Jacqueline Ansomah Yeboah
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Today, a story nearly became my story. While covering the flooding at Sampah Valley, I went back to the car to drop off some equipment. The water was at knee level, and as I made my way back, I stepped into an open gutter hidden in the floods and fell in. I was trapped for a moment and genuinely panicked. Thankfully, a man nearby pulled me out. I’ve been replaying it in my mind ever since. It’s scary how quickly a routine assignment can turn into something else entirely. Grateful to be safe. Grateful to the stranger who helped me. And honestly, a little shaken
Jacqueline Ansomah Yeboah77,965 views • 7 days ago
This morning, before 6am, I got a harsh reminder that you can do everything right on the road and still end up in trouble because of someone else’s mistake. A friend was driving me to work. We were in traffic between Neoplan and the Achimota overhead, moving slowly like everyone else. Behind us was a truck loaded with sacks of cabbage and a red car. I was seated at the back when all I heard was a loud bang. The impact hit directly from behind, and because I was seated at the back, I felt it instantly in my back. Hours later, I’m still dealing with back and leg pains. The rear bumper of the car is damaged and will need repairs. In that moment, I was so shaken that I couldn’t even focus on whatever explanation the truck driver was giving. One minute you’re in traffic minding your business, the next minute you’re standing in the middle of the road surrounded by vehicles, people staring, and trying to process what just happened. The irony of driving in Accra is that sometimes your safety depends not on how carefully YOU drive, but on whether the person behind you is paying attention. Today it was a damaged bumper, pain, and a frightening experience. It could have been much worse. I’m grateful it wasn’t. But honestly, hmmm. You follow the rules, stay in your lane, obey traffic regulations, and someone else’s recklessness still finds a way to become your problem
Jacqueline Ansomah Yeboah60,405 views • 12 days ago
Good morning from Accra, where getting to work is a competitive sport and the prize is simply arriving on time. 😭 Woke up at 3am to beat traffic and avoid a repeat of last week’s accident. Well… it’s 5:20am and Achimota is already serving premium gridlock. People are still struggling to get cars, drivers are testing their patience, and commuters are testing their faith. Welcome to Accra, where the journey to work sometimes feels like the actual work. To everyone still heading to school, the office, or wherever the day takes you, I wish you safe travels, patience, and most importantly… transport. 🙏🏿😂
Jacqueline Ansomah Yeboah23,680 views • 5 days ago
I was at Agbogbloshie Market today, and I have to say, I was shocked The AMA Health Directorate moved in as part of the Clean Ghana Campaign to clear traders off the drains. Some market women resisted, refusing to move, but the bigger picture is even more worrying: the filth in those drains is unbearable. Piles of refuse, stagnant water, and even rodents where vegetables and food items are being sold. Our markets are where we get the food we cook for ourselves and our families. If the very places we rely on for our daily meals are dirty, unhygienic, and unsafe, then there’s a serious problem that affects all of us. This isn’t just about enforcing rules, it’s about public health, dignity, and respect for the spaces we share. It’s heartbreaking to see, and it makes you realize how much work still needs to be done to make our markets safe and clean. We need a solution that works for traders, for shoppers, and for everyone who relies on these markets to eat. #SheJackiesays
Jacqueline Ansomah Yeboah336,295 views • 4 months ago
It’s a beautiful Monday morning in Ghana. And Before 5:40am, the Pokuase-Accra road is already doing what it does best , hosting a bus convention. No trains. No trams. Just us, our resilience, and a thousand trotros going nowhere fast. One day, not today, maybe not tomorrow but one day ..can we write “mass transit/Train system” into the development plan? Between the road projects, somewhere. A footnote even. We’ll take it. We’re fixing roads. That’s real. But roads without trains are just wider parking lots. We’re doing the roads. Can we dream a little bigger?
Jacqueline Ansomah Yeboah56,234 views • 26 days ago
I want you to watch this one. Not just because im in it but because this is a story that affects every single person who commutes in this country. We spent weeks researching 30 years of Ghana’s bus and rail record. What we found was less about bad luck and more about patterns we keep repeating. The full explainer is out now. Watch it. And tell me in the comments how long is your commute every morning?
Jacqueline Ansomah Yeboah22,177 views • 13 days ago
One week ago, this section of the Achimota stretch on the Accra–Nsawam Highway was being repaired. Today, after just a few hours of rain on Tuesday , it has deteriorated againand arguably looks worse than it did before. The first visual shows the repairs. The second shows the current state. For commuters who use this stretch daily, the question is simple: What exactly was fixed?
