Accra Mall

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Accra Mall
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Accra Mall (Entrance).jpg
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
No. of stores and services75
No. of anchor tenants 2
Total retail 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 dollars. [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

  1. In 2018, 3 people sustained minor injures after parts of the mall's roof collapse. [8]
  2. 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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