Helping cashew farmers in Ghana: Entrepreneurship initiative to strengthen ties between Canada and Africa

Picture of Edwina Apaw

An early-stage collaboration between The BRIDGE at the University of Toronto Scarborough and a researcher and will work to ensure that Ghanaian cashew farmers receive equitable wages for their valuable export: cashews.

The partnership was initiated by Edwina Apaw, manager in U of T Scarborough’s Office of the Vice Principal Academic & Dean whose PhD research at the University of Reading’s Henley Business School highlights how Indigenous knowledge is utilized by African entrepreneurs in various industries, specifically in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.