Walking in Accra, Ghana is dangerous.
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Walking is a common way of getting around in most African cities
Several parts of the world are suffering from extreme heat events.
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Ghana is experiencing record high temperatures and rainfall patterns have become inconsistent.
Street vending is a popular economic activity in Accra.
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Street sales are a source of jobs, income and survival for the urban poor in Ghana.
The renovated park has attracted thousands of visitors to its site.
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Attitudes towards Kwame Nkrumah have shifted from veneration to confrontation and destruction and, finally, to more subtle forms of remembrance.
Residents of Accra were given financial aid during the pandemic.
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COVID-19-related support only reduced the negative impact of the pandemic on financial capital, and not on the other forms of capital
Walking is a popular mode of transportation in Ghana.
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The city of Accra has no plan to tackle pedestrians’ behaviour.
Market fires cause significant upheavals in the heavily informal Ghanaian economy.
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Fire risk communication strategies must not only be supported by formal institutions such as government agencies but also be rooted in and sensitive to each market’s socio-cultural dynamics.
Owusu Addo Residence by John Owusu Addo.
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Too often, in discussions about tropical modernism, what African architects working in Africa were doing is overlooked. Their work matters.
Coastal residents of Accra have a spiritual connection to the sea.
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The ban on noisemaking in Accra has been known to cause tension in the city.
Accra’s population has doubled over the past decade.
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Accra could keep its political role while some of its other functions are distributed around the country.
A lot of Ghanaian settlements face social infrastructure deficits
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Ghanaian urban and development planners need to move away from looking up to examples of innovations from the global north.
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Ghana’s national museum has been reopened after being closed for seven years.
Niger soldiers conduct a simulated mounted patrol.
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West African governments need to be clearer about the similarities and differences of violent extremist groups.
A lot of African countries have implemented taxes on electronic transactions.
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The tax on electronic transactions has not generated as much revenue as the government of Ghana expected.
One of thousands of young boys forced to work Ghana’s fishing industry, often given to fishermen by their impoverished families.
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Community plays have become a way for the stories and experiences of slavery survivors to be told and understood in Jamestown, Accra.
Informal workers are a key part of African economies.
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Informal workers are victims of the smart city drive in Africa.
The lockdown of Accra at the peak of the pandemic was poorly received.
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Ghanaian authorities could elicit more cooperation from citizens in governing the cities by creating conditions that give the majority a chance at a decent life
Lagos, Nigeria is one of the cities growing at a rapid rate.
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All too often, urban reforms are led by technical and infrastructural change, rather than by engaging people.
Jamestown, Accra. The city’s authorities have done nothing to develop green spaces in the city’s slums.
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Ghanaian city authorities are focused on addressing problems of poverty, education and health rather than managing green spaces in slums
Ghana’s real estate boom has focused on luxury housing.
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In the formal real estate industry, there is an emerging narrative that affordable housing deficits in African cities represent a vast untapped market