Retiring in Ghana: Why More Seniors Are Choosing Accra as Home
Something has shifted in how people think about retirement, and Accra is at the center of it. The city that has long been known for its markets, its political energy and its relentlessly youthful population is now attracting a very different kind of attention: seniors...
Ghana: fastest-growing mobile money market in Africa
Ghana processed more than GH¢3 trillion in mobile money transactions in 2024. That is not a typo, and it is not a ceiling. By February 2025, the country had 74.1 million registered mobile money accounts, more than double the size of its population, and the platform...
How to Get Clothes Made by a Tailor in Accra
Custom clothing is one of the great everyday pleasures of living in Ghana. And the good news is that it is not reserved for the wealthy or the fashion obsessed. A kente cloth stitched into a formal kaftan for a funeral, a kaba and slit set cut for a naming ceremony, a...
Traditional Chiefs in Ghana: Chieftaincy and Paramount Chiefs
Ghana runs on two parallel systems of authority. One is the elected government in Accra, presidents, parliament, district assemblies. The other is far older, a network of chiefs and traditional rulers whose authority predates the nation itself and whose influence has...
Aburi Botanical Gardens: What to Know Before You Visit
There comes a point in life in Accra, usually somewhere around the third hour of traffic on the N1 or the fourth power cut of the week, when the city starts to feel like something you need a break from. Not permanently. Just for a day. Aburi Botanical Gardens is...
Transportation in Ghana: What You Need to Know Before You Arrive
Moving to Ghana or planning a trip here eventually raises the same practical question: how do you actually get from one place to another? The answer shapes more than your daily commute. It can shape which neighbourhood makes sense for you to live in, whether you need...
Police Checkpoints in Ghana: What Every Driver Should Know
Get behind the wheel in Accra on any given morning and you are sharing the road with market traders, school runs, long haul trucks bound for Kumasi or Takoradi, and a steady stream of motorcycle taxis weaving through gaps that barely exist. Accra’s traffic can be...
Cape Coast Castle: A Traveller’s Guide to Ghana’s Former Colonial Capital
Cape Coast Castle sits right on the water in the heart of Cape Coast, a lively university town in Ghana’s Central Region. For over two centuries it was the seat of the British colonial government on the Gold Coast, ruling the country from behind these same...
What Is Elmina Castle? A Complete History and Visitor Guide
Elmina Castle is the oldest surviving European building anywhere in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Portuguese built it in 1482 on the coast of what is now Ghana, and it still stands today, overlooking the fishing town of Elmina in the Central Region. It began as a trading...
Green Views is an exquisite community of luxury apartments situated in the heart of the Airport Residential Area, Accra.