[5] Ho was a part of the German colony of Togoland until World War I, when it was occupied by the British.

The first known chief of the Bankoe people was Afede Asor I, known in his private life as Akorli.

The Ahoe and Dome joined the settlement at a later stage but came to play leading roles in its development.

[6] Ho has a lively and huge open market that attracts people from all over the Volta Region and migrants from Togo.

The town is situated at the southern edge of the Akwapim Hills (also known as the Togo mountains).

[7] Ho, along with the municipality, has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw), with a wet season and a dry season and the temperature relatively being hot year-round.

Also, it has the Ho Municipal Hospital which serves as secondary health facility while the Ho Teaching Hospital which was established in 1999 and upgraded to its current status is affiliated to the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) and provides service not only patients from the municipality but also ones from Benin, Nigeria, and Togo.

Over the past few years, Node Eight Hub through the help of partnership program has been able to develop a couple of resources.