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Akka Kappa wins big at the International Property Awards in Dubai

Akka Kappa wins big at the International Property Awards in Dubai

Akka Kappa wins big at the International Property Awards in Dubai The International Property Awards (IPA) has recognised Akka Kappa by awarding them the distinguished Five Star award for

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How to Buy Property in Ghana: A Complete Guide for Overseas Buyers

How to Buy Property in Ghana: A Complete Guide for Overseas Buyers

How to Buy Property in Ghana: A Complete Guide for Overseas Buyers Ghana has emerged as one of West Africa's most attractive property markets for overseas buyers. Whether you're part of the diaspor

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Living in Labone, Accra

Living in Labone, Accra

Labone takes city life at a friendlier pace. Between Cantonments and the coast, it has grown into one of Accra's most quietly desirable districts, a place of leafy residential streets and neighbourhoo

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Living in East Legon, Accra

Living in East Legon, Accra

East Legon is where modern Accra lives at full stride: a district of broad plots, confident contemporary homes, gated communities and one of the liveliest dining scenes in West Africa. Over three deca

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Living in Ridge, Accra

Living in Ridge, Accra

Ridge is where Accra has always conducted its serious business. Ministries, embassies, banks and courts gather around its edges, while inside the district the streets are mature and surprisingly gentl

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Living in Cantonments, Accra

Living in Cantonments, Accra

Cantonments is one of Accra's most discreet and well-established addresses: a district of tree-lined streets, walled family homes and mature gardens, shaped over seven decades by the diplomatic missio

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Living in Airport Residential, Accra

Living in Airport Residential, Accra

Airport Residential is Accra at its most composed. Laid out in the 1950s and matured under decades of careful ownership, the district pairs leafy, orderly streets with a location that makes the rest o

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Accra House Prices 2026: How Much Does It Cost to Buy or Rent a Home?

Accra House Prices 2026: How Much Does It Cost to Buy or Rent a Home?

How Much Does It Cost to Buy or Rent a House in Accra? 2026 Price Guide One of the first questions anyone asks before buying or renting in Accra is simple: what should I actually expect to pay? The

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Diaspora Property Investment Guide: Ghana 2026

Diaspora Property Investment Guide: Ghana 2026

Investing in home while living abroad For many Ghanaians abroad, investing in property back home is about long-term financial security, a lasting connection to home, generational wealth, and access

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Lifestyle Communities in Ghana: A Buyer’s Guide

Lifestyle Communities in Ghana: A Buyer’s Guide

A new direction in residential development Real estate in Ghana has evolved steadily, but one of the clearest shifts in recent years is the rise of lifestyle communities. Unlike traditional standal

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What Makes a Neighbourhood Attractive in Ghana? | Akka Kappa

What Makes a Neighbourhood Attractive in Ghana? | Akka Kappa

The attractiveness of a neighbourhood in Ghana is not created in a single moment. It develops gradually through infrastructure, human movement, services and how people use the space day to day. When p

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Why Accra’s Real Estate Market Is Quietly Becoming One of Africa’s Most Important Opportunities

Why Accra’s Real Estate Market Is Quietly Becoming One of Africa’s Most Important Opportunities

Have you noticed how Accra has been growing in two directions at once? Outward, into land that was bush and farmland not long ago, now covered with rooftops as far as you can see. And upward, with bui

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Akka Kappa’s Jolanda Castagna Honoured as Best CEO in Real Estate Brokerage at 10th CEO Summit

Akka Kappa’s Jolanda Castagna Honoured as Best CEO in Real Estate Brokerage at 10th CEO Summit

When Jolanda Castagna walked away from this year’s CEO Summit with the Best CEO of the Year award in the Real Estate Brokerage category, it was the kind of recognition that people in Ghana’s property

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Developer vs Contractor in Ghana- What Every Property Buyer Needs to Know

Developer vs Contractor in Ghana- What Every Property Buyer Needs to Know

One of the conversations we have repeatedly had with buyers over the years concerns the difference between the developer and the contractor on a property project. It is a distinction many people hear

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