Saving lives in hospitals, livelihoods on farms: The story of Dr Maureen Acquaye

21 minutes with KKB by Kwabena Kyenkyenhene Boateng

Episode notes

Dr Maureen Acquaye is a specialized Physician Anesthesiologist who sometimes plays the role of a General Practitioner in the United States of America helping save countless lives in the in level one trauma centers where she works in several hospitals across the United States.

A fulfilling mandate, she says of her chosen profession, except there remains a void which is to be filled, that is how BENYIMA FARMS came into existence.

The creation of jobs as a way of saving lives and livelihoods in her home country, Ghana.

And so the story begins.

Years on and Dr Maureen Acquaye’s Benyima farms now employs several hundreds of indigenes on a piece of land covering over 250 acres of tree crops.

From Mango to pineapple, coconut etc, Benyima farms is looking to not just produce raw materials but also through its processing plan ... 

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