10 things first-time visitors notice when they arrive in Ghana

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  • Kwame Angel 12 hours ago

    The first things I notice is the lawlessness, goro boys, reckless and aggressive drivers, corrupt policemen and bad roads.

  • Nana 9 hours ago

    As the filth and the unkempt environment

  • Kwans 12 hours ago

    Very good observation

  • COCAINE GOVERNMENT 12 hours ago

    These nice and beautiful traditions and cultures being tainted with cocaine coast of Ghana labelled. How can a whole Ghana government allegedly trafficking cocaine to raise money for their next electioneering campaign in 2028 ...
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  • GOLDEN 11 hours ago

    VERY INTERESTING,GHANA HAS A RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE,ITS SO OBVIOUS!!!!!!!
    TIME FOR SPIRITUAL AWAKENING,LISTEN TO THE AMAZING SERMONS OF TRUSTWORTHY PASTOR OMAR THIBEAUX AND GET SOME KNOWLEDGE,THE HOLY BIBLE IS BLACK HISTORY, ...
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  • ERLING OWUSU 11 hours ago

    HOW WE LIKE TO DECEIVE OURSELVES!!!
    Let’s wait and hear from Frank Agyena-Karikari.

  • Test2 9 hours ago

    ANOTHER ONE
    WOMEN CARRYING HEAVY LOADS ON THEIR SMALL HEADS WITH BABIES ON THEIR BACKS SOME ARE CALLED KAYAYEI FROM THE NORTHERN REGION OTHERS ARE CALLED HAWKERS FROM THE SOUTH
    WHAT A COUNTRY AFTER 69YRS OF INDEPENDENCE
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  • COD 7 hours ago

    The writer forgot to add life threatening bad roads with potholes as well as "kayayo', and the dusty, filthy & smelly environs to the utter shock of new arrivals in Ghana.

  • Yaw 6 hours ago

    I will hit on 3,4 &9.
    Time: the disrespect for time is very annoying and they won’t even call ahead to notify you that they will be coming late. When you call them, it’s either the phone is switched off or they tell you ...
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  • Alfred 3 hours ago

    You left one common scene out - reckless and indiscriminate burning of refuse/waste across the city of Accra; especially in the morning and evening. Air pollution is just too common in Accra!

  • Beggars 3 hours ago

    They are everywhere a traffic light exists

  • Mutesi 2 hours ago

    Ohhh but ghanaians are very dirty. Wonder how their homes look like if streets and public spaces appear like that.. I quickly left, never wud i go back. Dirty pipo