Shopping
Studio Badge
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
Shopping
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...
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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...
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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....
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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
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Kiki Clothing
The KIKI Clothing brand for women is synonymous with style, elegance and simplicity. Through the use of carefully selected West African-inspired fabrics,...
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Jil Boutique
This ‘lifestyle boutique’ has an abundance of colourful African-print dresses as well as a nice selection of stylish Italian shoes and sparkly...
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Viva Boutique
Viva has been supplying high-end clothes and accessories to Accra’s label-conscious urbanites for more than two decades. There’s good reason for...
The best souvenir and craft shops in Accra
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Wild Gecko Handicrafts
This multi-faceted workshop-cum- art-shop emporium is foremost a workshop employing artisans for the production of characteristically Ghanaian emblematic...
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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,...
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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...
Art
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...
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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...
Art
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
Health and beauty
Beauty & health
There are plenty of spas, treatment rooms, and gyms to make sure you look your best
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Food shopping
We've scoured the best delis, supermarkets, street markets and independent shops to find the best places for food and drink.
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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...
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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
Sport and fitness
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...
Sport and fitness
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...
Sport and fitness
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...
Sport and fitness
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),...
Sport and fitness
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...
Kids
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...