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From late night sessions of frenetic drumming, singing and trumpets and teenagers shaking their "waists" by the light of the moon, to hard-driving studio simpa tracks with drum machines, vst synths and auto-tuned vocals, simpa is an evolving neo-traditional popular music of the Dagbani people of Northern Ghana that is rarely heard outside of the region. We visit Tamale and the surrounding villages, meet pioneering producer DJ Ebony at his barber shop studio and star singers including Dickson Gawan, Yaa Naraa and Bala Zaaku and dance along with the Nyanshegu simpa group See Is Believing. Special thanks to: “Kumtili” Latif Umar Mohammed and Saeed Alhassan Dawuni for translation. To Ebony, Tahid Abu and Mohammed Razak for all their generosity with their materials, contacts and time and Saeed Alhassan Dawuni for everything: transportation, translation, recording and filming assistance, context and friendship; thanks Mohammed Alidu for accommodations in Tamale and use of Bizung School for interviews; thanks to Dave Ewenson for sharing your research and original materials. PA 034 Produced by Morgan Greenstreet
Conflict over land has gone on for decades in the border town of Bawku in northern Ghana. Experts warn that Islamist extremists fighting in neighboring Burkina Faso and Togo could take advantage of this volatile situation in Ghana. Josey Mahachi talks to Dr. Naazia Ibrahim, a conflict resolution researcher at the University of Development Studies and DW correspondent Maxwell Suuk in Ghana.
The Cultural Arts Center will hold Art Night Sept. 19, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The event is free, and all exhibits are family-friendly. The event, which will include the debut of new exhibits, also will feature a wine and beer cash bar. The new exhibits include: • works from members of the Virginia Glass Guild; • artwork from Chief Babs, who grew up in Northern Ghana, surrounded by Dagomba culture; • art from members of the Richmond Lego Users Group, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary; • "A Pleasure to Be Held," an exhibit featuring digitally generated images...Article LinkSupport the Show.
Security concerns are rising in Northern Ghana with increasing banditry and robberies. Recently, market women were robbed, and a pregnant woman was raped, according to locals. Land disputes have led to clashes. Some communities are mobilizing their own security due to the lack of police patrols. Josey Mahachi discusses this with security analyst Theodora Williams and DW correspondent Maxwell Suuk.
Follow this engaging discussion on lessons learned from integrated landscape approach practices in northern Ghana and southern Zambia, presented by our colleagues at the COLANDS initiative, Alida O'Connor and Eric Bayala.
Luigi RizziLinguistique généraleCollège de FranceAnnée 2023-2024Colloque - Syntactic Cartography and African Languages : Evidence for Low Information Structure – The Case of West-African LanguagesColloque organisé par Luigi Rizzi, Professeur du Collège de France, chaire linguistique généraleAvec le soutien de la Fondation du Collège de France.Katharina Hartmann, Goethe-Universität, FrankfurtJohannes Mursell, Goethe-Universität, FrankfurtFollowing the seminal work of Rizzi (1997), the left periphery of the clause has received a considerable amount of attention with respect to information-structural marking. It turns out that the marking of categories like topic and focus is not only restricted to fronting the respective elements to the specifiers of dedicated functional projections, but many languages provide further evidence for the existence of these structures, for example by overtly realizing heads of these projections.Taking this proposal a step further, Belletti (2004) argues for a low focus projection in Italian. Her proposal predicts the existence of overtly realized heads of the low focus phrase, in parallel to the high focus projection. However, neither Italian nor other well-investigated languages show such overt realizations. In this talk, we discuss this hypothesis, based on evidence from various West-African languages. Starting with Chadic languages, spoken in Northern Nigeria and neighboring countries, we will argue for a clear ex-situ/in-situ asymmetry in focus marking, with the in-situ options being compatible with the assumption of a low focus projection. Turning to Mabia languages, a language family spoken in Northern Ghana and surrounding countries, a similar in-situ/ex-situ asymmetry is pervasive in these languages. In addition, and crucial to Belletti's hypothesis, in-situ focus is obligatorily marked by an in-situ focus marker.We will discuss these low focus marker in some detail, as it turns out that this marker expresses the low focus head only in a subset of languages, whereas in others, it needs to be analysed as being adjoined to locally focussed constituents.
States are often minimally present in the rural periphery. Yet a limited presence does not mean a limited impact. Isolated state actions in regions where the state is otherwise scarce can have outsize, long-lasting effects on society. The Scarce State: Inequality and Political Power in the Hinterland (Cambridge University Press, 2023) by Dr. Noah Nathan reframes our understanding of the political economy of hinterlands through a multi-method study of Northern Ghana alongside shadow cases from other world regions. Drawing on a historical natural experiment, the book shows how the contemporary economic and political elite emerged in Ghana's hinterland, linking interventions by an ostensibly weak state to new socio-economic inequality and grassroots efforts to reimagine traditional institutions. The book demonstrates how these state-generated societal changes reshaped access to political power, producing dynastic politics, clientelism, and violence. The Scarce State challenges common claims about state-building and state weakness, provides new evidence on the historical origins of inequality, and reconsiders the mechanisms linking historical institutions to contemporary politics. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose forthcoming book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
States are often minimally present in the rural periphery. Yet a limited presence does not mean a limited impact. Isolated state actions in regions where the state is otherwise scarce can have outsize, long-lasting effects on society. The Scarce State: Inequality and Political Power in the Hinterland (Cambridge University Press, 2023) by Dr. Noah Nathan reframes our understanding of the political economy of hinterlands through a multi-method study of Northern Ghana alongside shadow cases from other world regions. Drawing on a historical natural experiment, the book shows how the contemporary economic and political elite emerged in Ghana's hinterland, linking interventions by an ostensibly weak state to new socio-economic inequality and grassroots efforts to reimagine traditional institutions. The book demonstrates how these state-generated societal changes reshaped access to political power, producing dynastic politics, clientelism, and violence. The Scarce State challenges common claims about state-building and state weakness, provides new evidence on the historical origins of inequality, and reconsiders the mechanisms linking historical institutions to contemporary politics. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose forthcoming book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science
States are often minimally present in the rural periphery. Yet a limited presence does not mean a limited impact. Isolated state actions in regions where the state is otherwise scarce can have outsize, long-lasting effects on society. The Scarce State: Inequality and Political Power in the Hinterland (Cambridge University Press, 2023) by Dr. Noah Nathan reframes our understanding of the political economy of hinterlands through a multi-method study of Northern Ghana alongside shadow cases from other world regions. Drawing on a historical natural experiment, the book shows how the contemporary economic and political elite emerged in Ghana's hinterland, linking interventions by an ostensibly weak state to new socio-economic inequality and grassroots efforts to reimagine traditional institutions. The book demonstrates how these state-generated societal changes reshaped access to political power, producing dynastic politics, clientelism, and violence. The Scarce State challenges common claims about state-building and state weakness, provides new evidence on the historical origins of inequality, and reconsiders the mechanisms linking historical institutions to contemporary politics. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose forthcoming book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-studies
States are often minimally present in the rural periphery. Yet a limited presence does not mean a limited impact. Isolated state actions in regions where the state is otherwise scarce can have outsize, long-lasting effects on society. The Scarce State: Inequality and Political Power in the Hinterland (Cambridge University Press, 2023) by Dr. Noah Nathan reframes our understanding of the political economy of hinterlands through a multi-method study of Northern Ghana alongside shadow cases from other world regions. Drawing on a historical natural experiment, the book shows how the contemporary economic and political elite emerged in Ghana's hinterland, linking interventions by an ostensibly weak state to new socio-economic inequality and grassroots efforts to reimagine traditional institutions. The book demonstrates how these state-generated societal changes reshaped access to political power, producing dynastic politics, clientelism, and violence. The Scarce State challenges common claims about state-building and state weakness, provides new evidence on the historical origins of inequality, and reconsiders the mechanisms linking historical institutions to contemporary politics. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose forthcoming book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/public-policy
States are often minimally present in the rural periphery. Yet a limited presence does not mean a limited impact. Isolated state actions in regions where the state is otherwise scarce can have outsize, long-lasting effects on society. The Scarce State: Inequality and Political Power in the Hinterland (Cambridge University Press, 2023) by Dr. Noah Nathan reframes our understanding of the political economy of hinterlands through a multi-method study of Northern Ghana alongside shadow cases from other world regions. Drawing on a historical natural experiment, the book shows how the contemporary economic and political elite emerged in Ghana's hinterland, linking interventions by an ostensibly weak state to new socio-economic inequality and grassroots efforts to reimagine traditional institutions. The book demonstrates how these state-generated societal changes reshaped access to political power, producing dynastic politics, clientelism, and violence. The Scarce State challenges common claims about state-building and state weakness, provides new evidence on the historical origins of inequality, and reconsiders the mechanisms linking historical institutions to contemporary politics. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose forthcoming book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars.
Tales of the Field is a podcast series which gives voice to social activists and social innovators who work in and with their communities to create social impact and sustainable change. They share with us their work in the field - where they tackle complex social issues and aim to create sustainable change and social impact. At its core, their work is human-centered, systemic and always informed by a deep understanding of the context and people's lives. In this episode, we talked with Gilbert Nkpeniyeng, who after working as a program officer with Amplio Network, is currently doing his MPhil in Development Studies at Cambridge University (UK). Gilbert passionately believes that access to knowledge can change people's lives. He shares his personal experience with the Amplio Talking Book, an audio device designed for users with low literacy, he encountered while in primary school. He also tells about a project he implemented with women producing shea butter in Northern Ghana highlighting how all community members were involved. To read more about Amplio Network: https://www.amplio.org/ Follow Gilbert Nkpeniyeng: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilbert-nkpeniyeng-1648a017a/ Co-conception and Voice: Melchior Tamisier-Fayard Co-conception: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design, Music and Post-production: Guilhem Tamisier Artwork: Jyoti Tamisier-Fayard Recording done at Fidelidade Creative Studio at Nova SBE Thanks to Amplio Network Ghana team for sharing some of the audio sources used for the sound design of this episode.
Welcome back to the NTI PodTalk Board Exam series! In Part Three, we hear from NTI graduate, Valerie Federwitz. Valerie took the exam last year and provides some great personal insights and advice for those who are also thinking about getting Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition®. Valerie and Dianne discuss navigating the board exam, study tools, advice for those considering taking the exam, and more! Valerie Federwitz was born and raised in Milwaukee, WI and earned an undergraduate degree in Psychology from Concordia University – Wisconsin. From 2003-2020 she and her husband David lived in Northern Ghana where they served as missionaries with Lutheran Bible Translators. During this time they also raised their 4 children, who are now ages 15-20. Having to cook 100% of their food from scratch resulted in several evolutions of her understanding of food and nutrition, which ultimately lead to her utilizing therapeutic dietary strategies to help alleviate the chronic pain and symptoms one of their young children was experiencing. After witnessing with her own eyes the power of nutrition to transform health, she was compelled to pursue a science-based education so she could more effectively help others experience the same health transformations. Valerie graduated from NTI in June 2022 and became Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition® in April 2023. She and her family now live in Concordia, MO where she continues to serve the missionaries and staff of Lutheran Bible Translators in her role as Nutrition & Wellness Consultant. **Timestamps for the topics discussed can be found on this episode's NTI PodTalk page. Are you ready to start your journey as a Nutrition Therapist Master or Natural Food Chef? To learn more about NTI's Nutrition Therapist Master Certification, visit ntischool.com for more information, or call 303-284-8361 to speak with our admissions team. This discussion is not intended to provide Medical Nutrition Therapy, nor in any way imply that Nutrition Therapists who graduate from NTI are qualified to provide Medical Nutrition Therapy. The scope of practice for graduates of NTI is to deliver therapeutic nutrition guidance to our clients which helps support their natural biology to achieve optimal function in whatever wellness path they are on.
