All guides
148 guides to living in Accra, in the order you are likely to need them — arrive, get legal, get housed, sort the money, then earn.
Moving to Accra 16 guides
Guides for the first weeks - visas, the Ghana Card, a place to sleep and a phone number that works.
Government paperwork 12 guides
Passports, certificates, licences and the agencies that issue them. The documents everything else in Ghana asks you for, and what to do when one of them is lost, wrong or in somebody else's name.
Housing in Accra 11 guides
Finding a place, surviving the rent advance, checking a tenancy agreement and not buying land twice.
Utilities and daily life 5 guides
Electricity, water, waste and the small infrastructure of an Accra household.
Money in Ghana 21 guides
Mobile money, bank accounts, PAYE, SSNIT and what a month in Accra actually costs.
Working in Ghana 7 guides
Finding a job, reading a Ghanaian contract, knowing your rights under the Labour Act and going freelance.
Starting a business in Accra 16 guides
Most working people in Accra work for themselves. The paperwork, the money, choosing where to trade - and how to start twelve specific trades.
- Entrepreneurship in Accra
- Food
- Everyday services
- Retail
- Licensed trades
- Land-based
Getting around Accra 4 guides
Trotros, ride-hailing, okada and the DVLA.
Health and healthcare 10 guides
The NHIS, private insurance, where to go when you are sick and how to stay ahead of malaria.
Schools and education 9 guides
How Ghanaian schooling works, from creche to university - and what it costs.
Services and everyday help 7 guides
Artisans, domestic help, hairdressers, vets and the professionals worth paying for.
Shopping in Accra 6 guides
Markets, malls, Melcom and Instagram vendors - where Accra actually buys things, and what it should cost.
Technology in Accra 12 guides
The apps everyone here actually uses, the startups and hubs building things, how to work in tech, and how not to be defrauded online.
Living in Ghana 9 guides
Language, food, funerals, public holidays and the parts of daily life nobody writes down.
Exploring Accra and Ghana 10 guides
Beaches, history, festivals, nightlife and everywhere worth going within a weekend of the city.
Accra and Ghana in numbers 8 guides
What the census and sixty-five years of national data actually say about Accra and about Ghana - and how to tell which is which.