I left the Advans Ghana's (Kiva's Field Partner) office, with Kofi, the Advans Loan Officer, to meet the nearest potential Kiva borrower, Elizabeth.
For the first leg of our journey, we had to take three different tro-tros, minibus share taxis, and we eventually ended up at a busy intersection with market stalls all around. Now the exciting and unexpected part of the trip began – getting on a motorcycle for the last 6 kilometers to Elizabeth's village.
Stories tagged with fufu
Aug 8, 2018
Ghana
Mar 3, 2016
Ghana
For those of you who have never had Ghanian cuisine (and I'm sure there are many of you) there are three main things you should know about Ghanian cuisine:
It is mostly starch (rice/plantain/cassava/maize/yam etc)
The portions are large enough to feed a small army
I don’t love it
The main component of Ghanaian dishes is the starch, and there are not many vegetables. Starch usually makes up more than 70% of the meal and often is the name of the dish, even though there are other components. The starch is either made of rice,... Continue Reading >>