Jacqueline Ansomah Yeboah13,080 views • 9 days ago
A year ago, I stood here reporting on a school compound submerged in floodwater I was threatened, chased away and told legal action would be taken against us. Months later, walls went up around the school. Today, while checking the impact of the rains, I returned (Snuck in) . The walls may have hidden the problem from public view, but they didn’t solve it. More than a year later, the water is still there. And this is still a school where children come to learn every day
Jacqueline Ansomah Yeboah11,704 views • 13 days ago
Accra today was something else. Every alternative route was choked. No shortcuts. No escape. But the real question is this: How long can a city keep adding more cars without building proper trains to move people? Took this video while I was busily chasing various alternatives to get home
Jacqueline Ansomah Yeboah58,792 views • 3 months ago
Monday morning (6am) reality on the Pokuase–Accra stretch. I managed to get a car easily today (skipped breakfast and rushed out after oversleeping thanks to last night’s blackout 😭), but Mile 7 and Barrier tell a different story, crowds stranded, traffic building, and frustration setting in. This daily commute is a silent struggle many endure just to show up. The youth are not lazy. They are trying. The system just needs to meet them halfway.
Jacqueline Ansomah Yeboah66,199 views • 3 months ago
After the Rain showed me serious shege at Lapaz after work this evening it got me thinking… Why do most of our major highways flood after even the least rainfall? At Lapaz, the sidewalks are occupied by hawkers, so pedestrians are forced to use the edge of the road. But when the road is flooded too, what options do people have? You either risk slipping, getting splashed by cars, or walking through dirty water just to get home. Is this normal? Because for major roads and highways, shouldn’t proper drainage be a basic priority?
Jacqueline Ansomah Yeboah38,325 views • 2 months ago
Let me be honest with you for a second. After yesterday’s post on other social media platforms , a few people slid into my DMs asking why I take public transport. Why I’m on a trotro. Why I don’t drive. And I sat with that for a moment. Because here’s what people don’t see behind the camera journalism, real journalism, public interest journalism, is not glamorous. The fact that you see my face on a screen doesn’t make me a celebrity. It doesn’t make me wealthy. It makes me someone who showed up to do a job that matters. I take trotro. I stand at bus stops before the sun is up. I travel across this country for stories that need to be told. And I do it without a filter, without pretending my life looks different from what it is. This is my real life. And I’m not ashamed of a single part of it. Being on camera was never about status. It was always about the story
Jacqueline Ansomah Yeboah15,717 views • 25 days ago
Guys the transport issue is crazy I spent my day in the streets commuting from Accra to Kasoa just to engage with commuters and see the situation and hmmmmm How can you be standing by the road side for 4 hours just to get a car to your destination You might as well just stop and sleep home
Jacqueline Ansomah Yeboah57,347 views • 4 months ago
What happened to me yesterday during the #SaveTheJudiciaryDemo was uncalled for. While I was interviewing the former Minister of Education, an unknown man appeared out of nowhere, forcefully pushed my mic aside and shoved me. This was not an isolated incident,
Jacqueline Ansomah Yeboah138,596 views • 1 year ago
For the 5th time, newly recruited teachers are back on the streets… demanding what is rightfully theirs. Up to 14 months without pay. Some still without staff IDs. Clearance was announced months ago…yet no clear roadmap for their arrears. How long should people work without salary before it becomes a crisis?
Jacqueline Ansomah Yeboah28,380 views • 2 months ago
Touched down in Kwahu and had one of those moments that make you pause… My luggage was heavy and I was struggling on my own when a young school boy walked up and offered to help. No hesitation ooo , Just kindness. It really struck me because in today’s world, you don’t see that often. It made me think such a pure, kind gesture… but also risky in today’s world. a reminder of how vulnerable innocence can be. In the cities, we’ve almost unlearned this kind of humanity.
Jacqueline Ansomah Yeboah28,319 views • 2 months ago
6:18am on the Achimota–Accra road, starting from Tantra Heavy traffic already building. Some commuters stranded by the roadside waiting for transport No rail system in sight or future plans, just more buses and more cars joining the road every day. How long can this continue before we have a serious conversation about urban transport? Just a concerned public interest journalist observing the morning rush
Jacqueline Ansomah Yeboah30,474 views • 3 months ago