Neighbourhoods

Neighbourhood news from across Accra — local stories and community updates from the areas that make up Ghana’s capital.

Adabraka: the 1908 neighbourhood built to ease Accra’s crowded centre

Isaac Nana Yaw Annor 1 week ago

Nima: how a land grant to Malam Futa became Accra’s best-known zongo

Isaac Nana Yaw Annor 2 weeks ago

Dansoman: how one of West Africa’s largest estates grew on Accra’s western edge

Isaac Nana Yaw Annor 2 weeks ago

Business

Under the lamp: the story of Kaneshie Market

Isaac Nana Yaw Annor 2 weeks ago

A British gift for independence, demolished in 2006, reborn in 2011: the Ambassador Hotel in Accra

Isaac Nana Yaw Annor 2 weeks ago

A 650-bed hospital on the Legon campus: the long road of the University of Ghana Medical Centre

Isaac Nana Yaw Annor 2 weeks ago

Business

Ghana’s only refinery was commissioned in 1963 as an Italian venture. The long, troubled story of TOR

Isaac Nana Yaw Annor 2 weeks ago

Makola for everything, Kaneshie for foodstuff, Kantamanto for clothes: a guide to Accra’s big markets

Isaac Nana Yaw Annor 2 weeks ago

East Legon, Osu, Madina or Kasoa? How to choose where to live when you move to Accra

Isaac Nana Yaw Annor 2 weeks ago

Built for the Non-Aligned Movement in 1991: the Accra International Conference Centre

Isaac Nana Yaw Annor 2 weeks ago