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Kantamanto Market is a market area situated in the central business district of Accra, in Ghana. The market consists mostly of the typical Akan tribes of Kwahus and Ashantis. It is a well known market in Accra with a specialization in clothing resale. The site is an important part of the informal economy of the city. [1]
Historically, used clothing was an important means of acquiring garments, which were often handed down many generations of families. The used clothing trade became a major industry in the early 1800s, when the Industrial Revolution caused many countries' populations to grow too quickly for their domestic manufacturing to keep up with. The ...
A wide array of products is sold in the markets and its surrounding streets, from car parts to land snails. Dominated by women traders, the market sells fresh produce, manufactured and imported foods, clothes, shoes, tools, medicines, and pots and pans. [2] [3] Jewellery made from locally handcrafted beads can also be found for sale in the ...
The Accra Mall remains Ghana's prime supermarket. The mall, which started operations in the 2008, [2] sought to improve the Ghanaian shopping experience. It is located on the Spintex Road adjacent the Tema Motorway. Other major supermarkets include Melcom. [3] The company was established in 1989 and its primary shop was opened in Accra Central ...
Me Salvé - discount department store chain, founded in 1982. Grand Way - discount department store chain, founded in 2013. [11] Grand Stores - discount department store chain, founded in 1984. [12] JCPenney - national department store chain, established on the island in 1968 at the Plaza Las Américas shopping mall.
The second hand clothing industry has left both positive and negative impacts within African society. An impact that one would commonly not think of is the resale of imported western clothing. South Africa, among other nations, has created legislation of imported or donated goods in order to curb the resale of the donated items.
A second-hand shop is a shop which sells used goods. Secondhand shops are often part of the different parts of the reuse or Circular economy . Different formats of second-hand shop exist, selling in different formats and type of content: from antique stores, to consignment, and various types of thrift or charity shop, where the used goods are sold.
Ghana's president, John Dramani Mahama meeting a foreign leader in a smock. A boy wearing a heavy smock A man wearing a light smock A sleeveless smock in display. The Ghanaian Smock or Tani is a fabric worn by both women and men in Ghana. [1] It is the most popular traditional attire in the country.