ACCRA METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY
GA MASHIE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
THE PEOPLE OF OLD ACCRA WELCOME PARTICIPANTS TO GHANA
FOR THE PSUP TRAINING WORKSHOP
(19TH TO 24TH SEPTEMBER, 2011 AT BEST WESTERN PREMIER HOTEL)
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Old Accra: Our History Our Home
GHANA IN THE AFRICAN CONTEXT
ACCRA IN THE NATIONAL CONTEXT
GA MASHIE (OLD ACCRA) IN THE CITY OF ACCRA CONTEXT
HISTORICAL FEATURES
Korle Lagoon
Usher Town
James Town
HISTORY OF GA MASHIE
Formation of
Fort
Crevacoeur James Fort Quarters
Built
around forts
Built
1642
1672 1677-80
Commercial Seat of British
Trade shifts to Gov. moves to
Earthquake
Accra
Accra
1816
1877
Jamestown
Harbor moved
to Tema
1962
1939
1550s
Establishment
Of Great Accra
at Ayawaso Hill
1661
1677
Danish Fort Great Accra
built
Falls at hands
Of Akwamu
1850-60s
British buy
Dutch Town
And supplant
Dutch
1957
Independence
1988
Decentralization
Of Government
GA MASHIE IN THE 18TH
CENTURY
Old Accra, Economic and Political Hub of the Country
PROBLEMS AND ISSUES
Overcrowding
(High density and inadequate living
conditions)
Pollution
(Plastic waste, Beachfront, water pollution)
High Unemployment Levels
Low Education and Literacy Levels
Poor condition of Housing
Conflicting and complex land ownership
Out migration of elite, in-migration of Poor
Expansion of the CBD commercial and
economic activities to the detriment of
cultural and heritage values
TARGET GROUP
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The revitalisation of Old Accra is targeted at the inhabitants of Old Accra
including women, children, fishermen, the wider Ghanaian public, the
tourist industry and investors.
HISTORICAL FEATURES
Coastal architecture:
forts, trading houses
The Waterfront
High Street
Traditional Urban Fabric
SOCIAL ISSUES
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Housing
2
Education
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Sanitation &
Waste
Management
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Tourism
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Local
Economic
Development
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The aim of the Ga Mashie housing
Improvement Program is to improve housing
and housing infrastructure and maintain
heritage assets of the people of Ga Mashie
through the creation of enabling conditions for
public-community-private sector intervention.
Development of core area
would encourage
development of beach front
property for tourist attraction
and improvement of local
economy
Old Accra, Ghana
THANK YOU