Beautiful ‘Made in Ghana' products make us so happy, and Studio Badge has us smiling from ear to ear. Studio Badge is a Ghana-based home-decor design company,...
Shopping & Lifestyle
Your comprehensive guide to the best Accra shops, style and fashion
AAKS release new collection
AAKS has just launched their Spring Summer 2017/18 collection and has, as usual, not failed to impress. The new collection is bolder, brighter and even more...
A buyer's guide to Kente cloth
Vivid colour and complex patterns are an essential part of the landscape in Accra and this is reflected in the textiles worn by Ghanaian women. In the...
Global Mamas Cape Coast
Since 2003, the Global Mamas store has helped a large network of women in Ghana to improve their standard of living with dignity by promoting their craftwork....
Time Out meets: Akosua Afriyie-Kumi
When did you first have the idea to use these Ghanaian weaving techniques in high end fashion? I grew up around basket bags as a child in Ghana, I used to...
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The best shops in Accra
Wild Gecko Handicrafts
This multi-faceted workshop-cum-art-shop emporium is foremost a workshop employing artisans who produce characteristically Ghanaian and West African goods:...
Trashy Bags
The Trashy Bags initiative was set up in 2008 as a means of recycling and reusing the endless plastic water and yoghurt wrappers deposited on the streets of...
Hakim Jewellery Jewelart
Tucked away behind a white building on Oxford Street, Jewelart could easily go unnoticed. And for anyone wishing to pick up a unique piece of handcrafted...
Christie Brown
This high-design store stocks clothing and accessories that incorporate African prints into wearable high-street trends: think statement jewellery, business...
The best souvenir and craft shops in Accra
Wild Gecko Handicrafts
Wild Gecko Handicrafts
This multi-faceted workshop-cum- art-shop emporium is foremost a workshop employing artisans for the production of characteristically Ghanaian emblematic...
Global Mamas
Global Mamas
This wonderful store is run by the NGO, Women in Progress (see www. womeninprogress.org for more details). Everthing here is fairly traded and made in Ghana,...
Trashy Bags
Trashy Bags
An Osu store is an extremely welcome addition to the remarkable success story that is Trashy Bags. The initiative was set up in 2008 as a means of recycling...
Arts Centre
Arts Centre
This is a popular location for tourists wanting a one-stop-shop for arts and crafts. The stalls are crammed full with textiles, carvings, bags, music...
Joe’s Perspective Art Boutique
Joe’s Perspective Art Boutique
This luxury art boutique set up by Kukua Ampah has recently opened a branch at the new Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel. Many of the elegant and creative pieces here...
Artists Alliance Gallery
Artists Alliance Gallery
This three-storey gallery is home to a large array of Ghanaian artists and sculptors such as Augustine Gokah, Betty Acquah, Nii T Mills, Ebenezer Borlabie,...
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The best shopping in Accra
Beauty & health
Beauty & health
There are plenty of spas, treatment rooms, and gyms to make sure you look your best
Food shopping
Food shopping
We've scoured the best delis, supermarkets, street markets and independent shops to find the best places for food and drink.
Malls & department stores
Malls & department stores
Much of the shopping – from the weekly grocery shop – to finding that LBD for the evening's party is done in a mall or one of the multifacted...
Accra's best boutiques
Accra's best boutiques
From cutting-edge fashion designers making waves around the world to local shops selling the best fabrics and beads, here are the best places to shop
The best places for sport and fitness in Accra
Pulse Fitness Gym
Pulse Fitness Gym
There are two gyms run by Pulse. One on the World Trade Centre in downtown Accra and another, that we’ve seen, at Lizzy Sports Complex. At the latter there’s a...
Lizzy Sports Complex
Lizzy Sports Complex
The eponymous Lizzy is Marcel Desailly’s mother. In 2011, the famous former pro opened up this world-class sporting complex in his native Accra. There’s one...
Pippa’s Health Centre, Osu
Pippa’s Health Centre, Osu
Pippa’s is one of the best gyms in Accra, with a wide range of Life Fitness equipment, air-con, satellite TV and a modern music system. It has a wide variety...
Accra Polo Club
Accra Polo Club
Anyone interested in hobnobbing with the city’s elite can head to the prestigious Accra Polo Club (Liberation Rd, Airport Residential Area, 0302 772 775),...
Ohene Djan Stadium
Ohene Djan Stadium
Up to FIFA standards, this venue hosts national team games and is the home of one of Ghana’s most popular teams, Hearts of Oak. Concerts and other public...
Marvel’s Minigolf
Marvel’s Minigolf
This is an impressive new minigolf course that will attract fun-loving adults as much as children (there’s a bar after all). The 18-hole golf course has the...