Akuakrom Development Project

Akuakrom is a village in Ghana located in the Ashanti region. The Ashanti region is a rural region, where the population lives mainly from trade in its products (corn, cassava, palm trees, etc.). The population of Akuakrom is around 1,800 people however, the actual population depending on the villages around Akuakrom is around 5,000 people. 95% of the population of Akuakrom and the surrounding villages live from agriculture. The production is consumed but …

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Akuakrom has designated 15 square miles for the main development project, incorporating 7 smaller villages into the overall development plan.  A suburb of Effiduasi and located just 35 miles east of Ghana’s second largest city, Kumasi, which is also the largest trading market in Africa, Akuakrom’s design will foster an enhanced work life balance for families living, working and commuting …

Ghana has a long and storied history with the diaspora, most notably, the slave castles built by European traders that line the coast of Ghana. But Ghana’s and Akuakrom’s relationship to the Diaspora is much deeper.