Blessilla Na-afoe Kandoh comes from a health professional family so her background and passion have guided her choice of work. She is neck deep in assisting the youth, especially the girl child in some of the most traumatising realities still present in our culture, traditions and communities. She leads this conversation on such heavy topics in another very educative episode!Support the showFollow Us:IG - www.instagram.com/imld.podTwitter - www.twitter.com/imldpodFacebook - www.facebook.com/IMLDPodYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/@IfMoreLetsDivide
In this episode, Ariel Tozman, HerStart Program & Partnerships Fellow, speaks with Humu Abdul Rahaman about her role as YCI's HerStart Partnership & Training Coordinator in Ghana. With a passion for women's equality, Humu shares how YCI's HerStart program addresses the economic disparities faced by women in Northern Ghana, creating avenues for empowerment through entrepreneurship and mentorship. She shares real-life success stories, showcasing how HerStart has supported women to start businesses, gain financial independence and ultimately bridge gender inequalities in the region.
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Around 95% of girls in the most disadvantaged African rural communities never completed senior high school. Rosalinda Agana grew up in Northern Ghana and experienced the lack of access to quality education herself. But now, she is on a mission to build education equity on a global scale. Joining Corinna Bellizzi, she shares how she completed her education against great odds, got a scholarship through CAMFED Association, and is now giving back to her community through her not-for-profit organization. Rosalinda talks about her work to help young people get the education they deserve regardless of race, skin color, or social status. She also discusses how she teaches farmers adopt more sustainable farming systems and small business owners to eliminate the use of plastic packaging. About Rosalinda Agana:Rosalinda Agana grew up in Northern Ghana and completed her education against great odds. Selected to receive a CAMFED scholarship to study law, Rosalinda joined the pan-African CAMFED Association of women leaders. She is trained as a Learner Guide, delivering CAMFED's self-development curriculum to marginalized students. At university, Rosalinda founded a non-profit organization to support teenage mothers with income-generating skills. In 2019, she started a climate-smart agriculture enterprise, providing employment for rural women, growing and processing peanuts, soya, and potatoes. A passionate youth advocate, Rosalinda's platforms have included the Youth Diplomacy Summit in Accra, the Baobab Summit in Kigali, and the Youth Agriculture Summit in Brasilia. She is pursuing her Master's degree in Sustainable International Development at Brandeis University, USA. Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosalinda-agana-14b713142/ Guest Website: https://camfed.org/rosalinda/ Guest Social:https://www.instagram.com/i_am_nefertiti / https://www.tiktok.com/@camfedsisterhood https://www.youtube.com/@camfedhttps://www.instagram.com/camfed/ Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, & share! https://caremorebebetter.com Follow us on social and join the conversation! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/caremorebebetter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/CareMore.BeBetter/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CareMoreBeBetter LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/care-more-be-better Twitter: https://twitter.com/caremorebebetter Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/club/care-more-be-better Support Care More. Be Better: A Social Impact + Sustainability PodcastCare More Be Better answers only to our collective conscience and aims to put more good into the world. As a listener, reader, and subscriber you are part of this pod and this community and we are honored to have your support. If you can, please help finance the show: https://caremorebebetter.com/donate.
The MOJO Record Club takes a road trip into the Dirty South with the Drive-By Truckers' Mike Cooley and Patterson Hood. From Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to Athens, Georgia, in the company of The Glands, Hall & Oates, Todd Rundgren and more. Plus onwards to Northern Ghana and mid-Wales to review the best new albums!Tracklisting:1. Where The Devil Don't Stay, by The Drive-By Truckers, written by Mike Cooley and released by New West Records2. I Can See My House From Here, by The Glands, from the self titled album, released on Capricon Records3. Johnny Gore and the “C” Eaters, by Daryl Hall & John Oates, from the album, War Babies, released on Capricorn Records4. This is Bolga!, by Alogte Oho And His Sounds Of Joy, from the album O Yinne! released on the Philophon label5. Bright Edge Deep by Jim Ghedi and Toby Hay, from the album Jim Ghedi and Toby Hay on Topic Records
Greetings Glocal Citizens! We're traveling from Canada to the north of Ghana and back again in this two part conversation with Ghanaian-Canadian, Hawa Kombian. As an intentional, passionate and creative leader who enables organizational founders' and their teams to achieve operational sustainability and social vibrancy by building results-driven cultures of connection, Hawa is squarely focused on bridges all the dimensions of leadership toward more impact and sustainable presents for her clients. Having a background in communications, and humanitarian pursuits with organizations leading in innovative technology and social change, her experience spans education, digital health, and leadership development across government, non-profit, and social enterprise sectors. She is an empathetic systems-builder, which means she seamlessly flows between cultivating authentic relationships with people to draw out their strengths, and creating strategic processes that allow teams to collaborate and achieve success together. You can find her public speaking at events and podcasts on people and organizational management; blogging about personal, and professional strategy; and coaching leaders on how to strategically make an impact in their organizations and communities. Work with her via Hawa Kombian Consulting (https://hawakombianconsulting.com/) Where to find Hawa? On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhkombian/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/hkombian/) On Soundcloud (https://soundcloud.com/hawa-kombian) On Twitter (https://twitter.com/hkombian) What's Hawa watching? BoJack Horseman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BoJack_Horseman) SpongeBob SquarePants (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpongeBob_SquarePants) Other topics of interest: Gambaga in Northeast Ghana (https://northeastghana.com/gambaga-escarpment/#:~:text=Gambaga%20Escarpment%20%2D%20Ghana's%20North%20East%20Region) Bunkpurugu in Northern Ghana (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo_District) About the new International Tamale Airport (https://www.modernghana.com/news/1221683/tamale-airport-terminal-to-be-commissioned-in.html) Youth Alive Ghana (https://youthaliveghana1.wordpress.com/about-us/) African Leadership Group (https://algroup.org/) eHealth Africa (https://www.ehealthafrica.org/)
Greetings Glocal Citizens! We're traveling from Canada to the north of Ghana and back again in this two part conversation with Ghanaian-Canadian, Hawa Kombian. As an intentional, passionate and creative leader who enables organizational founders' and their teams to achieve operational sustainability and social vibrancy by building results-driven cultures of connection, Hawa is squarely focused on bridges all the dimensions of leadership toward more impact and sustainable presents for her clients. Having a background in communications, and humanitarian pursuits with organizations leading in innovative technology and social change, her experience spans education, digital health, and leadership development across government, non-profit, and social enterprise sectors. She is an empathetic systems-builder, which means she seamlessly flows between cultivating authentic relationships with people to draw out their strengths, and creating strategic processes that allow teams to collaborate and achieve success together. You can find her public speaking at events and podcasts on people and organizational management; blogging about personal, and professional strategy; and coaching leaders on how to strategically make an impact in their organizations and communities. Work with her via Hawa Kombian Consulting (https://hawakombianconsulting.com/) Where to find Hawa? On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhkombian/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/hkombian/) On Soundcloud (https://soundcloud.com/hawa-kombian) On Twitter (https://twitter.com/hkombian) What's Hawa watching? BoJack Horseman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BoJack_Horseman) SpongeBob SquarePants (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpongeBob_SquarePants) Other topics of interest: Gambaga in Northeast Ghana (https://northeastghana.com/gambaga-escarpment/#:~:text=Gambaga%20Escarpment%20%2D%20Ghana's%20North%20East%20Region) Bunkpurugu in Northern Ghana (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo_District) About the new International Tamale Airport (https://www.modernghana.com/news/1221683/tamale-airport-terminal-to-be-commissioned-in.html) Youth Alive Ghana (https://youthaliveghana1.wordpress.com/about-us/) African Leadership Group (https://algroup.org/) eHealth Africa (https://www.ehealthafrica.org/) Special Guest: Hawa Kombian.
Alogte Oho is the number one Frafra gospel artist from within the vibrant music scene of Bolgatanga in Northern Ghana. Bolgatanga and its environs are the birthplace of most of the musicians in Frafra country and, thus, the cultural epicentre of northern Ghana.At thirteen, Oho joined the church choir, deeply impressed by its energy and spirituality, and gained his first experience of professional studio recordings. In 2013, Oho met German producer Max Weissenfeldt, with whom he recorded the internationally acclaimed album 'Mam Yinne Wa'. (2013)In today's episode, I Oho and Max Weissenweldt will take you on a journey to what Frafra Gospel really is, the story of their first meeting in Ghana, and the inspirations behind their latest works; above all, 'O Yinne!' (Album, 2023). Having the chance to meet Oho and Max was an absolute delight. It provided a valuable opportunity to gain insight into a scene I genuinely hope will flourish and make its mark globally. Enjoy listening!
In today's episode of Tech Talks Daily, we're joined by Kofi Gyekye, a self-made tech entrepreneur who successfully sold his prop-tech company Lane for $200 million. Born to African parents and raised in Italy, Kofi's journey has taken him from founding the award-winning digital agency Little Room to co-founding Lane, the world's largest and most innovative workplace experience platform, connecting over 300 properties across 22 cities and 8 countries. Listen in as Kofi shares his unique experiences and insights into how he turned multiple companies into thriving businesses that disrupted the workplace industry. Discover the challenges and triumphs he faced while building and scaling these businesses, and learn about the impact of his work on the property technology landscape. Alongside his work in the tech industry, Kofi has also led multiple digital strategies and fundraising initiatives for non-profits, such as the Leyaata Project, which aimed to reduce mother and infant mortality in 50 villages in Northern Ghana. For his contributions, Kofi was awarded the UNICEF Global Standard by the Canadian International Development Agency. Join us for this inspiring and enlightening conversation as we explore Kofi Gyekye's journey to success in the world of prop-tech and beyond, and learn valuable lessons from his experiences that can help aspiring entrepreneurs make their mark in the industry.
Welcome to Wilderness Wanderings. My name is Renita Reed-Thomson, and I have the privilege to serve as a partner missionary with you at Immanuel Christian Reformed Church. I work with many pastors across West, Central and East Africa, who are seeking to reclaim a redeemed marketplace for Christ. One pastor in particular has inspired me as well as many of the members of his church. His name is Rev. Dr. Johnson Asare from Northern Ghana, and you will often hear him say that it is "risky not to take risks." He is a man who has taken many risks in his life, as a businessman, a pastor, a Muslim-turned-Christian, and a community leader. He knows what he is talking about. While others have said something similar to this, hearing him say it has stuck with me because of his testimony, and I find myself repeating that phrase from time to time. I was reminded of that line as I considered this parable from Matthew 25, where our text comes from. This is the very familiar parable of the talents. As it is familiar, I will not read the whole passage but will remind us that is a story Jesus tells about a man who goes a journey and entrusts three servants with different amounts of his wealth, according to his ability. One receives five bags of gold, another two, and another one. The first two double what they have been given, while the last servant simply buries it. The master is pleased with the first two and welcomes them to more responsibility, while the last one gives this explanation for his lack of effort from verse 24 and 25: 24 “Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. ‘Master,' he said, ‘I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 25 So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.' This parable reminds us that it is a sin to squander what God has given us. He has given us three main resources: time, treasure, and talent, and all three work together for the flourishing of the world, for the flourishing of ourselves, and for the glory of God. This parable reminds us that we are not to wrap or bind up those opportunities and bury them for fear of losing them through risky ventures or doing things "incorrectly." I see this over and again in my work with small and medium business leaders across Africa. Doing business is risky and I have watched many people take those risks. Unfortunately, many businesses do fail, but that is not the end of the story. There is much to be learned in those failures. In the same way, we take risks in relationships, in church, in accepting a new job, or investing yourself in your community. Living involves risk. It is an investment of ourselves to people, places, and things. We are accountable for the investment of our lives. We are responsible to God, to ourselves, and to each other. We may sympathize with the person who received only one talent, but we must always remember that the source of the conservatism on the part of that person was his inadequate view of God. The servant with one bag only saw his master as someone who was "a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not sown seed." But we must view God in His entirety. He has given each person unique combinations of time, treasure, and talent. And He has crafted us in a way that when we use these resources with integrity and love, it is a win-win-win. When we don't use them with integrity and we confess, He forgives us and cleanses us from all unrighteousness. As I head into this day, I wonder what risks I will take with my time, treasure, and talent. I wonder which risks I will cower at, which ones I will embrace, and which ones I will bury. My heart's desire is to prayerfully consider the risks before me, and to remember that I am accountable not just for the risks I take but also for the risks I don't take. Be encouraged this day in taking risks for the glory of God!
