Ghana’s John Dumelo : The actor turned farmer now a role model for youth in agriculture.
Ghana’s John Dumelo : The actor turned farmer now a role model for youth in agriculture. Across West Africa John Dumelo is one of the most successful Ghanaian actors featuring in over 100 movies after making his debut on ‘Baby thief’ at age seven in 1991. Although the movie industry in Ghana has shrunk in the last decade, he still commands a lot of respect especially among Ghana’s youth as evidenced on social media where he actively engages his over 8 million followers. Unlike many of his contemporaries who transitioned into directing and production in the glory days of Ghanaian film, Dumelo now spends more time on the farms than on movie sets. He is leading a campaign to get more youth involved in agriculture. He quoted, By getting into farming I want to motivate a lot of youth to go into agriculture because I am certain that agriculture will make Ghana great,” he says. Dumelo’s agriculture journey started in 2012. A decade later, he owns more than 2000 acres of farmlands scatte...