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The Ghanaian giant reported to be the world’s tallest man
This would make him the tallest man in the world, however there was a catch – the rural clinic couldn’t be positive of his top as a result of it didn’t have the right measuring instruments.
Diagnosed with gigantism a number of years in the past, the younger man was attending a month-to-month appointment to take care of the issues of dwelling as a giant when he was requested to stand straight in opposition to a measuring rod.
A shocked nurse advised him: “You’ve grown taller than the scale.”
Better recognized to everybody by his nickname Awuche, which implies “Let’s Go” in Hausa, he was bemused by the spectacle he was inflicting.
He was not shocked to hear he was taller, given he has by no means stopped rising – nevertheless it brought on consternation for the workers, who weren’t ready for such a state of affairs.
The responsibility nurse known as out to her colleague, who in flip known as out to one other for assist. Before lengthy a gaggle of nurses and well being assistants gathered to resolve the puzzle of figuring out his top.
One advised they discover a pole and use it as an extension above their stick to measure his top – and that is how they arrived at their estimate.
When I first got here throughout Awuche a number of months in the past when travelling in northern Ghana, the place his fame had unfold throughout the space’s grasslands, I didn’t have a measuring tape on me to confirm his top.
So so as to settle the matter – and armed with a 16ft measuring tape – I returned to the village of Gambaga final week.
The plan was to have him lean in opposition to a wall, mark it by the crown of his head after which decide his top utilizing the measuring tape.
“The way they measure me, I cannot say everything is perfect,” Awuche admitted – proud of my plan to get an actual measurement.
He turned out to be taller than most of the homes in his neighbourhood, however after a very good search we discovered an appropriate constructing with a high-enough wall.
He took off his sneakers – massive slip-ons specifically constructed from automobile tyres and nailed collectively for him by an area handyman as he has been unable to discover sneakers to match him.
One of his neighbours clambered up on a picket stool to attain Awuche’s top so he might mark the wall with a chunk of charcoal.
After verifying the line, we stretched out the measuring tape firmly from the marked line to the floor as Awuche regarded on in anticipation.
“Awuche, the measuring tape reads 7ft 4in,” I stated.
Wearing his inimitable smile, he replied: “Wow, so what does it mean?”
“Well, the tallest man alive is 8ft 2.8in tall, he is barely one foot taller than you.”
“I’m still growing tall. Who knows, maybe one day I may get to that height too,” Awuche remarked – by no means upset by the discrepancy with the determine given to him by the hospital.
“Every three months of four months I grow… If you’ve not seen me for three months or four and you see me, you’d realised I have increased,” he explains.
This improve in top began to turn into noticeable when he was 22 years previous and dwelling in the capital, Accra.
Awuche had moved there to attempt his luck in the metropolis, the place certainly one of his brothers lived, after ending secondary faculty.
He was working at a butchers, saving cash to take classes at a driving faculty.
But he awakened one morning in confusion: “I realised my tongue had expanded in my mouth to the extent that I could not breath [properly],” he recounts.
He visited an area pharmacy to get some treatment, nevertheless days later he realised each different a part of his physique had began growing in dimension.
When household and pals from his village visited the metropolis, they might all comment on his progress spurt and it was at this level he realised he was regularly turning right into a giant.
He started to tower over everybody – and he sought medical assist as the progress introduced different issues.
He has been left with an abnormally curved backbone, certainly one of the outstanding signs of his situation, Marfan syndrome, a genetic dysfunction affecting the physique’s connective tissues.
It leads to abnormally lengthy limbs.
More critical issues contain coronary heart defects.
Doctors say he wants a surgical process in his mind to cease the progress.
But Ghana’s public healthcare insurance coverage can’t cowl this, offering just for primary therapy.
For every hospital go to he should nonetheless increase about $50 (£40).
His well being issues ultimately pressured him to return to his dwelling village six years in the past and quit his goals of turning into a driver.
“I was planning to go to driving school, but even when I shift the seat back, I can’t hold the steering wheel… I can’t stretch my leg because my knee will knock the wheel.”
He is now dwelling together with his brother – and will get by after organising a small enterprise promoting cell phone credit.
His top has additionally curtailed his social life.
“I used to play football like every other young man, I was athletic but now I cannot even walk short distances,” he defined.
But Awuche doesn’t let his issues get him down. He is filled with soul as his tall slim body weaves by means of the dusty paths of the village – smiling as folks name out to him.
He is a little bit of an area movie star.
A gaggle of aged folks sitting by a shed trade pleasantries, kids wave, some ladies come up for a hug and share jokes with him.
Some folks need to take selfies with him – even strangers come up to ask if he’s the giant they’ve seen on social media.
“I usually will say: ‘Yes come closer’ – we stand and take nice pictures,” Awuche says.
He is most grateful to his household for his or her emotional assist, saying that he is aware of of no different family members, together with his three brothers, who present any signal of getting his situation.
“None of them are tall, I am just the tallest man.”
He would love to get married and have kids sooner or later however needs to first focus on finding out his well being.
His first precedence is to attempt to increase cash for cosmetic surgery to take care of a critical pores and skin grievance on one leg, ankle and foot attributable to the extra progress of the limb.
But taking a look at his bandaged toes, Awuche refuses to be disheartened by his predicament.
