Umar Yakubu’s story didn’t begin with a breakthrough—it began with a quiet loss.
At 26, the young barber from Tema had built his life around his craft. But when an unexpected electrical fault shut down his barbershop, everything changed.
The steady hum of clippers, the joy of shaping fresh cuts—gone. It wasn’t his fault, but it shook the foundation of his everyday world.
The Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Team of Agri-Impact Limited recently organized a two-day Impact Story and Work Verification Co-Creation Workshop as part of the Harnessing Agricultural Productivity and Prosperity for Youth (HAPPY) Program.
Held at the Airport View Hotel from August 6th to 7th, 2025, the workshop brought together MEL teams from the eight consortium members implementing the HAPPY Program.
TechnoServe, a leader in business solutions to poverty, has launched the implementation of grant to support 168 microentrepreneurs and agri-SMEs along the poultry, tomato, rice, and soybean value chains in Ghana as part of the Harnessing Agricultural Productivity and Prosperity for Youth (HAPPY) Program.
When life gives you lemons, they say, make lemonade. That is exactly what Zelia Abdulai, a determined young mother of two from the Karaga District in Northern Ghana, has done.
Despite being a person with a disability, Zelia, a graduate of Karaga Senior High School, has always believed that disability is not inability.
Despite the challenges she faced in completing school, she learned how to braid hair and sew—skills she used to support herself rather than resorting to begging, as many in similar situations often do.
