Building materials play a vital role in ensuring housing affordability. With increasing climate change concerns, it has become imperative to focus on sustainability while discovering affordable options for housing the low and middle-income earners. Ghana is currently experiencing a spike in inflation, leading to an increase in the prices of building...
EXCERPT Audio The measures being taken to minimize the spread of the coronavirus pandemic have the potential of causing a further decline in the demand for retail spaces, as online shops take the place of physical shops. However, this would not cause a total disappearance of physical retail spaces because people...
EXCERPT “Cantonments, Airport residential area, Osu Ringway Estates, North & West Ridge and Roman Ridge are 5 plush areas in the city of Accra. These areas have recorded high demands due to public investments in infrastructure, provision of public services and private investments, making them the plush areas in Accra.” If...
It’s a common practice to find Ghanaians living abroad sending money to relatives or trusted persons for the construction of their homes in Ghana. In most instances, they come back to Ghana heartbroken upon their return because, these trusted relatives hardly meet their expectations. This was the story of Ato and...
When we look at our cities today, we can clearly see the interplay of interests contesting for power, positions and influence in shaping it. Aside governments, real estate developers, slum dwellers, and others are carving out the design of our cities. The physical manifestation of these big forces is what has...
Accra has tried not to be immune to floods. Every year, at the onset of the rains, even the slightest of rainfall, the capital city of Ghana floods. They shame us. They portray how we have not prioritized planning, let alone care about the safety of the people. Even more painful...
The month of September will always remind me of one of the most embarrassing moments in my life. It was the first day of school. Rocking my new all-white Nike Air Max, I had the world at my feet. Obviously. I regally walked through the already opened glass doors which...
The beautiful architectural master pieces found all over the world have been born out of innovation, creativity and a love for the art. The very reason that it attracts millions of people from around the world, drawing domestics and international tourists to themselves.
