Entries tagged ‘Accra’
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Two Weeks in Photos
Our fortnightly roundup of photos from our bloggers, from a bustling harbor in Chennai to a traditional Thai massage in Bangkok.
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Tensions Flare Between Traders and Officials After an Informal Market Burns
Ever since a fire destroyed Accra’s Kantamanto Market last week, its shopkeepers have suspected the government will use the incident as an excuse to push them out in the name of progress.
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School Attendance, Rainwater and Other Keys to Accra’s Future
At the Informal City Dialogues’ Innovation Workshop in Accra, participants tackled the city’s problems from all sides, and chose two innovations that they hoped would push them toward a more resilient and inclusive future.
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Participants in Innovation Workshops Create Solutions for the Futures of Their Cities
The second phase of the Informal City Dialogues’ workshops has begun, with attendees now not only looking toward their cities’ futures, but figuring out ways to impact them.
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Naadu Honors Ghana’s Informal Sector at Accra Future-Now Video Awards
The former first lady of Ghana spoke in support of informal workers and communities at an event hosted by ACET, the Informal City Dialogues’ partner in Accra.
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Did Informal Construction Practices Play a Part in the Bangladesh Building Collapse?
The horrific collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh last week recalled a similar recent disaster in Accra, raising questions about building codes and government oversight.
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Hope and Skepticism as Ghana Finally Adopts an Urban Policy
The plan lays out a fairly progressive set of objectives that could improve life for informal settlers and workers. Whether it succeeds remains to be seen.
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Can Global South Cities Leapfrog the West’s Energy-Intensive Architecture?
In Accra, where 90 degree days are common, architecture and urban planning that emulates the West’s is making citizens slaves to air-conditioning.
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The 70 Percent in Ghana (Hint: It’s the Informal Sector)
In a country of growing wealth, only a small fraction of Ghanaians pay taxes. Would taxing informal workers help them or hurt them? Next City’s Editor in Chief searches for answers in Accra.
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Two Weeks in Photos
From Nairobi’s politico-skewering smash TV show to Manila’s odd-ball tricycle bartering system, our fortnightly roundup of photos from our bloggers.
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