about roadwatch gh

A Danger Reported is a Danger Disarmed !

Somebody always finds the pothole the hard way. The problem is the next person, and the one after that — driving into the same flood, the same debris, the same stretch of broken road, with no way of knowing. RoadWatch Ghana exists to close that gap.

the problem

Everyone finds out the hard way

Anyone who drives in Ghana knows the routine: a pothole appears overnight, a flood closes a junction after the rain, an accident backs up traffic for an hour — and the only way most people find out is by driving straight into it.

That information exists. It’s just stuck in group chats, radio call-ins, and word of mouth, scattered across a hundred different places instead of one map everyone can check before they leave the house.

the idea

One map, kept current by the people using it

RoadWatch GH turns that scattered knowledge into a single, live hazard map. Any driver can report what they see in under 30 seconds. Every other driver on that road benefits immediately — and can confirm, update, or mark it resolved as conditions change.

No hazard is permanent, and neither is a report — the map is only as good as the community keeping it honest, which is exactly the point.

WHAT WE BELIEVE

3 Things This App Won't Compromise on

Community first

The map is only useful if drivers trust it and keep contributing to it. Every design decision starts from what makes reporting and reading hazards easier for real people.

Privacy by default

We collect the minimum location and usage data needed to run the map — handled under Ghana’s Data Protection Act, 2012 (Act 843) — and it’s never sold or shared with third parties.

Built for Ghana's roads

Trunk road overlays, region-by-region coverage, and hazard categories that reflect what actually shows up on Ghanaian roads — not a generic map dropped into a new country.

Want to help shape it?

We’re building RoadWatch GH with early users, not just for them. Get in touch — we read everything.