Here’s a short video showing how people have over the years encroached on wetlands and streams that would have contained huge volumes of water during floods.
GARID Project Coordinator, Kwadwo Ohene Sarfoh during a news conference by the Flood Mitigation Taskforce explained how solid waste is imported to fill these basins so people would eventually build on them.
#AccraFloods
This be what ma mates do wey I enter wicked mode till we complete jhs o.Teacher come class den ask me for names of talkatives as dem dey make noise, I couldn't provide so the teacher give me some solid 5 canes for ma body.Since then,everybody take ein share of the n'tl cake🤣🫵
Hello, Ghana 🇬🇭
Your Excellency, @JDMahama
Hello Africa and the world.
We @3farmatebots are proud to announce the official launch of FAMA—Ghana's FIRST AI-powered autonomous farming robot for large-scale crop production.
Founded in 2021 by @oxncgen (CEO) and @koffi_cobbin (CTO), the company began in a dorm room at @KNUSTGH, where its first prototype was developed. Since then, the team has engineered FAMA into a full-scale autonomous robot capable of planting seeds, applying fertilizer, weeding, and spraying across real farm environments.
FAMA navigates using a vision-based AI system instead of GPS, allowing it to operate reliably in areas where GPS is unavailable or inconsistent. The robot runs on batteries charged by solar panels while in the field and can operate across uneven terrain, loose and muddy soils, and variable weather conditions. A single operator can oversee multiple robots, each covering 27 to 35 acres per day with sub-85mm planting precision.
3Farmate targets large-scale staple crop producers in Ghana, starting with corn and soybeans. We operate a service model, charging farmers per acre and removing the need for upfront equipment investment. Over 70 farmers and several large-scale crop production companies are currently in discussions, with commercial deployments beginning in the 2026 planting season.
Approximately $200,000 has been raised to date, including investment from @776foundation (Alexis Ohanian, Reddit co-founder) and a grant from @kicghana.
Our team consists of young engineers specializing in robotics, embedded systems, software, and mechanical design.
With 8 major iterations, 60+ field test runs, 100+ cumulative acres covered, and thousands of runtime hours in real farm conditions, FAMA is market-ready to become the ultimate farmer-assistant.
We built FAMA right here in Ghana, inspired by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s belief that “Africa must industrialize to achieve true independence.”
We built FAMA as a true testament to every young engineer in Africa that “IT IS POSSIBLE.”
FAMA is designed to operate seamlessly on Ghanaian soil and is adaptable to diverse agricultural environments worldwide.
Join us as we drive innovation across global agriculture.
We call on the government of Ghana, stakeholders, international organizations, and agri-industry leaders to partner with us in transforming agriculture together.
This is not history in the making, because history has already been made, and we thank you for being a part of our journey.
On this note, we are officially launched!
For more information, visit https://t.co/xAHVXGYZmh.
3FARMATE – The future is here.
OUR ROBOT IS:
MADE IN GHANA
BUILT IN GHANA
BUILT FOR AFRICA
BUILT FOR THE WORLD
BUILT FOR AUTONOMOUS FARMING
BUILT WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
BUILT WITHOUT GPS
BUILT FOR GRAIN PRODUCTION
BUILT FOR VEGETABLE PRODUCTION
BUILT BY AFRICAN ENGINEERS
AND PROUDLY GHANAIAN
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We were in Tarkwa today and had the chance to see how the Gold Fields Ghana Foundation has been investing in communities, particularly in education, water and sanitation, health, and infrastructure to support sustainable socio-economic development.
Stay tuned as we share some of the stories we captured from different communities.