Entries tagged ‘Ghana’
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Chinese Merchants in Accra Find an Eager Customer Base, and Suspicion
Africa and China are more intertwined than ever, both socially and economically. But as Chinese merchants in Accra have found, the “social” part of the equation can be the trickier half.
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Self-Appointed Traffic Cops Who are Always Around When You Need Them
Wherever construction snarls the roads or traffic lights go dark, you can find one of Accra’s many informal traffic cops, moving cars for small donations.
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Even Through Accra’s Development Boom, Urban Farms Crop Up Everywhere
Look out, Brooklyn: For decades, urban agriculture has been the only way residents of Accra could access fresh produce. Today, they remain as important as ever.
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Fire and Brimstone Burn a Path to Prosperity for Freelance Preachers
The street-corner preachers of Accra occupy a sweet spot in the informal economy: Authorities don’t hassle them, their flocks adore them and the good ones can make a killing.
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VIDEO: Head Porters in Accra Access Opportunity Through an Informal Savings Bank
In the latest short documentary for the Informal City Dialogues, the women who perform one of Ghana’s toughest jobs discover ways to improve their lives — and their children’s.
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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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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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