Could a watermelon stew help beat a bitter crisis? BBC Africa

Ghana’s cost of living crisis continues, despite a slight slowdown in inflation to around 22% in June, thanks to a $3 billion IMF-supported program. ⁣
⁣The cost of food items like tomatoes, are still rising. ⁣
⁣Dr. Akosuah, a food content creator, shares her tomato substitutes for stew-do they taste good? BBC's Thomas Naadi weighs in.
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[@metoo6599]

It would be hard for. As soon as I start chopping up the watermelon I would just give up and eat it plain 😂

[@Beltidame]

I come with an open mind.

[@yusufmunir3396]

That guy doesn't sound convincing.. js 🤗

[@agebeabelaluma5401]

"Flavourful and sweet compared to tomatoes" 😂😂😂

[@ZDHTJ]

@@agebeabelaluma5401😅🤦🏾‍♀️

[@Expensive-op6pn]

May want to try again, emphasis is May and not room will 😅.

[@ThashaPN12]

So what are we growing tomatoes in Ghana for if we import them from Burkina Faso? Tomatoes are acidic, cooking them should reduce the sourness the market woman spoke about. Why are we so allergic to anything homegrown. Ghanaian farmers are suffering oo hmm

[@noahholtkamp3412]

Grateful, graceful, kind souls.

[@OfFiCiAl_CaRgO]

I can guarantee you the reason the video got over a million views because people were in disbelief 😂

[@raymondtendau2749]

Human nature😅

[@joyakahome1551]

The way he said "it is something i may want to try again"😂 make me laugh...are you saying it isn't what you expected or the taste isn't rich enough?

[@oneone7522]

Necessity is the mother of invention

[@tracybannerman5666]

With the President not solving this pollution of our water bodies by gold miners, we might just be seeing cooking with imported water

[@hetty7891]

At least Akosua is trending 😂😂😂😂👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾go girl.

[@Bellz972]

I feel your pain, in Europe too the food price is just increasing constantly. The fresh tomatoes are often too expensive these days so I also get creative and find alternatives. Am not paying those absurd prices.

[@lily.9802]

This video must be quite old. Please try and release your videos on time because the tomato crises is currently over and people seem to have forgotten so quickly the pressure that we were going through a few months ago. We had several replacements for tomatoes on the internet such as cucumbers, carrots, beet etc., just because we could hardly afford to buy tomatoes in some West African countries (eg Nigeria and Ghana). Necessity is the mother of invention.

[@frenatfarms]

Tru.. People easily forget

[@user-ee2qq4hp3z]

This is so interesting. Watermelons are super healthy. Beetroot too. Much healthier than using tomatoes and tomatoe paste

[@Mamaafrica-r9r]

First, is water melon cheaper than water melon? Ofcause not! Secondly, what is the nutritional value of cooked water melon???

[@frenatfarms]

In some seasons in ghana, watermelon is cheaper than tomatoes

[@user-ee2qq4hp3z]

Watermelons are bigger too

[@fabiennemitchell2371]

Watermelon as a substitute for tomatoes sounds delicious.

[@reckerproduction9468]

0:03 BBC News Africa please, come and cover the protests going on in Ghana, about mining polluting our water

[@donsenior3240]

You can tell by bro face expression at the end that he lied😂

[@maffieduran]

Watermelons are incredibly expensive in ny country, so seeing this story had me surprised

[@YouTubeBlueButterflies]

I'm sure it's much healthier too because watermelon is good for diabetes

[@carylynne6574]

When in its raw state... take

[@carylynne6574]

Please tell me she didn't actually buy the watermelons from a supermarket when she clearly quoted prices while at a local market searching for tomatoes

[@skana697]

I'm shocked to see a ShopRite in Ghana, talking about spreading your wings across Sub-Saharan Africa Christo.

[@cywilliams473]

No thanks

[@Tom-om2uj]

Seasonal stories on price of food products is deceptive. There is tomatoes glut in Ghana and farmers are loosing so much

[@BeaKojoe]

MARKET WOMEN AND MEN ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIGHER PRICES IN GHANA. THE MIDDLE COMMISSION MEN AND WOMEN ARE THE CAUSE OF IT.

[@bettykusi5548]

Please Ghanaian how do we plant tomatoes y'all want GOD to do that also HE gona take what HE has given us and gives it to the white man. It takes less than a year for tomatoes to be ready ma fellow Ghanaian grow up Please grow up

[@rhe987]

Abet has anyone tried it ?

[@gobestudio5248]

Produce tomatoes 😅 Herh naa

[@Dandannyman-eo2uv]

From the time i hear i m f i gone.😢

[@rraqua1279]

Water melon + fried chicken 🤤

[@phrous]

So we can't beat the allegations😅

[@GiseleLukusa]

Always a financial crisis in African countries this is disappointing.🤦🤦🤦🤦

[@757Princess]

Same can be said of all countries, the disappointments is global

[@GiseleLukusa]

@@757Princess That's your opinion it's not a fact.

[@abasah]

It's a fact​@@GiseleLukusa

[@ArtisticTiger9]

And if you research why etc it's even more heartbreaking 😔. But that's going to change soon you're going to see more places like mali, niger and burkino faso etc taking back the power for the people and removing invaders who do nothing but steal or cause problems and give very little to nothing in return.

[@GiseleLukusa]

@@ArtisticTiger9 Thank you so for that comment Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso and the rest of the African countries and the African diaspora will take back their power against Europeans. Europeans are the real enemies.👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿

[@rischio7678]

Ghanaians and their tolerance for suffering

[@asedaadepah8896]

You can choose to break your country, we will not. That period was the lean season . Today I bought plenty tomatoes for 5 cedis. Enemies of Ghana are not God.

[@rhe987]

@@asedaadepah8896please protest

[@jason4275]

The problem is population control Ghana is to small of a country to support its massive 33 Million population, a country that small should not have a population over 15 Million

[@andrewvardon1952]

Please educate yourself about Ghana. If it weren't for corruption everyone would be doing very fine

[@andrewvardon1952]

Please educate yourself about Ghana. Corruption, west- inclined bad deals in the extractive industry are our bane. Population isn't the problem at all

[@jason4275]

@@andrewvardon1952 Due to it's limited size for education for all, it is a population problem too many stupid people having kids will keep the population high with stupid people while the small population of elites will continue to pillage the country money and spread nepotism among people not qualified for the best jobs like fighting corruption.

[@lourdesgyan]

​@@andrewvardon1952 overpopulation is a key part. Many ppl just give birth like water, then NPP government has worsened the already blatant corruption and misuse of our taxes by previous govts.

[@adjoa-anima]

That is an European theory, Ghana is bigger than the UK but UK is more populated than Ghana but surviving. We are not over populated, most of our lands are untouched