Agona-Akrofoso, sometimes called Akrofonso, is a town in the

Sekyere South District Sekyere South District is one of the forty-three districts in Ashanti Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Afigya-Sekyere District, which it was created from part of the former Kwabre-Sek ...

in the

Ashanti Region The Ashanti Region is located in southern part of Ghana and it is the third largest of 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of or 10.2 percent of the total land area of Ghana. In terms of population, however, it is the mo ...

of Ghana, approximately north-east of the Ashanti Regional capital,

Kumasi Kumasi (historically spelled Comassie or Coomassie, usually spelled Kumase in Twi) is a city in the Ashanti Region, and is among the largest metropolitan areas in Ghana. Kumasi is located in a rain forest region near Lake Bosomtwe, and is the ...

, and about two miles east of

Agona Agona is a small town in Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in Ghana–Ivo ...

, the district capital. Agona-Akrofoso lies off the Kumasi-

Mampong Mampong is a town in the Mampong Municipal of Ashanti and serves as the administrative capital of Mampong Municipal. Mampong has a population of 42,037 people. Mampong is also the centre of the new Anglican Diocese of Asante Mampong, inaugurat ...

highway. The population is estimated to be about 1,600 inhabitants. It is at Latitude 6°55'15.045"N and Longitude 1°28'11.9634"W.

People

The residents are primarily Ashantis, belonging to the

Akan people The Akan () people live primarily in present-day Ghana and Ivory Coast in West Africa. The Akan language (also known as ''Twi/Fante'') are a group of dialects within the Central Tano branch of the Potou–Tano subfamily of the Niger–Congo ...

and speaking the

Twi Twi () is a dialect of the Akan language spoken in southern and central Ghana by several million people, mainly of the Akan people, the largest of the seventeen major ethnic groups in Ghana. Twi has about 17-18 million speakers in total, includ ...

language, although the language of business, commerce and education is English, as in all of Ghana. Since the 1980s the population has increased and housing has expanded beyond the historic core.

Infrastructure

Agona-Akrofoso is on the Ghana National Electricity Grid, and many homes have electricity. There are several pending infrastructure development plans, including a potable water tank with a capacity of over . There are several public wells where water is available for a fee (per bucket), although many homes have private wells. Agona-Akrofoso had a soccer club, the Multi Stars, which once played in the third division of the Ghanaian league hierarchy but has become dormant.

Education

The local government runs a

kindergarten Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th cent ...

in Agona-Akrofoso that is not always fully attended by all eligible children. Reasons for poor attendance include poor health, parents' inability to provide supplies such as shoes, and the need for children to remain at home to help their parents. In addition, there is a primary and

middle school A middle school (also known as intermediate school, junior high school, junior secondary school, or lower secondary school) is an educational stage which exists in some countries, providing education between primary school and secondary school. ...

called Junior High School. The school's buildings were built in 1942, and was later upgraded. Graduates of the junior high school typically attend high school in Sekyere South District, although many leave the area entirely to attend school in Kumasi,

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, or other larger cities. Early in 2012, Akrofoso began developing plans to develop the town, focusing in part on the junior high school. Some long-delayed school improvements are needed. Future phases will address potable water needs, hand-washing stations and a new school fence. In 2016, the community renovated the junior high school, fixing the roofs and painting the building.

Economy

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production is the primary occupation, and yams,

cassava ''Manihot esculenta'', common name, commonly called cassava (), manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America. Although a perennial plant, cassava is extensively ...

, poultry,

plantain Plantain may refer to: Plants and fruits * Cooking banana, banana cultivars in the genus ''Musa'' whose fruits are generally used in cooking ** True plantains, a group of cultivars of the genus ''Musa'' * ''Plantaginaceae'', a family of flowerin ...

cocoyam Cocoyam is a common name for more than one tropical root crop and vegetable crop belonging to the Arum family (also known as Aroids and by the family name ''Araceae'') and may refer to: * Taro (''Colocasia esculenta'') - old cocoyam * Malanga ('' ...

s, and fruit are also important to the local

economy An economy is an area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services. In general, it is defined as a social domain that emphasize the practices, discourses, and material expressions associated with the ...

Government

On 12 February 2021, Nana Owusu Achaw Brempong was reëlected Ashanti Region Representative to the Ghana Council of State, receiving 77 of the 86 votes cast.

Gallery

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References

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External links

Facebook link for Agona-Akrofoso-Ashanti-Ghana
Education in Ghana Populated places in the Ashanti Region