A Kantamanto trader has revealed that due to high unemployment rates, many young Ghanaians turn to selling second-hand clothing as a means of survival.
The trader, identified as Biggie, shared this insight during an outdoor broadcast of Happy 98.9FM’s Epa Hoa Daben show – The Kantamanto Happy On Wheels. He stated that many youth have taken their livelihoods into their own hands rather than waiting for job opportunities.
“If you have no job, why stay at home and starve?” Biggie questioned.
In a follow-up conversation with happyghana.com’s Kobina Baidoo, Biggie explained that unemployed youth see the Kantamanto trading center as a place of opportunity to begin their entrepreneurial journey.
“Some of the young men who come here are educated but have no means of survival. They start as apprentices for established traders, earning a minimum daily wage of 50 Ghana cedis,” he disclosed.
According to Biggie, this tradition has served as a turning point for many shop owners at Kantamanto today.
“Some arrive with nothing, but after a few years, they establish their own shops, import their own batches of clothes, and build a sustainable livelihood.”
By: Kobina Baidoo