The Circular economy: The missing layer in Ghana’s flood prevention strategy

On the morning of 29 June 2026, roughly 140 millimetres of rain fell on Accra in a single day, more than double the heaviest downpour of the year before. By the time the water pulled back, at least 12 people were dead, according to news reports citing Ghana’s National Fire Service, among them a mother and her child swept away in the Achimota-Agbogbloshie area. Rescue teams pulled more than 400 people from submerged homes, the same reports said. The neighbourhoods that go under every year, Kan...

By Caleb Ahinakwah