evidoria

What works in Kumasi

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3
evaluated practices
85/100
average quality score
0%
strong evidence, of 3 assessed
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Quality scores are 0–100 rubric scores; “strong evidence” reflects study design; adoptions count documented replications elsewhere. Know more

Evidence snapshot for Kumasi

Kumasi hosts two significant technology and development initiatives documented in the evidence. KNUST's Technology Consultancy Centre, established in 1972, pioneered Ghana's Intermediate Technology Transfer Unit model by linking university engineering research with informal-sector metalworkers in the Suame Magazine industrial cluster, and this model was later replicated nationally through the GRATIS Foundation network. Farmerline's voice-first Mergdata platform was founded in Kumasi in 2013 and now delivers weather, market-price, and agronomic advice plus digital credit to over 2 million smallholder farmers across roughly 50 countries. The practices document institutional longevity and geographic reach but do not provide comprehensive data on Kumasi's aggregate economic impact or broader development outcomes beyond these two initiatives.

Drawn from: Farmerline Mergdata: Voice-First Digital and Financial Inclusion for Smallholder Farmers · KNUST Technology Consultancy Centre and the GRATIS Foundation Network · Ghana Cocoa Forest REDD+ Programme (GCFRP)

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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers

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Strengths

Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +65 pts 100 here · 35 average

Evaluation evidence +64 pts 100 here · 36 average

Transferability / demonstrated replication +41 pts 100 here · 59 average

Evidence of impact / measured results +40 pts 100 here · 60 average

Scalability +34 pts 100 here · 66 average

Governance, certification & transferability +34 pts 100 here · 66 average

Documented learning +27 pts 100 here · 73 average

Inclusiveness / equity +26 pts 67 here · 41 average

Demonstrated reach +25 pts 100 here · 75 average

Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced +25 pts 33 here · 9 average

Multi-stakeholder collaboration +22 pts 100 here · 78 average

Sustainability (ongoing) +20 pts 100 here · 80 average

Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +16 pts 67 here · 51 average

Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +14 pts 67 here · 53 average

Weaknesses

No standout gaps.

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Score profile vs peers

Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced
100 · 35
Evaluation evidence
100 · 36
Transferability / demonstrated replication
100 · 59
Evidence of impact / measured results
100 · 60
Scalability
100 · 66
Governance, certification & transferability
100 · 66
Documented learning
100 · 73
Inclusiveness / equity
67 · 41
Demonstrated reach
100 · 75
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced
33 · 9
Multi-stakeholder collaboration
100 · 78
Sustainability (ongoing)
100 · 80
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control
67 · 51
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced
67 · 53
Innovation level
63 · 64

Coloured bar: Kumasi. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.

Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more

Top good practices here

Farmerline Mergdata: Voice-First Digital and Financial Inclusion for Smallholder Farmers · 92

KNUST Technology Consultancy Centre and the GRATIS Foundation Network · 91

Ghana Cocoa Forest REDD+ Programme (GCFRP) · 73

Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more

Recommended to adopt or replicate

Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.

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Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · fit 100/100

  • Rated highly transferable
  • Backed by strong evidence
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SASA! Community Mobilisation Programme against Intimate Partner Violence — Uganda · fit 100/100

  • Rated highly transferable
  • Backed by strong evidence
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Digital Green — Video-Mediated Agricultural Extension · fit 100/100

  • Backed by strong evidence
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Kartu Prakerja – National Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion Programme · fit 100/100

  • Backed by strong evidence
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Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100

  • Rated highly transferable
  • Backed by strong evidence
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Sweden's Barnahus (Children's House) — Multidisciplinary One-Stop Centres for Child Victims of Sexual Abuse and Violence · fit 90/100

  • Rated highly transferable
  • Backed by strong evidence
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Copenhagen Business Hub (Erhvervshus Hovedstaden) · fit 90/100

  • Rated highly transferable
  • Backed by strong evidence
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Stadtidee Aarau — Switzerland's First City-Wide Participatory Budget Using the Method of Equal Shares · fit 90/100

  • Rated highly transferable
  • Backed by strong evidence

Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more