This is the first in a short series of Make Me An Island episodes chronicling the best new music released worldwide in 2022. In this opening chapter there's an ode to fresh electronic sounds in the shape of debut releases from Naty Seres from Berlin, Surusinghe from London and Deekapz out of São Paolo. There's proof of why Shygirl has been one of the year's stand-out artists and more essential sounds from her American peers, 070 Shake and Ela Minus. We discover why Pusha T is a contender for best US rap album of 2022 and how Digga D is a shoo-in for the UK crown. There's room for some experimental noise from the new frontier courtesy of Dutch duo Ambassade and a very modern and brilliant take on the Fra Fra sound of Northern Ghana from Linda Ayupuka. ///
Part 3 of my wild and crazy trip to the Savannah Region of Northern Ghana to support a group of 600 women farmers by telling their story to the outside world. It is a story of resilience - both theirs and mine as I migrate back and forth over the thin line between brave and stupid. Humbled and angry. Awe struck and homesick. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mia-jerritt/message
Part 2 of my wild and crazy trip to the Savannah Region of Northern Ghana to support a group of 600 women farmers by telling their story to the outside world. It is a story of resilience - both theirs and mine as I migrate back and forth over the thin line between brave and stupid. Humbled and angry. Awe struck and homesick. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mia-jerritt/message
Part 1 of my wild and crazy trip to the Savannah Region of Northern Ghana to support a group of 600 women farmers by telling their story to the outside world. It is a story of resilience - both theirs and mine as I migrate back and forth over the thin line between brave and stupid. Humbled and angry. Awe struck and homesick. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mia-jerritt/message
When 10 Muslim boys decided to steal some papaya from a Korean missionary in Northern Ghana, a chain of events started that led Rahman and many others to become followers of Jesus.In this episode Matt meets Rahman and hears his story of coming to Christ and the impact that it had on his family.This is why Jesus sends us out, even commands us to go. (Matt. 28:18-20) Topics in this episode include: the fear of hell, TaeKwonDo, polygamy in the church, contextualisation and syncretism.Rahman is also an Assistant Professor of Intercultural Studies at Tyndale Theological Seminary. To check out more of his writings, visit: https://tyndale-europe.edu/academics/resident-faculty/rahman-yakubu-mth/
17-year-old Said lives in a small town in rural Ghana. When he was just 15 years old, he travelled several hundreds of kilometers south on his own to work in an illegal gold mine so that he could earn money to help his parents support their family. In this special edition of DIIS podcast we'll learn more about why young people leave their family to work in these mines far away from home with poor security and risk of mercury poisoning. We'll also get an understanding of migration patterns from Northern Ghana to the South where many of the illegal gold mines are situated today. And finally, we'll discuss the role climate change plays and doesn't play in migration in Ghana. Guests: Francis Jarawuha, Lecturer at the University For Development Studies, Ghana and Nauja Kleist, senior researcher at DIIS Host: Lily Salloum Lindegaard, researcher at DIIS Editing: Marie Barse
This conversation is a vivid example of all the ways disability can bring unexpected opportunities and experiences to our lives. David Achuroa, who is from northern Ghana, contracted polio when he was two. That eventually led him to a rehabilitation centre, which then led to him beginning school. David earned a science degree in community nutrition before moving to Canada to study anthropology at the University of Calgary. He currently lives in Edmonton. In this conversation, we talk about different cultural understandings of disability, and how being asked, “What happened to you?” can be a good thing. And, as we approach two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, we reflect on disability accessibility and handwashing. David really challenged the way I think about interactions with strangers, and I hope you learn something form this conversation, too. David Akanpentiba Achuroa, a disability advocate, nutritionist, social anthropologist, and policy analyst, undertakes research that increases our knowledge in social and cultural issues that impact the lives and well-being of people with disabilities. Projects he currently works on empowers people with disabilities in Africa, the UK and Canada. He sits on the management committee of Disability in Wales and Africa in the UK and volunteers with Alberta Disability Pride Foundation and Edmonton Region Immigrant Employment Council. His graduate thesis explored the web of cultural practices and systems that influence parental understanding and caring of children with disabilities among the Bulsa in Northern Ghana.
Over the course of the Fall 2021 semester, Sydney and Aimable researched climate change threats in the Northern Regions of Ghana. In this episode they discuss their findings and recommendations for the communities, the government, NGOs. Enjoy this deep dive into the five regions of Northern Ghana as they discuss the impacts, the response, and the way forward. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/vws/support
The digital revolution has changed the way businesses operate. With the complexity of how supply chain management, logistics, and finances work, what role will technology and innovation play in creating a more sustainable and efficient supply chain? Coming from a village in Northern Ghana, Brian came to the United States at the age of 23. Despite having no experience in investing, he got his first job at a family office because of his enthusiasm, and his passion for learning and honesty. Combining the knowledge he gained from investing and his interest in software, Brian is now leading a venture capital fund in New York City. Brain talks with Tommy about his journey, why he decided to specialize in the supply chain industry, and what challenges supply chains are facing today. Key Takeaways [1:34] - How Brian began his journey. [4:47] - The concept of a family office. [6:35] - How Brian got his first job in a family office. [11:13] - What motivated Brian to transition from a direct investor to a supply chain expert. [14:42] - An overview of how supply chains work. [22:29] - How problems with logistics in the fashion and apparel industry led to a business partnership. [27:23] - The challenges associated with supply chain logistics. [32:52] - Why truck drivers are also frontline workers. Quotes [13:50] - “I'm interested in technology and supply chain in terms of how they can improve people's lives. How it can solve problems related to climate change. How it can ensure that people are more effective at their work. How it can ensure that companies are doing what they need to do in a more efficient, more effective, and more sustainable way." - Brian Aoaeh [27:29] - "Supply chains are so complex and so vast that there are many problems. If I could summarize the problems into one thing in terms of how we think about investing, it would be the use of data and information to make better decisions." - Brian Aoaeh [32:23] - "Supply chains are a complex intersection of social, technological, economic, and environmental systems. And if any of those systems fail, supply chains break down and fail." - Brian Aoaeh Links Brian Aoaeh on LinkedIn Brian Aoaeh on Twitter Refashiond Jeffrey Citron Vonage Craig Fuller Freight Waves Datek Online Holding (now TD Ameritrade) Connect with our hosts Mammoth Tommy on LinkedIn Subscribe and stay in touch Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Learn more about Mammoth Scientific's Health & Tech Fund 1 When you move beyond the point of making sure your retirement goals are on track, your investment opportunities are wider than just publicly traded funds. Step into the world of investing in venture capital by learning more about Mammoth Scientific's Health & Tech Fund 1. Curated by some of the leading medical and fintech experts, Mammoth's Fund 1 is paving the way for health science and tech innovation. If you're interested in helping patient care, provider insight, and instrumentation go beyond possibility and into reality, check it out today at Mammoth.vc. Visit Mammoth.vc today!
Jacob Foss first found his passion for global development in Peace Corps Ghana. He worked on projects focused on food waste elimination, value addition, and gender empowerment. Afterwards, he created a grain distribution business in Northern Ghana and has developed over a dozen global supply chains of specialty ingredients. As Agricycle's COO, he oversees a […]
Jacob Foss first found his passion for global development in Peace Corps Ghana. He worked on projects focused on food waste elimination, value addition, and gender empowerment. Afterwards, he created a grain distribution business in Northern Ghana and has developed over a dozen global supply chains of specialty ingredients. As Agricycle's COO, he oversees a […] The post Jacob Foss With Agricycle Global appeared first on Business RadioX ®.
Michelle is back with a solo episode all about non-binary concepts in traditional Ghanaian religions! She discusses how they manifest within the Ga, Dagomba, Ewe, Akan and Dagaara traditional belief systems. Michelle chats about the various Creators within the different ethnic groups, in particular Ataa Naa Nyongmo, Naawuni, Mawu, Onyankopong/Nyame/Asaase Yaa and Dagaara Gatekeepers. She also talks about LGBTQIA+ rights in Ghana, the proposed bill that's been drafted to criminalize queer rights and advocacy in Ghana, and #KilltheBill. #QueerGhanaianLivesMatter Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod. SUPPORT E-transfer or via PayPal to asasebapod@gmail.com. Thank you so much for your support. SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter https://twitter.com/AsaseBaPod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/asasebapod/ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@asasebapod RELEVANT NOTES What's Going on in Ghana https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jul/23/ghana-anti-gay-bill-proposing-10-year-prison-sentences-sparks-outrage Queer Organizations LGBT+ Rights Ghana https://www.lgbtrightsgh.org/ Drama Queens https://www.instagram.com/dramaqueensgh/ Silent Majority Ghana https://www.silentmajorityghana.com/ Queer Activism in Ghana: An Ongoing Struggle (3 Part Series) https://medium.com/blmp/queer-activism-in-ghana-an-ongoing-struggle-e4663ef8f152 https://medium.com/blmp/queer-activism-in-ghana-an-ongoing-struggle-part-ii-15a6c1962e40 https://medium.com/@blacklooks/queer-activism-in-ghana-an-ongoing-struggle-part-iii-6006d1975697 Topic References and Info - Non-Binary Concepts in Ghanaian Traditional Religions Ga - Ataa Naa Nyongmo thegadangme.com/kpele https://kpakpatseweroyalfamily.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/religion-of-the-ga-people-of-ghana/ Dagomba - Naawuni Thank you Aunty Priscilla! Ewe/Eʋeawo - Mawu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx3Pe5wHJdE&ab_channel=TheEweHeritage https://tif.ssrc.org/2018/09/26/on-category-mistakes-and-androgynous-divinities/ https://voncujovi-s.medium.com/working-ones-destiny-se-in-ewe-vodu-practice-31cf09011c16 Akan - Onyankopong/Nyame/Asaase Yaa Book: Cloth as a Metaphor:” (Re)Reading the Adinkra Cloth by Kojo Arthur Book: The Quest For Spiritual Transformation. Introduction to Traditional Akan Religion, Rituals, and Practices by Nana Akua Kyerewaa Opokuwaa Dagaara Gatekeepers Book: Ancient African Teachings in the Ways of Relationships by Sobonfu Some Season 1 Transcripts https://bit.ly/3eGiiDH EMAIL asasebapod@gmail.com HOST This podcast is produced, edited and hosted by Ghanaian Canadian Michelle (pronouns: she/her). She is also the creator of the theme music. #ghanaian #ghana #podcast #african #africa #culture #ghanaianpodcast #africanpodcast #oraltradition #oralhistory #canadian #queerghanaianlivesmatter #killthebill
Communities living in Northern Ghana face a complex situation due to a lack of livelihood options in the semi-arid area. Listen to the latest episode of Let's Talk Trees to find out more. Eric Bayala and Houria Djoudi explore the problem and possible solutions to this longstanding issue through the integrated landscape approach.
Join our host, Jacob Fishback, as he sits down with Dr. Luc Maes, Co-founder of KAIBAE. KAIBAE is both a raw material supplier for Baobab fruit powder and a direct-to-consumer brand. Dr. Luc has 25 years of experience in natural medicine and, along with being the co-founder of KAIBAE, is the Director of the Maes Center for Natural Health. In this episode, he shares how he learned about Baobab and why he decided to build a brand around it. Dr. Luc also talks about his experiences traveling to Northern Ghana and his mission to spread awareness about indigenous crops like Baobab.
