Abume is a small fishing community in the sub-region of Akosombo in the Asuogyaman constituency of Ghana.
It is a short drive east of Accra; Ghana’s capital city. En route to the world’s largest man-made lake at Akosombo and near to the Shai Hills Resource Reserve. Wide opengrass plains and a backdrop of hills, scattered trees, shrubs, herbs, climbers and epiphytes play host to a wide variety of wildlife including the kob, green monkey, spot-nose monkey and olive baboon. Visitors can enjoy the park’s cultural sites, picnic sites, campsites, climbing routes and the walking trails for hikers.
Abume is located in a valley and bordered to the east by the volta river. The primary occupations is fishing farming,
Youth unemployment is high and there is an overreliance on seasonal agriculture. Young people have limited educational opportunities until recently when a dilapidated school building was renovated in 2023 through a project of the Ghana National Youth Authority. However, there are no currently learning facilitators to help with it’s new Information and Communication Technology Center and with entrepreneurship skills.
International or local Volunteers can help in building the entrepreneurial capacity of young people undertaking activities in the technological space at the Abume School. AAE would acknowledge your contribution to this project in our publications.
