out of stock here in Burkina Faso. I tried to get it in Ghana with the help of someone there but pharmacies says the prescription should be from Ghana. Going to Ghana just to get a prescription would be to expensive for me right now. Is there any pharmacist or anyone here who can help me ? I really need those medicines.