Ghana's Next Top Grater

This is the blog post about Day 2

 

 

Delicious papaya and bananas – a great start to our second day in Kumasi. The Tro Tro bus that drove us to Suame Magazine was blasting Ghanaian reggae music, so all were in high spirits (some even daring to sing along). Suame Magazine, a short ride from KNUST , is an industrial complex where you can find anything from steering wheels, to bearings, to stickers of Jesus for your car. ITTU is located right in the middle and will be our headquarters for the upcoming days. With the workshop quickly approaching, the Tech team got to work preparing the two sample graters that will be on display on Thursday. Over the course of the day, ADE Ghana liaisons George, Asante, William, and Francis dropped in to help. When George announced that he now have around 30 attendees for the workshop, things kicked into high gear. The Tech team made great progress in preparing the two graters, despite some bumps in the way (including the realization that the Leeson motors we are using were not completely identical). The Business team was able to talk to motor importers (result: 40 USD for a 0.25 HP motor; implication: will ask XXX importer if he can import the Leeson motor from China), call UT Bank about the possibility of setting up a microfinance scheme for our customers (result: would need a group of 6 women), and plan the AG shop tests with Asante. Ben seemed to be everywhere at once and Asante was only registered as a flash of color running from one task to the next. For lunch we had pasta and eggs, but the real highlight was some fresh pineapple. Buying the pineapple proved to be very entertaining, as we met a little boy along the way that would be a force to be reckoned with on Ghana’s Next Top Model.