Accra Mall

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Accra Mall
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View of Accra Mall in 2013
Accra Mall
Location Spintex Road, Accra, Ghana
Coordinates 5°37′20″N0°10′24″W / 5.62217°N 0.17331°W / 5.62217; -0.17331
AddressPlot C11, Tetteh Quarshie Interchange
Opening date4 July 2008;17 years ago (2008-07-04)
OwnerAtterbury Property Development, Sanlam, Owusu-Akyaw Family
Stores and services75
Anchor tenants 2
Floor area 21,311 m2 (229,390 sq ft)
Parking662 spaces
Website accramall.com

Accra Mall is a shopping mall in Accra, Ghana. It is located near the Tetteh Quarshie Interchange, adjacent to the Tema Motorway. Commissioned on 4 July 2008, It is the first fully enclosed mall to be built in the country. [1] [2]

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It is owned by Atterbury Property Development, Sanlam and the Owusu-Akyaw family. [3] As of 2017, approximately 7 million people visits the mall annually. [4]

History

The mall opened on 4 July 2008. Joseph Owusu-Akyaw, a Ghanaian private businessman and Actis, a British investment firm, secured funding for the mall's construction. The cost of the mall was approximately $36 million. [5] In 2012, Actis share hold of the mall (85%) was bought by Sanlam Ltd. and Atterbury Investment Holdings Ltd. [2] [6]

Facilities

There are 75 stores and one food court in the building, more than 30% of whom are Ghanaian-owned. [4] Major brands located in the mall are Woolworths, Nike, Mango, and Apple. [5] The 2 anchor stores in the mall are Shoprite and Game. [1] The Accra Mall is home to Ghana's only multiplex. [7]

Incidents

In 2018, 3 people sustained minor injures after parts of the mall's roof collapse. [8]

On 16 September 2025, Ghanaian activists united to demand the cancellation of the Israeli Film Festival which is to be held from this same date to 20 September 2025 at the mall. [9] [10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Accra Mall". www.accramall.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  2. 1 2 Yeboah, I.; Asante-Wusu, I.; Arku, G. (25 November 2022). "Globalisation, Western-style malls and consumerism in the Accra-Tema city-region, Ghana". International Development Planning Review. 45 (2): 175–202. doi: 10.3828/idpr.2022.12 .
  3. ↑ "Statement: Actis sells Accra Mall | Business". Archived from the original on 28 June 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Here is the number of people who visited Ghana's premier shopping mall in 2016". pulse.com.gh. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  5. 1 2 Eduful, Alexander (16 July 2019). "Neoliberalism, urban development and Accra's (Ghana) shopping malls as new spaces of urban consumption". University of Oxford. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "Sanlam, Atterbury Acquire 85% Stake in Accra Mall From Actis". Bloomberg. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "The best shopping malls in Accra". Time Out. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "Ghana's Accra Mall roof collapse not due to lack of maintenance, officials say". Africa Feeds. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "Ghanaians unite to demand cancellation of Israeli Film Festival at Silverbird over Gaza genocide concerns". MyjoyOnline.com. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  10. ↑ "Coalition of 400 groups demand cancellation of Israeli Film Festival in Accra". CitiNewsroom.com. Retrieved 18 September 2025.

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