Yvette Yaa Konadu Tetteh is a Ghanaian-British entrepreneur and CEO of Pure and Just Food, which operates the brand Yvaya Farm Dried Fruit.
[3] In March 2023, Tetteh set out to swim down the Volta River in collaboration with The Or Foundation on their Agbetsi Living Water Expedition.
[4] Her swim was to raise awareness around the pollution of the water bodies in Ghana by second-hand clothing from developed countries in the Global North.
[5] The expedition aimed to expand research about the impact of textile microfibre pollution on Ghanaian waterways and to support policy change as part of the Stop Waste Colonialism campaign, by calling for globally accountable Extended Producer Responsibility policy regarding textiles and clothing.
[7] Expedition crew lived and worked on a fully solar powered research vessel built in Ghana.