Barter trade on the ascendancy in Ghana

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KB,LONDON 10 years ago

That is NDC government for you. Imagine how rich these farmers will become if the government is providing a market for agro products.

That is NDC government for you. Imagine how rich these farmers will become if the government is providing a market for agro products.
PROFESSOR THOMAS KUBI- McA 10 years ago

AFRIKA COMMODITY XCHANANGE IN THE OFFING
========================================I STUDIED COMMODITY XCHANKE IN US& UK
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MY MUM & GRAND MOTHER TRADED WITH ECOWAS COUNTRIES SINCE ...
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AFRIKA COMMODITY XCHANANGE IN THE OFFING
========================================I STUDIED COMMODITY XCHANKE IN US& UK
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MY MUM & GRAND MOTHER TRADED WITH ECOWAS COUNTRIES SINCE 1950 IN COCOA GOLD CASSAVA etc
THE UNIs WERE IGNORANT IN ACADEMIC
TRADINDG BECAUSE THE CHINESE WERE LATE IN TRADING WITH NEW EMERGING ASIANS
WE NEVER HAD UNis THE COLONIALIST DID NOT ALLOW US IN THERE PROGRAMMS
THEY FOUND US PREFERERABLE TO LEARN ENGLISH LITEREATURE==
THERE WILL BE NEW SYSTEMS AND INNOVATIONS IN AFRIKA
PROFESSOR THOMAS KUBI ( FOUNDER)
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Wise man. 10 years ago

Cheap NPP propaganda... Please do a proper national survey before concluding that barter trade is on the assendency in the country.

Cheap NPP propaganda... Please do a proper national survey before concluding that barter trade is on the assendency in the country.
POW@ Group G for the 2 G's 10 years ago

Dzemeni has never changed from barter trading. I saw it my self during the 3 different times I visited there in year 1991, 1998 and 2001. I talked about this with a big brother of mine just about a week ago, he was shocked bu ...
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Dzemeni has never changed from barter trading. I saw it my self during the 3 different times I visited there in year 1991, 1998 and 2001. I talked about this with a big brother of mine just about a week ago, he was shocked but we thought between 2001 and 2013, a lot would've changed. Oh Ghana!!!
GHFUO, be serious & change ur MENtali 10 years ago

INNTHIS DAY N AGE. INSTEAD OF MOVING FORWARD MONETARILY, LOOK AT THIS...BARTERING? 16.5 BILLION, WAT DO U EXPECT?

INNTHIS DAY N AGE. INSTEAD OF MOVING FORWARD MONETARILY, LOOK AT THIS...BARTERING? 16.5 BILLION, WAT DO U EXPECT?
Tsatsu 10 years ago

The research is very foolish. Dzemeni and Elmina are fishing communities. Fisherfolks sometimes exchange fish with other commodities such as gari, maize, sager etc. They are not doing barter because of lack of money in the sy ...
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The research is very foolish. Dzemeni and Elmina are fishing communities. Fisherfolks sometimes exchange fish with other commodities such as gari, maize, sager etc. They are not doing barter because of lack of money in the system. The item being exchanged could easily be sold for money.
Kojo 10 years ago

This type of trade has existed since my school days at Abotoase, Gyemeni and Yeji in the 1960s. I used to visit these three communities during vacations to fish and we exchanged fish for our staples. This is no news. It is ...
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This type of trade has existed since my school days at Abotoase, Gyemeni and Yeji in the 1960s. I used to visit these three communities during vacations to fish and we exchanged fish for our staples. This is no news. It is shameful that
TV3 did not do a detail research on the livelihood pattern of fisher folks. Is bringing as if this is happening only Mahama's regime. Please let us stop this vile propaganda. It will not help this country.
HABLUTA SENYO 10 years ago

BLAME WINLESS&FAILED PART NPP

BLAME WINLESS&FAILED PART NPP
fredsaid 10 years ago

MR KNOW IT ALL

MR KNOW IT ALL
The man 10 years ago

The problem is Ghana will only employ people base on their political affiliation not on qualification. Some people cannot even diagnose a computer even though they hold a computer science degree. What a shame. Please employ c ...
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The problem is Ghana will only employ people base on their political affiliation not on qualification. Some people cannot even diagnose a computer even though they hold a computer science degree. What a shame. Please employ competent people to help you save money for the country.
Fernando 10 years ago

But this is no news.This form of trading is widespread even at the Abotoase market since time immemorial.What has politics got to do with this also?

