Ghanaian Lady Who Had A Child At 15 Now Law Student & English Teacher Who Doubles As A Fishmonger

Ghanaian Lady Who Had A Child At 15 Now Law Student & English Teacher Who Doubles As A Fishmonger

  • A brilliant Ghanaian lady called Kafui Akude has turned around the fortunes of her life
  • Although she gave birth at the early age of 15, Kafui has managed to work hard, study & make it in life
  • She is now a trained teacher who is pursuing her law degree and is also a businesswoman inspiring many girls

Kafui Akude, an ambitious young Ghanaian lady is living a life of inspiration despite facing some challenges that shatter the dreams and lives of young girls.

Speaking to YEN.com.gh, the brilliant lady revealed that she has three major demands that occupy her life now including fishmonging, teaching and also schooling as a law student.

Interestingly, all of these are happening years after Kafui became pregnant as a teenage girl and gave birth when she was only 15 years of age.

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Photos of Kafui Akude who gave birth at 15 & is now making it in life
Photos of Kafui Akude who gave birth at 15 & is now making it in life Photo credit: Kafui Akude via Facebook
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.I became pregnant at the age of 14 years and turn out a mom of 15 years. I believe you can presume how the struggling was especially from an average home raised by a single mom," she recounted to YEN.com.gh.

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How Kafui came out of the pregnancy situation

"From my pregnancy issue, it doesn't detter me, in fact I attended school with the pregnancy gave birth and after three months I joined my mates in jhs form 3 and wrote the basic exam," Kafui recalls.

She then enrolled at teacher's training college, Teresco at Hohoe, taught in a village when she got admission to UCC to read English and philosophy.

In her stay at UCC, she hawked in all the traditional halls and hostels and equally operated a tricycle (brakia) which she sometimes rode in Cape coast town for commercial purposes.

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Currently, she is teaching at Mfantsipim school while beginning her LLB at the University of Cape Coast as a postgraduate programme.

Aside from these, she owns one of the good clothing shops on the UCC campus.

"I still drive the brakia at times and engage in fish selling. I have my own smokehouse whereby the women fisher folks helps me in smoking the fish," Kafui added.

Ghanaian Girl Who Got Pregnant In Secondary School Bags 4As & 4Bs In WASSCE, Gains Admission To UCC

In a similar story, a brilliant Ghanaian girl who chose to make the best out of a bad situation she found herself is being praised by many online

Abena got pregnant while in secondary school, gave birth and managed to sit for WASSCE, excelling in the end

She passed the exams with 4As and 4Bs and gained admission to the University of Cape Coast to pursue a degree

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Source: YEN.com.gh

Authors:
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Ebenezer Agbey Quist (HOD Human-Interest) Ebenezer Agbey Quist is the Head of the Human Interest Desk at YEN.com.gh. He has a BSc in Chemical Engineering from KNUST (2017) with 8 years of experience as a writer and 3 years as an editor. He has certificates in AFP courses on digital investigation techniques. At YEN.com.gh, Ebenezer has won the Outstanding Achievement for Professional Conduct Award and the Best Human Interest Editor Award. He is also the author of 3 books. You can contact him via ebenezer.quist@yen.com.gh.