Has dishonesty and laziness played a role in the high rate of youth unemployment? That's this week's #77Percent debate hosted by Maxwell Suuk in Tamale, Northern Ghana. What are your thoughts?
Jeffrey Boakye Appiagyei is a young Ghanaian agriculture and biosystems engineer, ag-tech entrepreneur, and co-founder of SayeTech an agricultural manufacturing company in Ghana. As a student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana, he developed his design and fabrication skills that he applied to portable soybean threshers, solar evaporative cooling units for fruits and vegetables, and vibrating seed cleaners. During his youth service as an elementary teacher in a rural community in Northern Ghana, he noticed student absenteeism was high during the harvest season when parents usually remove children from class time to help with the harvest. His solution to the problem was to use his technical design skills with his co-founder to make machines that help farmers with post-harvest processing, improve post-harvest losses and help students stay in school throughout the school year.Key interview highlights: Necessity IS the mother of invention, at least in the SAYeTECH case. The need to reduce school attrition rates for students in Northern Ghana during the harvest season led Jeffrey and his co-founder to build local mechanized solutions placed in rural areas to help reduce drudgery for smallholder farmers and their families. A byproduct of the SAYeTECH mechanized harvesting machines is reduced post-harvest loss. Mechanization allows farmers to preserve more of their production and fetch premium prices on the market. Machines installed in 32 rural communities throughout Ghana create jobs and a circular economy in rural areas around the installation of the machines that helps to stem rural-urban migration You might have to change your initial business/product idea after you launch based on customer behavior and continue to innovate to ensure that you are meeting customer needs. Follow Jeffrey of LinkedIn Thanks for joining us for another episode of the WTF podcast.Guest appearance/sponsorship request: If you would like to be a guest or sponsor the podcast, please contact us at whereisthefunding@gmail.com.Where to find us: Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, wherever you get your podcasts, and on our website agazella.com/podcasts. Help us grow: Please subscribe, stream or download, leave a rating or review and share your favorite episodes with family, friends, and colleagues.Follow the WTF podcast on Instagram. Follow me on LinkedIn Join us for the next episode!--- This episode is sponsored by Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast.https://anchor.fm/app
Jeffrey Boakye Appiagyei is a young Ghanaian agriculture and biosystems engineer, ag-tech entrepreneur, and co-founder of SayeTech an agricultural manufacturing company in Ghana. As a student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana, he developed his design and fabrication skills that he applied to portable soybean threshers, solar evaporative cooling units for fruits and vegetables, and vibrating seed cleaners. During his youth service as an elementary teacher in a rural community in Northern Ghana, he noticed student absenteeism was high during the harvest season when parents usually remove children from class time to help with the harvest. His solution to the problem was to use his technical design skills with his co-founder to make machines that help farmers with post-harvest processing, improve post-harvest losses and help students stay in school throughout the school year.Key interview highlights: Necessity IS the mother of invention, at least in the SAYeTECH case. The need to reduce school attrition rates for students in Northern Ghana during the harvest season led Jeffrey and his co-founder to build local mechanized solutions placed in rural areas to help reduce drudgery for smallholder farmers and their families. A byproduct of the SAYeTECH mechanized harvesting machines is reduced post-harvest loss. Mechanization allows farmers to preserve more of their production and fetch premium prices on the market. Machines installed in 32 rural communities throughout Ghana create jobs and a circular economy in rural areas around the installation of the machines that helps to stem rural-urban migration You might have to change your initial business/product idea after you launch based on customer behavior and continue to innovate to ensure that you are meeting customer needs. Follow Jeffrey of LinkedIn Thanks for joining us for another episode of the WTF podcast.Guest appearance/sponsorship request: If you would like to be a guest or sponsor the podcast, please contact us at whereisthefunding@gmail.com.Where to find us: Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, wherever you get your podcasts, and on our website agazella.com/podcasts. Help us grow: Please subscribe, stream or download, leave a rating or review and share your favorite episodes with family, friends, and colleagues.Follow the WTF podcast on Instagram. Follow me on LinkedIn Join us for the next episode!--- This episode is sponsored by Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast.https://anchor.fm/app
Jeffrey Boakye Appiagyei is a young Ghanaian agriculture and biosystems engineer, ag-tech entrepreneur, and co-founder of SayeTech an agricultural manufacturing company in Ghana. As a student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana, he developed his design and fabrication skills that he applied to portable soybean threshers, solar evaporative cooling units for fruits and vegetables, and vibrating seed cleaners. During his youth service as an elementary teacher in a rural community in Northern Ghana, he noticed student absenteeism was high during the harvest season when parents usually remove children from class time to help with the harvest. His solution to the problem was to use his technical design skills with his co-founder to make machines that help farmers with post-harvest processing, improve post-harvest losses and help students stay in school throughout the school year.Key interview highlights: Necessity IS the mother of invention, at least in the SAYeTECH case. The need to reduce school attrition rates for students in Northern Ghana during the harvest season led Jeffrey and his co-founder to build local mechanized solutions placed in rural areas to help reduce drudgery for smallholder farmers and their families. A byproduct of the SAYeTECH mechanized harvesting machines is reduced post-harvest loss. Mechanization allows farmers to preserve more of their production and fetch premium prices on the market. Machines installed in 32 rural communities throughout Ghana create jobs and a circular economy in rural areas around the installation of the machines that helps to stem rural-urban migration You might have to change your initial business/product idea after you launch based on customer behavior and continue to innovate to ensure that you are meeting customer needs. Follow Jeffrey of LinkedIn Thanks for joining us for another episode of the WTF podcast.Guest appearance/sponsorship request: If you would like to be a guest or sponsor the podcast, please contact us at whereisthefunding@gmail.com.Where to find us: Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, wherever you get your podcasts, and on our website agazella.com/podcasts. Help us grow: Please subscribe, stream or download, leave a rating or review and share your favorite episodes with family, friends, and colleagues.Follow the WTF podcast on Instagram. Follow me on LinkedIn Join us for the next episode!--- This episode is sponsored by Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast.https://anchor.fm/app
Jeffrey Boakye Appiagyei is a young Ghanaian agriculture and biosystems engineer, ag-tech entrepreneur, and co-founder of SayeTech an agricultural manufacturing company in Ghana. As a student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana, he developed his design and fabrication skills that he applied to portable soybean threshers, solar evaporative cooling units for fruits and vegetables, and vibrating seed cleaners. During his youth service as an elementary teacher in a rural community in Northern Ghana, he noticed student absenteeism was high during the harvest season when parents usually remove children from class time to help with the harvest. His solution to the problem was to use his technical design skills with his co-founder to make machines that help farmers with post-harvest processing, improve post-harvest losses and help students stay in school throughout the school year.Key interview highlights: Necessity IS the mother of invention, at least in the SAYeTECH case. The need to reduce school attrition rates for students in Northern Ghana during the harvest season led Jeffrey and his co-founder to build local mechanized solutions placed in rural areas to help reduce drudgery for smallholder farmers and their families. A byproduct of the SAYeTECH mechanized harvesting machines is reduced post-harvest loss. Mechanization allows farmers to preserve more of their production and fetch premium prices on the market. Machines installed in 32 rural communities throughout Ghana create jobs and a circular economy in rural areas around the installation of the machines that helps to stem rural-urban migration You might have to change your initial business/product idea after you launch based on customer behavior and continue to innovate to ensure that you are meeting customer needs. Follow Jeffrey of LinkedIn Thanks for joining us for another episode of the WTF podcast.Guest appearance/sponsorship request: If you would like to be a guest or sponsor the podcast, please contact us at whereisthefunding@gmail.com.Where to find us: Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, wherever you get your podcasts, and on our website agazella.com/podcasts. Help us grow: Please subscribe, stream or download, leave a rating or review and share your favorite episodes with family, friends, and colleagues.Follow the WTF podcast on Instagram. Follow me on LinkedIn Join us for the next episode!--- This episode is sponsored by Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast.https://anchor.fm/app
Jeffrey Boakye Appiagyei is a young Ghanaian agriculture and biosystems engineer, ag-tech entrepreneur, and co-founder of SayeTech an agricultural manufacturing company in Ghana. As a student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana, he developed his design and fabrication skills that he applied to portable soybean threshers, solar evaporative cooling units for fruits and vegetables, and vibrating seed cleaners. During his youth service as an elementary teacher in a rural community in Northern Ghana, he noticed student absenteeism was high during the harvest season when parents usually remove children from class time to help with the harvest. His solution to the problem was to use his technical design skills with his co-founder to make machines that help farmers with post-harvest processing, improve post-harvest losses and help students stay in school throughout the school year.Key interview highlights: Necessity IS the mother of invention, at least in the SAYeTECH case. The need to reduce school attrition rates for students in Northern Ghana during the harvest season led Jeffrey and his co-founder to build local mechanized solutions placed in rural areas to help reduce drudgery for smallholder farmers and their families. A byproduct of the SAYeTECH mechanized harvesting machines is reduced post-harvest loss. Mechanization allows farmers to preserve more of their production and fetch premium prices on the market. Machines installed in 32 rural communities throughout Ghana create jobs and a circular economy in rural areas around the installation of the machines that helps to stem rural-urban migration You might have to change your initial business/product idea after you launch based on customer behavior and continue to innovate to ensure that you are meeting customer needs. Follow Jeffrey of LinkedIn Thanks for joining us for another episode of the WTF podcast.Guest appearance/sponsorship request: If you would like to be a guest or sponsor the podcast, please contact us at whereisthefunding@gmail.com.Where to find us: Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, wherever you get your podcasts, and on our website agazella.com/podcasts. Help us grow: Please subscribe, stream or download, leave a rating or review and share your favorite episodes with family, friends, and colleagues.Follow the WTF podcast on Instagram. Follow me on LinkedIn Join us for the next episode!--- This episode is sponsored by Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast.https://anchor.fm/app
Jeffrey Boakye Appiagyei is a young Ghanaian agriculture and biosystems engineer, ag-tech entrepreneur, and co-founder of SayeTech an agricultural manufacturing company in Ghana. As a student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana, he developed his design and fabrication skills that he applied to portable soybean threshers, solar evaporative cooling units for fruits and vegetables, and vibrating seed cleaners. During his youth service as an elementary teacher in a rural community in Northern Ghana, he noticed student absenteeism was high during the harvest season when parents usually remove children from class time to help with the harvest. His solution to the problem was to use his technical design skills with his co-founder to make machines that help farmers with post-harvest processing, improve post-harvest losses and help students stay in school throughout the school year.Key interview highlights: Necessity IS the mother of invention, at least in the SAYeTECH case. The need to reduce school attrition rates for students in Northern Ghana during the harvest season led Jeffrey and his co-founder to build local mechanized solutions placed in rural areas to help reduce drudgery for smallholder farmers and their families. A byproduct of the SAYeTECH mechanized harvesting machines is reduced post-harvest loss. Mechanization allows farmers to preserve more of their production and fetch premium prices on the market. Machines installed in 32 rural communities throughout Ghana create jobs and a circular economy in rural areas around the installation of the machines that helps to stem rural-urban migration You might have to change your initial business/product idea after you launch based on customer behavior and continue to innovate to ensure that you are meeting customer needs. Follow Jeffrey of LinkedIn Thanks for joining us for another episode of the WTF podcast.Guest appearance/sponsorship request: If you would like to be a guest or sponsor the podcast, please contact us at whereisthefunding@gmail.com.Where to find us: Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, wherever you get your podcasts, and on our website agazella.com/podcasts. Help us grow: Please subscribe, stream or download, leave a rating or review and share your favorite episodes with family, friends, and colleagues.Follow the WTF podcast on Instagram. Follow me on LinkedIn Join us for the next episode!--- This episode is sponsored by Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast.https://anchor.fm/app
