Each Easter, the roads leading out of Accra transform from simple exits into waiting rooms, as thousands of travellers’ head to the Kwahu Ridge. Over the years, Kwahu has become the assigned haven for Easter festivities, where people escape the city’s heat and immerse themselves in paragliding thrills and vibrant street celebrations. Journeys begin as […]
Ghana’s Season of Confusion: When January Brings Rain Instead of Dust
In Accra, a city built around the rhythms of harmattan and monsoon, climate change has scrambled the calendar — leaving residents, farmers, and city planners to navigate a new and dangerous unpredictability. By Abigail Aboagye-Asare February 19, 2026 January in Accra is supposed to be the season of dust. Each year, the harmattan, a dry, […]
Accra’s Commute Crisis: Rethinking Public Transport
Every morning and evening in Accra, the same scenes unfold: long queues at transport terminals, anxious commuters watching the clock, overcrowded trotros pulling away full, and fares that seem to change without notice. For many passengers, getting to work, school, or home has become an exhausting negotiation rather than a routine journey. This daily struggle […]
Invisible Crisis in Ghana’s Cities: The Role of Urban Planning in Strengthening Family Bonding
Ghana is rapidly urbanising, transforming not only skylines but also the social fabric that binds communities together. As cities expand, the stability of urban households become increasingly important in supporting safe, inclusive, and productive communities. Of late, a growing concern among urban family practitioners is the decline of parental involvement especially among fathers which threatens […]
Christmas in Accra: A Festive Season of Traffic and Tension
Every December, Accra slips into a unique rhythm; festive lights, overflowing markets, full social calendars, and paralysing traffic. Roads slow to a crawl, tempers flare, productivity drops, and what should be a season of joy becomes a daily test of patience and endurance. This congestion is not a surprise. It happens every year. Yet, each […]
Land Value Capture as a tool for Urban Development: Effects on the community.
Land value capture (LVC) is one of the most debated tools in contemporary urban policy. Land Value Capture (LVC) is how governments recover the extra value added to land by public investments (like roads, transit, or parks) either by taxing it as revenue or reinvesting it directly in community upgrades that benefit all residentsi. Land value capture is applied […]
Changing family structures: Rethinking planning in a changing Ghanaian Society
Ghana is urbanising and undergoing social and spatial transformation. Beneath the concrete buildings, traffic congestion, noise of political debates, and development targets lies a quieter, more intimate revolution, the changing Ghanaian family. The transformation of the extended family to a nuclear family structure is evident in Ghanaian societies today. This transition is not just about […]
THE PLANNING PARADOX: HOW GHANA’S ADMINISTRATIVE SPLITS ARE UNDERMINING DEVELOPMENT
Ghana’s administrative fragmentation represents a classic case of political expedience undermining technical rationality. Whilst the desire to bring governance closer to the people is laudable, the current approach has created a planning system that is increasingly unable to deliver on its development promises. Debatable? Let’s read. Ghana’s decision in 2018 to expand from ten to […]
World Habitat Day 2025: Urban Crisis Response — Lessons from Ghana
As the world marks World Habitat Day under the theme “Urban Crisis Response,” Ghana stands as both a warning and a window into how rapidly urbanising nations are confronting the realities of 21st-century urban fragility. Across Accra, Kumasi, and Tamale, the rhythm of urban expansion is accelerating faster than the infrastructure and governance systems meant […]
Illegal Mining in Ghana: The Fight Against Galamsey and the Perils of Politicisation
Illegal mining, often referred to as galamsey in Ghana, has become a major national issue, posing serious threats to the environment, public health, and local livelihoods.