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Thanks to conversations involving the leaders of the GhanaThink Foundation & Clean Air Fund , the #CleanAirGhana project emerged as a direct response to the severe public health crisis posed by air pollution in Ghana . The core mission of this project is multifaceted: to raise public awareness of the (health) impacts of air pollution , to drive concerted community action , and to advocate for the rigorous enforcement of existing environmental policies , and drive implementation of more solutions . With an estimated 28,000 Ghanaians succumbing to premature death annually as a direct consequence of air pollution, this project is very critical. The project's central tagline, " Be Part of the Solution, not the Pollution ," is derived from GhanaThink’s motto: “ Less Talk, More Action ”, showcasing the forward-looking, action-oriented philosophy of this social enterprise working in the youth empowerment space in Ghana and beyond. GhanaThink’s overarching mission is to...

The  Konnect Kouch  is a version of hot seat  in Konnect Groups for its members. These Konnect Groups are WhatsApp Groups run by or in conjuncation with the  GhanaThink Foundation . We have had  Konnect  members   to volunteer as a  Kouchee  to be on the  Konnect Kouch , on Saturdays & Sundays starting from 2:33pm  . This is basically a personality interview. We at  GhanaThink  moved this  #KonnectKouch  into some of the Konnect meetups (3 hour networking events mostly in the weekend evenings) and also to Barcamps (free networking forums on Saturdays). A couple of Saturdays ago, I was on the Konnect Kouch for Sunyani Konnect thanks to the proactiveness of Wilhemina Nunu. Exciting. Are you excited to read about what transpired? I love Sunyani a lot. I have spoken severally about how I want Sunyani to become the capital of Ghana, if we change it from Accra. More on this in another blog post. My favori...

On one fine day in 2019, one member of Cape Coast Konnect - Lex Williams - had a bright idea. He asked that we have something like "hot seat" in this WhatsApp group run by the GhanaThink Foundation . We started a discussion around this and the result was the Konnect Kouch , a version of hot seat  in Konnect Groups for its members. Since then, at different times and in different Konnect WhatsApp groups, we would have had Konnect members   to volunteer as a Kouchee to be on the Konnect Kouch , on Saturdays & Sundays starting from 2:33pm  . This is basically a personality interview. We at GhanaThink moved this #KonnectKouch into some of the Konnect meetups (3 hour networking events mostly in the weekend evenings) and also to Barcamps (free networking forums on Saturdays).  1 of our GhanaThink members, Mildred Adeaba , earlier in 2024, encouraged that we should run this #KonnectKouch for GhanaThink Members (in our own WhatsApp group). I voluntee...