But this is no news.This form of trading is widespread even at the Abotoase market since time immemorial.What has politics got to do with this also?
Alaba Lucy 10 years ago

Unfortunately NDC has successfully divided the people through tribal politics. These poor people will still vote for NDC even though it is the worse polical party in Ghana because they hate one particular tribe in Ghana. Th ...
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Unfortunately NDC has successfully divided the people through tribal politics. These poor people will still vote for NDC even though it is the worse polical party in Ghana because they hate one particular tribe in Ghana. This is a fact.
YMCMB 10 years ago

And they still support political parties and take sides.

And they still support political parties and take sides.
OSEI 10 years ago

Sometimes, as much as we know the job Oye Lithur did for Prez "Mahamo", I ask myself, why did Ghanaians vote for Mr. "Mahamo" after "Utter Miss"?

Sometimes, as much as we know the job Oye Lithur did for Prez "Mahamo", I ask myself, why did Ghanaians vote for Mr. "Mahamo" after "Utter Miss"?
Gaana 10 years ago

It wouldn't surprise me if sooner or later some women may be forced to pay back services from Guys with Sex. Oh Ghana! Oh Hell!

It wouldn't surprise me if sooner or later some women may be forced to pay back services from Guys with Sex. Oh Ghana! Oh Hell!
ghana 10 years ago

do we support political parties because of name or agendas that will move the country forward. My brothers and sisters let's put our country first. lets believe in our country let's working together and move our nation forwar ...
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do we support political parties because of name or agendas that will move the country forward. My brothers and sisters let's put our country first. lets believe in our country let's working together and move our nation forward...
Niibi 10 years ago

"Meanwhile, Samuel Ampah, Head of Research at Gold Coast Securities Limited, confirmed that most people are trading without currency because of the high rate of poverty in the country"
High rate of poverty? Nonsence. In t ...
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"Meanwhile, Samuel Ampah, Head of Research at Gold Coast Securities Limited, confirmed that most people are trading without currency because of the high rate of poverty in the country"
High rate of poverty? Nonsence. In the abundance of wealth the people are poor? Hold the leaders responsible. We have the natural resource (than most countries I have visited), we have the human resourses (graduates, artisans etc), we have abundant time. What else is missing in the economic properity equation? Management and leadership. If the leaders can't produce after all these years and the discovery of oil, we just have to kick them out. I'm in a country where besides the oil that they have, they have nothing compared to Ghana (b'cos it is desert) and yet the citizenry are given monthly remittances. What is the problem with Ghana in particular and Africa in general? Sometime I tend to agree with my dad who out of frustration indicated that he would have preferred the whiteman to have stayed in Ghana.
SHAME TO OUR SO CALLED LEADERS. THEY ARE FAILING US!!!!
eric 10 years ago

Better

Better
Kofi Sadam 10 years ago

The journalist who reported this story is a child. Barter trade has been practised within the Volta basin for ages.From Kutusu, Ekye Amanfrom, Adawso, Nketepa, Akateng, Dzemeni, Kwamekrom, Abotoase and all other markets along ...
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The journalist who reported this story is a child. Barter trade has been practised within the Volta basin for ages.From Kutusu, Ekye Amanfrom, Adawso, Nketepa, Akateng, Dzemeni, Kwamekrom, Abotoase and all other markets along the Volta, there have been exchange of.goods and services without the use of money. Mostly, fish is exchanged with foodstuffs. The fishermen do not have time to farm, so they would prefer exchanging the fish they have with the foodstuff. I think if the report had consulted more people about the trade, he would have realized that it is not something new and it is not because there is no money in the system.
Anani 10 years ago

This brings out the human being spirit in us rather than worship paper notes.

This brings out the human being spirit in us rather than worship paper notes.

Barter trade on the ascendancy in Ghana

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