Jeffrey Boakye Appiagyei is a young Ghanaian agriculture and biosystems engineer, ag-tech entrepreneur, and co-founder of SayeTech an agricultural manufacturing company in Ghana. As a student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana, he developed his design and fabrication skills that he applied to portable soybean threshers, solar evaporative cooling units for fruits and vegetables, and vibrating seed cleaners. During his youth service as an elementary teacher in a rural community in Northern Ghana, he noticed student absenteeism was high during the harvest season when parents usually remove children from class time to help with the harvest. His solution to the problem was to use his technical design skills with his co-founder to make machines that help farmers with post-harvest processing, improve post-harvest losses and help students stay in school throughout the school year.Key interview highlights: Necessity IS the mother of invention, at least in the SAYeTECH case. The need to reduce school attrition rates for students in Northern Ghana during the harvest season led Jeffrey and his co-founder to build local mechanized solutions placed in rural areas to help reduce drudgery for smallholder farmers and their families. A byproduct of the SAYeTECH mechanized harvesting machines is reduced post-harvest loss. Mechanization allows farmers to preserve more of their production and fetch premium prices on the market. Machines installed in 32 rural communities throughout Ghana create jobs and a circular economy in rural areas around the installation of the machines that helps to stem rural-urban migration You might have to change your initial business/product idea after you launch based on customer behavior and continue to innovate to ensure that you are meeting customer needs. Follow Jeffrey of LinkedIn Thanks for joining us for another episode of the WTF podcast.Guest appearance/sponsorship request: If you would like to be a guest or sponsor the podcast, please contact us at whereisthefunding@gmail.com.Where to find us: Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, wherever you get your podcasts, and on our website agazella.com/podcasts. Help us grow: Please subscribe, stream or download, leave a rating or review and share your favorite episodes with family, friends, and colleagues.Follow the WTF podcast on Instagram. Follow me on LinkedIn Join us for the next episode!--- This episode is sponsored by Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast.https://anchor.fm/app
Jeffrey Boakye Appiagyei is a young Ghanaian agriculture and biosystems engineer, ag-tech entrepreneur, and co-founder of SayeTech an agricultural manufacturing company in Ghana. As a student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana, he developed his design and fabrication skills that he applied to portable soybean threshers, solar evaporative cooling units for fruits and vegetables, and vibrating seed cleaners. During his youth service as an elementary teacher in a rural community in Northern Ghana, he noticed student absenteeism was high during the harvest season when parents usually remove children from class time to help with the harvest. His solution to the problem was to use his technical design skills with his co-founder to make machines that help farmers with post-harvest processing, improve post-harvest losses and help students stay in school throughout the school year.Key interview highlights: Necessity IS the mother of invention, at least in the SAYeTECH case. The need to reduce school attrition rates for students in Northern Ghana during the harvest season led Jeffrey and his co-founder to build local mechanized solutions placed in rural areas to help reduce drudgery for smallholder farmers and their families. A byproduct of the SAYeTECH mechanized harvesting machines is reduced post-harvest loss. Mechanization allows farmers to preserve more of their production and fetch premium prices on the market. Machines installed in 32 rural communities throughout Ghana create jobs and a circular economy in rural areas around the installation of the machines that helps to stem rural-urban migration You might have to change your initial business/product idea after you launch based on customer behavior and continue to innovate to ensure that you are meeting customer needs. Follow Jeffrey of LinkedIn Thanks for joining us for another episode of the WTF podcast.Guest appearance/sponsorship request: If you would like to be a guest or sponsor the podcast, please contact us at whereisthefunding@gmail.com.Where to find us: Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, wherever you get your podcasts, and on our website agazella.com/podcasts. Help us grow: Please subscribe, stream or download, leave a rating or review and share your favorite episodes with family, friends, and colleagues.Follow the WTF podcast on Instagram. Follow me on LinkedIn Join us for the next episode!--- This episode is sponsored by Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast.https://anchor.fm/app
Jeffrey Boakye Appiagyei is a young Ghanaian agriculture and biosystems engineer, ag-tech entrepreneur, and co-founder of SayeTech an agricultural manufacturing company in Ghana. As a student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana, he developed his design and fabrication skills that he applied to portable soybean threshers, solar evaporative cooling units for fruits and vegetables, and vibrating seed cleaners. During his youth service as an elementary teacher in a rural community in Northern Ghana, he noticed student absenteeism was high during the harvest season when parents usually remove children from class time to help with the harvest. His solution to the problem was to use his technical design skills with his co-founder to make machines that help farmers with post-harvest processing, improve post-harvest losses and help students stay in school throughout the school year.Key interview highlights: Necessity IS the mother of invention, at least in the SAYeTECH case. The need to reduce school attrition rates for students in Northern Ghana during the harvest season led Jeffrey and his co-founder to build local mechanized solutions placed in rural areas to help reduce drudgery for smallholder farmers and their families. A byproduct of the SAYeTECH mechanized harvesting machines is reduced post-harvest loss. Mechanization allows farmers to preserve more of their production and fetch premium prices on the market. Machines installed in 32 rural communities throughout Ghana create jobs and a circular economy in rural areas around the installation of the machines that helps to stem rural-urban migration You might have to change your initial business/product idea after you launch based on customer behavior and continue to innovate to ensure that you are meeting customer needs. Follow Jeffrey of LinkedIn Thanks for joining us for another episode of the WTF podcast.Guest appearance/sponsorship request: If you would like to be a guest or sponsor the podcast, please contact us at whereisthefunding@gmail.com.Where to find us: Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, wherever you get your podcasts, and on our website agazella.com/podcasts. Help us grow: Please subscribe, stream or download, leave a rating or review and share your favorite episodes with family, friends, and colleagues.Follow the WTF podcast on Instagram. Follow me on LinkedIn Join us for the next episode!--- This episode is sponsored by Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast.https://anchor.fm/app
Jeffrey Boakye Appiagyei is a young Ghanaian agriculture and biosystems engineer, ag-tech entrepreneur, and co-founder of SayeTech an agricultural manufacturing company in Ghana. As a student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana, he developed his design and fabrication skills that he applied to portable soybean threshers, solar evaporative cooling units for fruits and vegetables, and vibrating seed cleaners. During his youth service as an elementary teacher in a rural community in Northern Ghana, he noticed student absenteeism was high during the harvest season when parents usually remove children from class time to help with the harvest. His solution to the problem was to use his technical design skills with his co-founder to make machines that help farmers with post-harvest processing, improve post-harvest losses and help students stay in school throughout the school year.Key interview highlights: Necessity IS the mother of invention, at least in the SAYeTECH case. The need to reduce school attrition rates for students in Northern Ghana during the harvest season led Jeffrey and his co-founder to build local mechanized solutions placed in rural areas to help reduce drudgery for smallholder farmers and their families. A byproduct of the SAYeTECH mechanized harvesting machines is reduced post-harvest loss. Mechanization allows farmers to preserve more of their production and fetch premium prices on the market. Machines installed in 32 rural communities throughout Ghana create jobs and a circular economy in rural areas around the installation of the machines that helps to stem rural-urban migration You might have to change your initial business/product idea after you launch based on customer behavior and continue to innovate to ensure that you are meeting customer needs. Follow Jeffrey of LinkedIn Thanks for joining us for another episode of the WTF podcast.Guest appearance/sponsorship request: If you would like to be a guest or sponsor the podcast, please contact us at whereisthefunding@gmail.com.Where to find us: Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, wherever you get your podcasts, and on our website agazella.com/podcasts. Help us grow: Please subscribe, stream or download, leave a rating or review and share your favorite episodes with family, friends, and colleagues.Follow the WTF podcast on Instagram. Follow me on LinkedIn Join us for the next episode!--- This episode is sponsored by Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast.https://anchor.fm/app
Jeffrey Boakye Appiagyei is a young Ghanaian agriculture and biosystems engineer, ag-tech entrepreneur, and co-founder of SayeTech an agricultural manufacturing company in Ghana. As a student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana, he developed his design and fabrication skills that he applied to portable soybean threshers, solar evaporative cooling units for fruits and vegetables, and vibrating seed cleaners. During his youth service as an elementary teacher in a rural community in Northern Ghana, he noticed student absenteeism was high during the harvest season when parents usually remove children from class time to help with the harvest. His solution to the problem was to use his technical design skills with his co-founder to make machines that help farmers with post-harvest processing, improve post-harvest losses and help students stay in school throughout the school year. Key interview highlights: Necessity IS the mother of invention, at least in the SAYeTECH case. The need to reduce school attrition rates for students in Northern Ghana during the harvest season led Jeffrey and his co-founder to build local mechanized solutions placed in rural areas to help reduce drudgery for smallholder farmers and their families. A byproduct of the SAYeTECH mechanized harvesting machines is reduced post-harvest loss. Mechanization allows farmers to preserve more of their production and fetch premium prices on the market. Machines installed in 32 rural communities throughout Ghana create jobs and a circular economy in rural areas around the installation of the machines that helps to stem rural-urban migration You might have to change your initial business/product idea after you launch based on customer behavior and continue to innovate to ensure that you are meeting customer needs. Follow Jeffrey of LinkedIn Thanks for joining us for another episode of the WTF podcast. Guest appearance/sponsorship request: If you would like to be a guest or sponsor the podcast, please contact us at whereisthefunding@gmail.com. Where to find us: Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, wherever you get your podcasts, and on our website agazella.com/podcasts. Help us grow: Please subscribe, stream or download, leave a rating or review and share your favorite episodes with family, friends, and colleagues. Follow the WTF podcast on Instagram. Follow me on LinkedIn Join us for the next episode!--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Jeffrey Boakye Appiagyei is a young Ghanaian agriculture and biosystems engineer, ag-tech entrepreneur, and co-founder of SayeTech an agricultural manufacturing company in Ghana. As a student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana, he developed his design and fabrication skills that he applied to portable soybean threshers, solar evaporative cooling units for fruits and vegetables, and vibrating seed cleaners. During his youth service as an elementary teacher in a rural community in Northern Ghana, he noticed student absenteeism was high during the harvest season when parents usually remove children from class time to help with the harvest. His solution to the problem was to use his technical design skills with his co-founder to make machines that help farmers with post-harvest processing, improve post-harvest losses and help students stay in school throughout the school year.Key interview highlights: Necessity IS the mother of invention, at least in the SAYeTECH case. The need to reduce school attrition rates for students in Northern Ghana during the harvest season led Jeffrey and his co-founder to build local mechanized solutions placed in rural areas to help reduce drudgery for smallholder farmers and their families. A byproduct of the SAYeTECH mechanized harvesting machines is reduced post-harvest loss. Mechanization allows farmers to preserve more of their production and fetch premium prices on the market. Machines installed in 32 rural communities throughout Ghana create jobs and a circular economy in rural areas around the installation of the machines that helps to stem rural-urban migration You might have to change your initial business/product idea after you launch based on customer behavior and continue to innovate to ensure that you are meeting customer needs. Follow Jeffrey of LinkedIn Thanks for joining us for another episode of the WTF podcast.Guest appearance/sponsorship request: If you would like to be a guest or sponsor the podcast, please contact us at whereisthefunding@gmail.com.Where to find us: Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, wherever you get your podcasts, and on our website agazella.com/podcasts. Help us grow: Please subscribe, stream or download, leave a rating or review and share your favorite episodes with family, friends, and colleagues.Follow the WTF podcast on Instagram. Follow me on LinkedIn Join us for the next episode!--- This episode is sponsored by Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast.https://anchor.fm/app
Jeffrey Boakye Appiagyei is a young Ghanaian agriculture and biosystems engineer, ag-tech entrepreneur, and co-founder of SayeTech an agricultural manufacturing company in Ghana. As a student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana, he developed his design and fabrication skills that he applied to portable soybean threshers, solar evaporative cooling units for fruits and vegetables, and vibrating seed cleaners. During his youth service as an elementary teacher in a rural community in Northern Ghana, he noticed student absenteeism was high during the harvest season when parents usually remove children from class time to help with the harvest. His solution to the problem was to use his technical design skills with his co-founder to make machines that help farmers with post-harvest processing, improve post-harvest losses and help students stay in school throughout the school year.Key interview highlights: Necessity IS the mother of invention, at least in the SAYeTECH case. The need to reduce school attrition rates for students in Northern Ghana during the harvest season led Jeffrey and his co-founder to build local mechanized solutions placed in rural areas to help reduce drudgery for smallholder farmers and their families. A byproduct of the SAYeTECH mechanized harvesting machines is reduced post-harvest loss. Mechanization allows farmers to preserve more of their production and fetch premium prices on the market. Machines installed in 32 rural communities throughout Ghana create jobs and a circular economy in rural areas around the installation of the machines that helps to stem rural-urban migration You might have to change your initial business/product idea after you launch based on customer behavior and continue to innovate to ensure that you are meeting customer needs. Follow Jeffrey of LinkedIn Thanks for joining us for another episode of the WTF podcast.Guest appearance/sponsorship request: If you would like to be a guest or sponsor the podcast, please contact us at whereisthefunding@gmail.com.Where to find us: Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, wherever you get your podcasts, and on our website agazella.com/podcasts. Help us grow: Please subscribe, stream or download, leave a rating or review and share your favorite episodes with family, friends, and colleagues.Follow the WTF podcast on Instagram. Follow me on LinkedIn Join us for the next episode!--- This episode is sponsored by Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast.https://anchor.fm/app
