Could shipping containers be the answer to Ghana’s housing crisis?
Al Jazeera
An initiative to help provide much-needed homes in Ghana is turning shipping containers into eco-friendly homes.
Accra, Ghana – At a construction site on the outskirts of Accra, the spirited figure of Eric Kwaku Gyimah directs the flurry of activity.
Clad in sturdy work boots caked with dust from the floor, his worn jeans bear the marks of many hours spent amid the concrete and steel and a high-visibility vest drapes over his shoulders.
Amid stacks of shipping containers and the hum of heavy machinery, his voice rises above the noise, issuing directives to his employees.
For him, this is more than just a construction site; here, discarded shipping containers are transformed into eco-friendly homes, offering a potential solution to the West African country’s housing crisis.
“This is more than a business; it’s a movement,” he declares.