“That is how Allah chose it for me, I am OK. I don’t have a problem with the way God created me.”
Source: Favour Nunoo, BBC
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The Global Network of Export-Import Banks and Development Finance Institutions (G-NEXID) successfully held its sixth (6th) Exchange Programme, hosted by the Ghana Export – Import Bank (GEXIM) Bank in Accra from March 22 to 23 March.
The event brought together member institutions, partner organisations and Ghanaian public entities to advance dialogue on South-South trade, investment and development finance, while also creating opportunities for knowledge-sharing and institutional cooperation.
Organised as a capacity-building and networking platform, the 2026 edition of the G-NEXID Exchange focused on GEXIM’s experience in developing innovative solutions to promote intra-African and extra-African trade.
It also highlighted trade and investment opportunities in Ghana, particularly in the context of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and broader national development initiatives.
The Exchange Programme forms part of G-NEXID’s mandate to foster cooperation among export-import banks and development finance institutions in support of South-South trade and investment.
This 6th edition follows earlier successful programmes hosted by India Exim Bank (2016), BNDES (2017), Indonesia Eximbank (2018), Afreximbank (2019) and Saudi EXIM Bank (2025).
On the first day, participants were presented with G-NEXID institutional information and received an update on the Network’s 2026 work programme.
There were a series of substantive presentations, including an overview of the Ghanaian economy by the Ministry of Finance, with particular attention to debt-related challenges; a presentation by the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), on investment opportunities in the country; and institutional presentations by GEXIM and Development Bank Ghana (DBG) on their respective mandates, initiatives, products and services.
Discussions during the sessions underscored strong interest in sector-focused webinars and business dialogues, particularly in agribusiness value chains such as poultry and rice.
Participants also emphasized the importance of continued information exchange and the sharing of best practices, especially in the area of guarantees.
The second day opened with a presentation on the 24-Hour Economy and Accelerated Export Development Programme, a national economic transformation strategy launched by President John Dramani Mahama in July 2025.
The initiative aims to enhance economic productivity through continuous industrial activity, accelerated export development and strategic import substitution.
As the programme is expected to mobilise both private and development capital, it presents concrete opportunities for G-NEXID members in areas such as co-financing, guarantees, trade finance and technical cooperation.
The programme also featured institutional presentations by guest organisations, namely the African Guarantee and Economic Cooperation Fund (FAGACE) and the West African Development Bank (BOAD), which shared their mandates, initiatives, products and services.
Following these exchanges, the G-NEXID Secretariat held bilateral discussions with both institutions as part of the Network’s ongoing membership drive.
Participants further benefited from a presentation by the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB), as well as a showcase of GEXIM’s key pipeline projects.
On the margins of the Exchange Programme, G-NEXID members also held their 20th Annual General Assembly Meeting to review progress and discuss strategic priorities.
Following the event, participants joined the GEXIM@10 International Conference, held from March 24-25, 2026 under the theme, “A Decade of Enabling Export Trade and Industrial Transformation: Resetting GEXIM for the Next Frontier.”
The conference provided an important platform for exploring how Ghana can strengthen its transition from a primary commodity exporter to a more competitive player in value-added trade and industrial development.
Source – G-NEXID
President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, signed five bills including three amendment bills passed by Parliament into law.
They are: Security and Intelligence Agencies Bill, 2025; University of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences Bill, 2025; Ghana Deposit Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2025; Growth and Sustainability Levy (Amendment) Bill, 2026; and Education Regulatory Bodies (Amendment) Bill, 2026.
In a brief remark after assenting to the bills, President Mahama explained that the Security and Intelligence Agencies Act, 2026, scraps the Office of Minister of National Security and frees the President’s to appoint any Minister to supervise the security agencies.
He said it also reverses the name of the office of National Intelligence Bureau (NIB), to the original name, Bureau of National Intelligence, (BNI).
This the President said, addresses the confusion between that security agency and a well-known Ghanaian financial institution, the National Investment Bank.
President Mahama also noted that the University of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences Act, 2026, establishes another University in the Eastern Region, at Bonsu, with three campuses – the main campus at Bonsu in the Eastern Region, with the second campus to be cited at Ohawu in the Oti Region.
The third, the Presdient assed will be located at Acherensua in the Ahafo Region.
Touching on the Amendment to the Growth and Sustainability Levy Act, the President said, “As you’re aware, the act was amended to increase it from 1% to 3%, and so this act reduces it again. That is the levy on mining companies. It reduces it again to 1%, because of the introduction of the sliding scale of royalties.”
He also spoke to the passage of the Government Education Regulatory Bodies Amendment Act, emphasising that amends Act 1023 to grant greater flexibility to private tertiary institutions and the option to Charter.
The Ghana Deposit Protection Amendment Act, the President concluded, is an amendment to an original act that was supposed to guarantee deposits held in commercial banks or financial institutions.
It basically expands protection to include mobile money wallets and other digital platforms, ensuring a wider scope of digital financial assets are secured.
The signing ceremony, was witnessed by the Clerk of Parliament, Mr. Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, Secretary to the President, Dr Callistus Mahama, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Dr Dominic Akrutinga Ayine, Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, Joyce Bawa Mogtari, a Senior Presidential Advisor and a Special Aide to the President, Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Baah Forson, and the Vice President, Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang.
