Unable to get a job as an accountant since graduating five years ago, Nathaniel Qainoo has been forced to swap his calculator for a spanner.
The 29-year-old was busy repairing a taxi under the shade of a mango tree when the BBC met him at his home in the small town of Kasoa, about 30km (18 miles) from the capital Accra.
He often spoke of "the hardship" - a phrase that has become common in Ghana since the nation plunged into a deep economic crisis in 2022.
This was the year when the government defaulted on its debt repayments, international rating agencies downgraded Ghana's creditworthiness to "junk status", and inflation skyrocketed to 54%.