Jeffrey Boakye Appiagyei is a young Ghanaian agriculture and biosystems engineer, ag-tech entrepreneur, and co-founder of SayeTech an agricultural manufacturing company in Ghana. As a student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana, he developed his design and fabrication skills that he applied to portable soybean threshers, solar evaporative cooling units for fruits and vegetables, and vibrating seed cleaners. During his youth service as an elementary teacher in a rural community in Northern Ghana, he noticed student absenteeism was high during the harvest season when parents usually remove children from class time to help with the harvest. His solution to the problem was to use his technical design skills with his co-founder to make machines that help farmers with post-harvest processing, improve post-harvest losses and help students stay in school throughout the school year.Key interview highlights: Necessity IS the mother of invention, at least in the SAYeTECH case. The need to reduce school attrition rates for students in Northern Ghana during the harvest season led Jeffrey and his co-founder to build local mechanized solutions placed in rural areas to help reduce drudgery for smallholder farmers and their families. A byproduct of the SAYeTECH mechanized harvesting machines is reduced post-harvest loss. Mechanization allows farmers to preserve more of their production and fetch premium prices on the market. Machines installed in 32 rural communities throughout Ghana create jobs and a circular economy in rural areas around the installation of the machines that helps to stem rural-urban migration You might have to change your initial business/product idea after you launch based on customer behavior and continue to innovate to ensure that you are meeting customer needs. Follow Jeffrey of LinkedIn Thanks for joining us for another episode of the WTF podcast.Guest appearance/sponsorship request: If you would like to be a guest or sponsor the podcast, please contact us at whereisthefunding@gmail.com.Where to find us: Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, wherever you get your podcasts, and on our website agazella.com/podcasts. Help us grow: Please subscribe, stream or download, leave a rating or review and share your favorite episodes with family, friends, and colleagues.Follow the WTF podcast on Instagram. Follow me on LinkedIn Join us for the next episode!--- This episode is sponsored by Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast.https://anchor.fm/app
Jeffrey Boakye Appiagyei is a young Ghanaian agriculture and biosystems engineer, ag-tech entrepreneur, and co-founder of SayeTech an agricultural manufacturing company in Ghana. As a student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana, he developed his design and fabrication skills that he applied to portable soybean threshers, solar evaporative cooling units for fruits and vegetables, and vibrating seed cleaners. During his youth service as an elementary teacher in a rural community in Northern Ghana, he noticed student absenteeism was high during the harvest season when parents usually remove children from class time to help with the harvest. His solution to the problem was to use his technical design skills with his co-founder to make machines that help farmers with post-harvest processing, improve post-harvest losses and help students stay in school throughout the school year. Key interview highlights: Necessity IS the mother of invention, at least in the SAYeTECH case. The need to reduce school attrition rates for students in Northern Ghana during the harvest season led Jeffrey and his co-founder to build local mechanized solutions placed in rural areas to help reduce drudgery for smallholder farmers and their families. A byproduct of the SAYeTECH mechanized harvesting machines is reduced post-harvest loss. Mechanization allows farmers to preserve more of their production and fetch premium prices on the market. Machines installed in 32 rural communities throughout Ghana create jobs and a circular economy in rural areas around the installation of the machines that helps to stem rural-urban migration You might have to change your initial business/product idea after you launch based on customer behavior and continue to innovate to ensure that you are meeting customer needs. Follow Jeffrey of LinkedIn Thanks for joining us for another episode of the WTF podcast. Guest appearance/sponsorship request: If you would like to be a guest or sponsor the podcast, please contact us at whereisthefunding@gmail.com. Where to find us: Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, wherever you get your podcasts, and on our website agazella.com/podcasts. Help us grow: Please subscribe, stream or download, leave a rating or review and share your favorite episodes with family, friends, and colleagues. Follow the WTF podcast on Instagram. Follow me on LinkedIn Join us for the next episode!--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Jeffrey Boakye Appiagyei is a young Ghanaian agriculture and biosystems engineer, ag-tech entrepreneur, and co-founder of SayeTech an agricultural manufacturing company in Ghana. As a student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana, he developed his design and fabrication skills that he applied to portable soybean threshers, solar evaporative cooling units for fruits and vegetables, and vibrating seed cleaners. During his youth service as an elementary teacher in a rural community in Northern Ghana, he noticed student absenteeism was high during the harvest season when parents usually remove children from class time to help with the harvest. His solution to the problem was to use his technical design skills with his co-founder to make machines that help farmers with post-harvest processing, improve post-harvest losses and help students stay in school throughout the school year.Key interview highlights: Necessity IS the mother of invention, at least in the SAYeTECH case. The need to reduce school attrition rates for students in Northern Ghana during the harvest season led Jeffrey and his co-founder to build local mechanized solutions placed in rural areas to help reduce drudgery for smallholder farmers and their families. A byproduct of the SAYeTECH mechanized harvesting machines is reduced post-harvest loss. Mechanization allows farmers to preserve more of their production and fetch premium prices on the market. Machines installed in 32 rural communities throughout Ghana create jobs and a circular economy in rural areas around the installation of the machines that helps to stem rural-urban migration You might have to change your initial business/product idea after you launch based on customer behavior and continue to innovate to ensure that you are meeting customer needs. Follow Jeffrey of LinkedIn Thanks for joining us for another episode of the WTF podcast.Guest appearance/sponsorship request: If you would like to be a guest or sponsor the podcast, please contact us at whereisthefunding@gmail.com.Where to find us: Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, wherever you get your podcasts, and on our website agazella.com/podcasts. Help us grow: Please subscribe, stream or download, leave a rating or review and share your favorite episodes with family, friends, and colleagues.Follow the WTF podcast on Instagram. Follow me on LinkedIn Join us for the next episode!--- This episode is sponsored by Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast.https://anchor.fm/app
Jeffrey Boakye Appiagyei is a young Ghanaian agriculture and biosystems engineer, ag-tech entrepreneur, and co-founder of SayeTech an agricultural manufacturing company in Ghana. As a student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana, he developed his design and fabrication skills that he applied to portable soybean threshers, solar evaporative cooling units for fruits and vegetables, and vibrating seed cleaners. During his youth service as an elementary teacher in a rural community in Northern Ghana, he noticed student absenteeism was high during the harvest season when parents usually remove children from class time to help with the harvest. His solution to the problem was to use his technical design skills with his co-founder to make machines that help farmers with post-harvest processing, improve post-harvest losses and help students stay in school throughout the school year. Key interview highlights: Necessity IS the mother of invention, at least in the SAYeTECH case. The need to reduce school attrition rates for students in Northern Ghana during the harvest season led Jeffrey and his co-founder to build local mechanized solutions placed in rural areas to help reduce drudgery for smallholder farmers and their families. A byproduct of the SAYeTECH mechanized harvesting machines is reduced post-harvest loss. Mechanization allows farmers to preserve more of their production and fetch premium prices on the market. Machines installed in 32 rural communities throughout Ghana create jobs and a circular economy in rural areas around the installation of the machines that helps to stem rural-urban migration You might have to change your initial business/product idea after you launch based on customer behavior and continue to innovate to ensure that you are meeting customer needs. Follow Jeffrey of LinkedIn Thanks for joining us for another episode of the WTF podcast. Guest appearance/sponsorship request: If you would like to be a guest or sponsor the podcast, please contact us at whereisthefunding@gmail.com. Where to find us: Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, wherever you get your podcasts, and on our website agazella.com/podcasts. Help us grow: Please subscribe, stream or download, leave a rating or review and share your favorite episodes with family, friends, and colleagues. Follow the WTF podcast on Instagram. Follow me on LinkedIn Join us for the next episode!--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Jeffrey Boakye Appiagyei is a young Ghanaian agriculture and biosystems engineer, ag-tech entrepreneur and co-founder of SayeTech an agricultural manufacturing company in Ghana. As a student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana he developed his design and fabrication skills that he applied to portable soybean threshers, solar evaporative cooling units for fruits and vegetables, and vibrating seed cleaners. During his youth service as an elementary teacher in a rural community in Northern Ghana he noticed student absenteeism was high during the harvest season when parents usually remove children from class time to help with the harvest. His solution to the problem was to use his technical design skills with his co-founder to make machines that help farmers with post-harvest processing, improve post-harvest losses and help students stay in school throughout the school year. Key interview highlights: Necessity IS the mother of invention, at least in the SAYeTECH case. The need to reduce school attrition rates for students in Northern Ghana during the harvest season led Jeffrey and his co-founder to build local mechanized solutions placed in rural areas to help reduce drudgery for smallholder farmers and their families. A byproduct of the SAYeTECH mechanized harvesting machines is reduced post-harvest loss. Mechanization allows farmers to preserve more of their production and fetch premium prices on the market. Machines installed in 32 rural communities throughout Ghana create jobs and a circular economy in rural areas around the installation of the machines that helps to stem rural-urban migration You might have to change your initial business/product idea after you launch based on customer behavior and continue to innovate to ensure that you are meeting customer needs. Follow Jeffrey of LinkedIn Thanks for joining us for another episode of the WTF (Africa Edition) podcast. We would love to hear your feedback on the show and how we could improve so please complete this short survey. Guest appearance/sponsorship request: If you would like to be a guest or sponsor the podcast, please contact us at whereisthefunding@gmail.com. Where to find us: Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, wherever you get your podcasts, and on our website agazella.com/podcasts. Help us grow: Please subscribe, stream or download, leave a rating or review and share your favorite episodes with family, friends, and colleagues. Follow the WTF podcast on Instagram and like or follow the WTF Africa Edition podcast on Facebook. Follow me on LinkedIn Join us for the next episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Jeffrey Boakye Appiagyei is a young Ghanaian agriculture and biosystems engineer, ag-tech entrepreneur, and co-founder of SayeTech an agricultural manufacturing company in Ghana. As a student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana, he developed his design and fabrication skills that he applied to portable soybean threshers, solar evaporative cooling units for fruits and vegetables, and vibrating seed cleaners. During his youth service as an elementary teacher in a rural community in Northern Ghana, he noticed student absenteeism was high during the harvest season when parents usually remove children from class time to help with the harvest. His solution to the problem was to use his technical design skills with his co-founder to make machines that help farmers with post-harvest processing, improve post-harvest losses and help students stay in school throughout the school year.Key interview highlights: Necessity IS the mother of invention, at least in the SAYeTECH case. The need to reduce school attrition rates for students in Northern Ghana during the harvest season led Jeffrey and his co-founder to build local mechanized solutions placed in rural areas to help reduce drudgery for smallholder farmers and their families. A byproduct of the SAYeTECH mechanized harvesting machines is reduced post-harvest loss. Mechanization allows farmers to preserve more of their production and fetch premium prices on the market. Machines installed in 32 rural communities throughout Ghana create jobs and a circular economy in rural areas around the installation of the machines that helps to stem rural-urban migration You might have to change your initial business/product idea after you launch based on customer behavior and continue to innovate to ensure that you are meeting customer needs. Follow Jeffrey of LinkedIn Thanks for joining us for another episode of the WTF podcast.Guest appearance/sponsorship request: If you would like to be a guest or sponsor the podcast, please contact us at whereisthefunding@gmail.com.Where to find us: Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, wherever you get your podcasts, and on our website agazella.com/podcasts. Help us grow: Please subscribe, stream or download, leave a rating or review and share your favorite episodes with family, friends, and colleagues.Follow the WTF podcast on Instagram. Follow me on LinkedIn Join us for the next episode!--- This episode is sponsored by Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast.https://anchor.fm/app
The stories of these women, who remain vulnerable, can now be heard on an album called "I've forgotten now who I used to be."
