Kaneshie market

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A section of the Kaneshie market complex (Sep 2014)
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Kaneshie markets Limited

The Kaneshi markets Limited is a trading Centre in Kaneshie, Accra, Ghana. It was built in the 1970s. [1] The name "Kaneshie" means "under the lamp" referring to its beginnings as a night market.During the 2015 Accra floods, the market was submerged and operations were forced to shut down. [2]

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Kaneshie Market is located along the main road heading west from Accra. It resembles Makola Market in many ways, with a bustling mix of stalls, shops, and street vendors selling almost anything you can think of. The market also serves as a key transportation point, where "trotros" and regional buses pick up and drop off passengers. That said, if you're visiting a market just for the experience, Makola is easier to reach. [3]

Kaneshie also has services and dealers associated with vehicles and transport, as well as more formal fuel stations, supermarkets, pharmacies and other formal shops. [4]

Sanitation

In 2018, The Kaneshie market was on the verge of collapse due to poor sanitation as a result of improper management of garbage. Mad. Lydia Akor Akwei, the market queen of Kaneshie market also explained that the market had become a dumping site for the surrounding communities because the city authorities had failed to provide those communities with proper garbage disposal systems. [5]

Various non-governmental organizations have engaged in comprehensive clean-ups and Fumigation exercises at the Kaneshie Market to fulfill their Corporate Social Responsibility. This initiative was created to by Pan-African Savings and Loans, in partnership with Zoomlion Ghana Limited to ensure a cleaner and healthier environment for traders and customers. [6]

Disasters

The Kaneshie market has being prone to fire outbreaks. The former Mayor of Accra, Mohammed Nii Adjei Sowah undertook a rewiring exercise of markets in Accra including the Kaneshie market after a fire out break on the 20th of December 2020 at the Kaneshie Market. [7] The fire which started during the early hours of Sunday 20 December, 2020 destroyed a section of the Kaneshie Central Market. [8]

References

  1. "Kaneshi Market". www.wikimapia.org/. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  2. "Kaneshie floods as cars submerge". ghanaweb.com. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  3. "Kaneshie Market". City Life Accra. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
  4. Ismaila, Musah; Ali, Shaibu; Heiman Shaban, Sherif; Ali, Yusif; Awudu Yahyah, Ismail (2020-07-31). "EFFECT OF ELECTRONIC BANKING ON BANK PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM DJIBOUTI". International Journal of Advanced Research. 8 (7): 1496–1505. doi: 10.21474/ijar01/11415 . ISSN   2320-5407.
  5. "Filth Collapsing Kaneshie Market". GhanaStar. 2018-03-17. Retrieved 2025-09-14.
  6. "Pan-African Savings and Loans partners Zoomlion to fumigate Kaneshie market". 2025-08-15. Retrieved 2025-09-14.
  7. "Kaneshie Market fire: AMA to rewire Accra markets -Mayor - MyJoyOnline" . Retrieved 2025-09-14.
  8. "Fire destroys parts of Kaneshie market - MyJoyOnline" . Retrieved 2025-09-14.

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