Dagaare is the main language in Lawra. Both towns enjoy a few of the creature comforts you on the other end of the terminal are familiar with. Navrongo has 24 hr electricity from the country's main source of power, the Akosombo dam near the capital city of Accra. Lawra's power is periodic and comes from diesel generators. Water is a precious commodity in the North of Ghana.
Most people travel by foot or bicycle.
The main bicycle sold is the Chinese made Phoenix. It is aptly named as this one-speed 40 pound hulk of steel often dies and is reborn again and again in the hands of one of the numerous bike repair shops around town. Economics Navrongo and Lawra are in very rural districts. Almost everyone is a subsistence farmer with some other job on the side. Unfortunately, when the rains fail and the crops die, hunger is not far behind as most people get by year to year.