Do Africans hate tribal marks? The painful procedure involves cutting or piercing the skin with a sharp or hot object, leaving behind permanent scars. What do you make of this practice in this day and age? That's our topic on this week's edition of #The77Percent.
Born in Ghana, Julius Hagan takes us on the journey from his humble beginning in Western Africa, next to Belgium, and then to Wheaton College where he has been a Billy Graham Scholar and has earned his Masters Degree in Evangelism and Leadership. Along the way, Julius has been involved with planting more than a dozen churches in Northern Ghana, and has developed dozens of discipleship relationships in Central Europe.Cup of Cold Water Ministries ccwm.orgAppearing on this episode:Dan Hennenfent director@ccwm.orgShari Tvrdik shari@ccwm.orgJulius Hagan juliushaganbwbm@gmail.com
What is it like to make disciples in a resistant region? Let's hear today from Pastor Issahaku John who serves in Northern Ghana as he describes the work of his 22 teams in regions where Christianity is a minority religion. Important Notes and Links 1. Pray for anointing for preaching and miracles protection of Gospel workers and new converts provision for the work breakthroughs in resistant areas 2. Tax deductible gifts may be sent for P. Issahaku to: Abundant Life Worship Center: make checks to ALWC, mark the memo line Mission: Ghana, mail to 6070 Hobbs Rd. Salisbury, MD 21804 https://www.alwc.org/ 3. Missions https://joshuaproject.net/countries/gh https://www.ttionline.org/the-method/ https://renewoutreach.org/equipment/ 4. Contact Gaining Strength @gainingstrengthpodcast gainingstrengthpodcast@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gainingstrength/message
**Pardon the audio issues! CEO of Naasakle International Naa-Sakle Akuete has an MBA from Harvard, but the best business professor she has ever had is her mother, Eugenia, Founder of Mother Shea and Chairwoman of Naa-Sakle International. Episode 13 of the WTF podcast featured the inspiring and resilient Eugenia Akuete, Naa-Sakle's mother who started with a family business with $30 dollars and a lot of determination and conviction to help improve the lives of women in Northern Ghana's shea belt. Naa-Sakle joined the family business in 2014 when she established Naa-Sakle International to help her mother who had just defeated breast cancer and was then struck by meningitis and was in a coma for a number of weeks. While her mother was in recovery, Naa-Sakle took reign of the business as it was, which focus mainly on the production of bulk shea with a business to a business approach started two finished product lines, Mothers Shea, a mass-market line available in over 900 Target stores and Eugenia Shea available in more up-scale clean beauty stores such as Detox Market, Credo Beauty, Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie. Naa-Sakle brought a new vision to the business and embarked on fundraising to support that vision. One of the most important things that Naa-Sakle learned when she joined the family business was that entrepreneurship cannot be taught in school. You learn it on the job! There was a lot she had to learn that her Harvard MBA did not prepare her for. Social Impact Funders: Rudolf Steiner Foundation (RSF Social Finance) MCE Social Capital (MCE Socap) The Palladium Group (Impact Investing) Vested World (Vested World Venture Capital Fund) IMP Key Take-Aways: • Funding isn't everything – sometimes businesses need investors who can help open doors and provide thought-leadership and business development growth. • You have to get comfortable asking for help when you are trying to grow a business. Your networks can help to introduce you to opportunities in their networks. • Networking is about relationship building and not just coming in cold for an ask without relationship building. • Tertiary relationships or the power of weak ties can be very valuable. More opportunities might come from your tertiary network than from your primary network, i.e. people who you network know who can introduce you to other people who can help you. Subscribe, like, rate, review, and share your favorite episodes to grow the WTF listener community. If you like the content of the WTF podcast, let us know and reach out to share your thoughts or pitch guests and show ideas at whereisthefunding@gmail.com.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
**Pardon the audio issues! CEO of Naasakle International Naa-Sakle Akuete has an MBA from Harvard, but the best business professor she has ever had is her mother, Eugenia, Founder of Mother Shea and Chairwoman of Naa-Sakle International. Episode 13 of the WTF podcast featured the inspiring and resilient Eugenia Akuete, Naa-Sakle's mother who started with a family business with $30 dollars and a lot of determination and conviction to help improve the lives of women in Northern Ghana's shea belt. Naa-Sakle joined the family business in 2014 when she established Naa-Sakle International to help her mother who had just defeated breast cancer and was then struck by meningitis and was in a coma for a number of weeks. While her mother was in recovery, Naa-Sakle took reign of the business as it was, which focus mainly on the production of bulk shea with a business to a business approach started two finished product lines, Mothers Shea, a mass-market line available in over 900 Target stores and Eugenia Shea available in more up-scale clean beauty stores such as Detox Market, Credo Beauty, Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie. Naa-Sakle brought a new vision to the business and embarked on fundraising to support that vision. One of the most important things that Naa-Sakle learned when she joined the family business was that entrepreneurship cannot be taught in school. You learn it on the job! There was a lot she had to learn that her Harvard MBA did not prepare her for. Social Impact Funders: Rudolf Steiner Foundation (RSF Social Finance) MCE Social Capital (MCE Socap) The Palladium Group (Impact Investing) Vested World (Vested World Venture Capital Fund) IMP Key Take-Aways: • Funding isn't everything – sometimes businesses need investors who can help open doors and provide thought-leadership and business development growth. • You have to get comfortable asking for help when you are trying to grow a business. Your networks can help to introduce you to opportunities in their networks. • Networking is about relationship building and not just coming in cold for an ask without relationship building. • Tertiary relationships or the power of weak ties can be very valuable. More opportunities might come from your tertiary network than from your primary network, i.e. people who you network know who can introduce you to other people who can help you. Subscribe, like, rate, review, and share your favorite episodes to grow the WTF listener community. If you like the content of the WTF podcast, let us know and reach out to share your thoughts or pitch guests and show ideas at whereisthefunding@gmail.com.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
**Pardon the audio issues! CEO of Naasakle International Naa-Sakle Akuete has an MBA from Harvard, but the best business professor she has ever had is her mother, Eugenia, Founder of Mother Shea and Chairwoman of Naa-Sakle International. Episode 13 of the WTF podcast featured the inspiring and resilient Eugenia Akuete, Naa-Sakle's mother who started with a family business with $30 dollars and a lot of determination and conviction to help improve the lives of women in Northern Ghana's shea belt. Naa-Sakle joined the family business in 2014 when she established Naa-Sakle International to help her mother who had just defeated breast cancer and was then struck by meningitis and was in a coma for a number of weeks. While her mother was in recovery, Naa-Sakle took reign of the business as it was, which focus mainly on the production of bulk shea with a business to a business approach started two finished product lines, Mothers Shea, a mass-market line available in over 900 Target stores and Eugenia Shea available in more up-scale clean beauty stores such as Detox Market, Credo Beauty, Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie. Naa-Sakle brought a new vision to the business and embarked on fundraising to support that vision. One of the most important things that Naa-Sakle learned when she joined the family business was that entrepreneurship cannot be taught in school. You learn it on the job! There was a lot she had to learn that her Harvard MBA did not prepare her for. Social Impact Funders: Rudolf Steiner Foundation (RSF Social Finance) MCE Social Capital (MCE Socap) The Palladium Group (Impact Investing) Vested World (Vested World Venture Capital Fund) IMP Key Take-Aways: • Funding isn't everything – sometimes businesses need investors who can help open doors and provide thought-leadership and business development growth. • You have to get comfortable asking for help when you are trying to grow a business. Your networks can help to introduce you to opportunities in their networks. • Networking is about relationship building and not just coming in cold for an ask without relationship building. • Tertiary relationships or the power of weak ties can be very valuable. More opportunities might come from your tertiary network than from your primary network, i.e. people who you network know who can introduce you to other people who can help you. Subscribe, like, rate, review, and share your favorite episodes to grow the WTF listener community. If you like the content of the WTF podcast, let us know and reach out to share your thoughts or pitch guests and show ideas at whereisthefunding@gmail.com.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
**Pardon the audio issues! CEO of Naasakle International Naa-Sakle Akuete has an MBA from Harvard, but the best business professor she has ever had is her mother, Eugenia, Founder of Mother Shea and Chairwoman of Naa-Sakle International. Episode 13 of the WTF podcast featured the inspiring and resilient Eugenia Akuete, Naa-Sakle's mother who started with family business with $30 dollars and a lot of determination and conviction to help improve the lives of women in Northern Ghana's shea belt. Naa-Sakle joined the family business in 2014 when she established Naa-Sakle International to help her mother who had just defeated breast cancer and was then struck by meningitis and was in a coma for a number of weeks. While her mother was in recovery, Naa-Sakle took reign of the business as it was, which focus mainly on the production of bulk shea with a business to business approach started two finished product lines, Mothers Shea, a mass market line available in over 900 Target stores and Eugenia Shea available in more up-scale clean beauty stores such as Detox Market, Credo Beauty, Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie. Naa-Sakle brough a new vision to the business and embarked on fundraising to support that vision. One of the most important things that Naa-Sakle learned when she joined the family business was that entrepreneurship cannot be taught in school. You learn it on the job! There was a lot she had to learn that her Harvard MBA did not prepare her for. Social Impact Funders: Rudolf Steiner Foundation (RSF Social Finance) MCE Social Capital (MCE Socap) The Palladium Group (Impact Investing) Vested World (Vested World Venture Capital Fund) IMP Key Take Aways • Funding isn't everything – sometimes business need investors who can help open doors and provide thought-leadership and business development growth. • You have to get comfortable asking for help when you are trying to grow a business. Your networks can help to introduce you to opportunities in their networks. • Networking is about relationship building and not just coming in cold for an ask without relationship building. • Tertiary relationship or the power of weak ties can be very valuable. More opportunities might come from your tertiary network than from your primary network, i.e. people who you network know who can introduce you to other people who can help you. Subscribe, like, rate, review and share your favorite episodes to grow the WTF listener community. If you like the content of the WTF podcast, let us know and reach out share your thoughts or pitch guests and show ideas at whereisthefunding@gmail.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
For our final Ramadan series conversation, fashion designer Zainab Salihijo offers insight into Eid celebrations in Nigeria. She shares how she started her fashion brand Pink Fleur; trades notes with Jemila on Islamic, cultural and food traditions in Northern Ghana and Northern Nigeria; and offers some inspiration for other creative professionals. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/organic/message
