A Ghanaian trader has opened up about her daily income earned from selling popular Ghanaian delicacy, fried yam with chicken or fish.
“Bayer3 a y”akyi”, as it is called in many parts of Ghana, is a common street food found at almost every junction in Ghana.
Naomi who sells fried yam with chicken in Accra disclosed to 3Xtra on the first episode of Ghanaian Grind that she’s able to make an average of GH₵500 per day.
She emphasized that although business is down at times, she does not always run at a loss.
She said she ventured into the selling of fried yam because she could not find any job after traveling from Akim Oda in the Eastern Region to Accra to search for greener pastures.
“I am from Akim Oda in the Eastern Region and I was jobless and came to Accra. I found someone and started working with the person…we buy the yams from Northern Region and we get the chicken from harbour.
“It is not always that I make profit and I also don’t make losses always but on average I make GH₵500 a day,” she said.
Naomi has established her business near a bustling street in Accra, hence taskforce team from the Accra Metropolitan Assembly incessantly disrupt her business operations.
According to her, the authorities sometimes impound items used for her business.
“The AMA taskforce sometimes comes around to impound our items. They take away our tables used for selling and leave the food on the floor. Some customers are also impatient,” she added.
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Naomi noted that despite such challenges, she is determined to continue her business because there are currently inadequate jobs in the country.
Naomi is also a trained hairdresser and looks forward to channeling her profits from the yam business to opening her own salon in the next five years.
Naomi’s story adds up to the list of many Ghanaians hustling in the bustling streets of Ghana to make ends meet and cater for their families in the face of the current economic hardship.
Ghanaian grind is a 3Xtra series dedicated to highlight the struggles and efforts by Ghanaians to survive the current economic crisis.
