Kaneshie market
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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]
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 been 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]