Akwaaba/ Welcome to OhemaaTalks!I am often asked how I have managed to maintain my female relationships. This question stems from a misconception of female relationships which are not immune to the challenges experienced in other forms of relationships. I am joined by three of my closest girl friends to discuss some of the challenges we’ve had and the strength that comes from having girlfriends. Background of the guests:Jolene Adogoba is a Relationship Officer at the Agriculture Development Bank Ghana. She’s also an entrepreneur and CEO of Tima Africa; a crafts company that specialises in woven baskets from Bolgatanga in Northern Ghana.Shaneke Ellis is a Business Consultant with over 10 years’ experience advising clients in a number of areas including business development, marketing, financial planning and risk management. She has extensive experience in law, housing and international affairs and is currently an Insurance Specialist at Eunisure and a Business Development and Operations Manager for Supportive Link and Link Estates.Josephine Nzuruba is a trained lawyer with experience in the legal and financial sector. She is currently the Head of Policy Compliance at the London Stock Exchange Group and remains active in the legal sector through her dedication to pro bono work. Sponsor:This episode is sponsored by @kevinbmore. Kevin is a graphic artist with over 10 years’ industry experience across all design disciplines. He offers brand, digital and print design services using tools such as Adobe CS, Indesign, Photoshop, Audition and Illustrator. He is also the creator of the graphics for Ohemaa Talks. You can contact him on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram under @kevinbmore. Follow me on Twitter: @Ohemaa_Talks and Instagram: @ohemaatalks.Stay healthy
Recorded at the 2018 WORD Christchurch Festival, 1 September 2018 We welcome Yaba Badoe, award-winning documentary filmmaker and author of A Jigsaw of Fire and Stars, a powerful, haunting story that steps seamlessly from the horrors of people-trafficking to the magic of African folklore. In 2014 Badoe was nominated for a Distinguished Woman of African Cinema Award, and her documentaries include The Witches of Gambaga, which tells the extraordinary story of a community of women condemned to live as witches in Northern Ghana, and The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo,about the life and work of the iconic African feminist writer. Yaba Badoe appears in conversation with Sionainn Byrnes. Supported by: Edinburgh International Book Festival
On today’s episode, Edi (@Kekeli_E) and Peaches (@musingatmidnite) discuss:In The News (01:00) The Ghana Food and Drugs Board orders the recall of 16 brands of tomato paste, and hundreds of Donkeys have been disappearing from Walewale in Northern Ghana.Song(s) Of The Week (13:40): featuring music from Timi Dakolo, Cautious Clay, Kranium, Pappy Kojo, and Yung L.WTF?! (21:15): An Imam in Uganda is in shock after discovering that his new bride is a man, and an Airbnb patron has a bizarre experience with his host.Two Pesewas (31:55): On Dating Red Flags, and Alcohol Consumption.Website: https://2pesewas.wixsite.com/2pesewasOther Links: https://elink.io/p/come-find-us
This is episode 6 where I am joined by fashion accessories designer Akosua Afriyie-Kumi. ABOUT AKOSUA: You are listening to episode #6. And joining me on the show is Akosua Afriyie-Kumi the founder of A A K S, a fashion accessories brand that tells an exciting story of Ghana, and offers a different perspective of Africa as a whole. A A K S’s raffia bags are handmade by a women’s cooperative in Northern Ghana, and uses ethical processes inspired by old-age craft traditions. Through her brand Akosua wants the world to see how luxury and quality can grow from traditional designs and is using AAKS bags to change perceptions of Africa through fashion. She has been shortlisted as an emerging designer from Africa by Vogue Italia and has been featured in leading press titles and the A A K S collections are stocked in 20 countries and 70 stores worldwide. We talk about: Moving from the UK back to Ghana to explore her idea and start her business Her desire to build on traditional crafts and give them a place in the modern world Finding weavers to work with and overcoming communication barriers to develop her design ideas The process from concept to getting her first saleable bag, and how she plans and develops a collection Building an authentic brand in a content noisy world How she retains her ethical values whilst meeting commercial demands The challenges of business in balancing passion and purpose with making a living Her big break and her experiences of working with stockists Creating a brand and developing her brand aesthetic The relevance of having a website to attract stockists Links and resources mentioned in this episode Kingston University UK - https://www.kingston.ac.uk British Library Business & IP Centre - https://www.bl.uk/business-and-ip-centre Anthropologie - https://www.anthropologie.com/en-gb/ British Council - https://www.britishcouncil.org Design Network Africa - https://designnetworkafrica.wordpress.com Lagos Fashion Week - http://lagosfashionweek.ng Pitti Trade show Milan - http://www.pittimmagine.com/en/corporate/fairs.html She Trades - https://www.shetrades.com/en UNHCR Weaving for Change - https://www.aaksonline.com/blog/2018/2/11/weaving-for-change Where you can go to find out more about Akosua www.aaksonline.com Instagram: @a.a.k.s - https://www.instagram.com/a.a.k.s/?hl=en Facebook: @aakshandcrafted - https://www.facebook.com/Aakshandcrafted/ Get the full show notes at: www.atelier55design.com/podcast Behind the Design is brought to you by atelier | 55
Preached on 8/26/19. Guest speaker Austin Ganyo and his wife Amanda serve as full-time missionaries in Northern Ghana, Togo, and Burkina Faso in predominantly Muslim areas of those countries in West Africa. For more information visit TrainingTomorrowsLeaders.org.
On this episode, we chat with Coretta Owusu about Design Dua, her Ghana-based company that makes functional handwoven basketry. She shares the nitty gritty details of her company’s capital- and time-intensive operations, the social impact of employing local artisans in Northern Ghana, her transition from law to founding a business with a social reach, the woes of import tax, and the not-so-glamorous side of being featured on big store website. website: www.designdua.com instagram: @shoplovedua Episode mixed by Ifeyinwa Arinze. Theme song is Ayo by Femi Leye
To this day, children are being murdered by their relatives because they carry the blame for the misfortunes of day to day life. In Episode 03, Kalynn explores this Spirit Child Phenomena that takes place in rural communities in Northern Ghana.
Over the last 7 years, in partnership with short term teams, Hope Alive Initiatives has been able to set 6 community clinics in Northern Ghana. These clinics are run in a sustainable way by their respective churches. In this session we will share the lessons we have learnt to help you in ministry.
Today on Cause Talk Radio, Megan and Joe talk to Rahama Wright, Founder & CEO of Shea Yeleen, about her efforts to innovate the shea butter supply chain in West Africa. Her social enterprise, Shea Yeleen, markets and distributes high-quality skincare products while providing living wages to cooperative members in Northern Ghana. The line of shea butter products is being distributed through retailers such as Whole Foods, MGM Resorts, and Amazon. Links & Notes Shea Yeleen Rahama Wright on Twitter
Over the last 7 years, in partnership with short term teams, Hope Alive Initiatives has been able to set 6 community clinics in Northern Ghana. These clinics are run in a sustainable way by their respective churches. In this session we will share the lessons we have learnt to help you in ministry.
Today's interview is with Rahama Wright. Rahama started Shea Yeleen 10 years ago with the mission to economically empower women in Northern Ghana, they do that through the sale of premium shea butter skincare products. Their products are sold in over 120 retailers nationwide, Whole Foods is their biggest retail partner. Rahama was appointed to President Obama's Advisory Council for Doing Business in Africa and she was recently selected to be on the "Queen Boss" reality show on BET/Centric. In a nutshell Rahama is pro women, economic empowerment, Africa, conscious consumerism, and natural products and you better believe we discuss all this and her interesting entrepreneurship journey. To find out more about her company, head over to https://www.sheayeleen.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Is it possible to launch a successful brand that also has a positive social impact and inspires change within your industry and community? YES. In today's episode, we chat with Rahama Wright, Founder and CEO of Shea Yeleen Health and Beauty a social impact company she created after serving in the Peace Corps. The DC-based enterprise develops shea butter creams, balms, and soaps that create living wage jobs for 800 women in Northern Ghana. Rahama was also featured on episode 1 of Centric new show highlighting female entrepreneurship- Queen Boss. Rahama shares how she was able to grow her business and why the company's mission will never change. We also discuss what inspired Rahama to enter the shea industry, how she developed the Shea Yeleen business model, why entrepreneurs shouldn't fear standing out, social impact investing, working with Whole Foods, key takeaways from her Queen Boss experience, finding faith, local resources you can use to grow your brand, and more. Enjoy! *SHOW NOTES: www.dreamsindrive.com/rahama-wright *ENTER GIVEAWAY: www.dreamsindrive.com/win *SUBSCRIBE: www.dreamsindrive.com/join *RESOURCES: www.dreamsindrive.com/free Follow Dreams In Drive on Social: *twitter.com/dreamsindrive *instagram.com/dreamsindrive Follow Rahama on social: *www.twitter.com/rahamatuwright *www.instagram.com/rahamawright Follow Rana on social: *instagram.com/rainshineluv *twitter.com/rainshineluv *www.ranacampbell.com
Kati Whitaker gains rare access to Northern Ghana's witch camps, where old women accused of witchcraft are banished.
Marie Jones, author of The Trinity Secret: The Power of Three and the Code of Creation will discuss the concept of the trinity concept found in many religions, if science has anything to say about a triune nature of reality, why the number three is so sacred and profound, and if it is an ancient wisdom teaching and how we might use it to make our lives more fulfilling. In our second hour, hear Yaba Badoe, director/producer of the award winning documentary discussing the film Witches of Gambaga, about the extraordinary women condemned to live as witches in Northern Ghana. This is a story made over 5 years and highlights the strontg community of "witches" and the women's movement activists determined to end abusive practices and improve women's lives in Africa.
Amachi Amaga Apetor Wunana joins us live to talk about Indigenous Knowledge and Development Studies.M.A.M.A. is a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation that offers mediation and support for those who would like to discover and experience real African life. With M.A.M.A. Volunteer you can bathe in the true culture of Northern Ghana and share in the daily lives of its people. M.A.M.A. Education is also a valuable resource for families concerned about the quality of American public education and looking for superior alternatives. The small network of African Centered School Systems partnered with the M.A.M.A. Education blend and balance scholastic excellence with an African and African American cultural prominence where racial identity and self-esteem are not compromised for improved academics.
Background: Acute diarrhoea is a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Its microbiological causes and clinico-epidemiological aspects were examined during the dry season 2005/6 in Tamale, urban northern Ghana. Methods: Stool specimens of 243 children with acute diarrhoea and of 124 control children were collected. Patients were clinically examined, and malaria and anaemia were assessed. Rota-, astro-, noro- and adenoviruses were identified by (RT-) PCR assays. Intestinal parasites were diagnosed by microscopy, stool antigen assays and PCR, and bacteria by culturing methods. Results: Watery stools, fever, weakness, and sunken eyes were the most common symptoms in patients (mean age, 10 months). Malaria occurred in 15% and anaemia in 91%; underweight (22%) and wasting (19%) were frequent. Intestinal micro-organisms were isolated from 77% of patients and 53% of controls (P < 0.0001). The most common pathogens in patients were rotavirus (55%), adenovirus (28%) and norovirus (10%); intestinal parasites (5%) and bacteria (5%) were rare. Rotavirus was the only pathogen found significantly more frequently in patients than in controls (odds ratio 7.7; 95% Cl, 4.2-14.2), and was associated with young age, fever and watery stools. Patients without an identified cause of diarrhoea more frequently had symptomatic malaria (25%) than those with diagnosed intestinal pathogens (12%, P = 0.02). Conclusion: Rotavirus-infection is the predominant cause of acute childhood diarrhoea in urban northern Ghana. The abundance of putative enteropathogens among controls may indicate prolonged excretion or limited pathogenicity. In this population with a high burden of diarrhoeal and other diseases, sanitation, health education, and rotavirus-vaccination can be expected to have substantial impact on childhood morbidity.
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