Spintex Road - (Eastern) Accra, Ghana

This clip is of Spintex Road, dating from January 2007. Spintex Road is a commercial/industrial road that starts at Tetteh Quarshie Circle in northern Accra, and runs parallel to the Kwame Nkrumah Motorway and Kotoka International Airport, before deviating south and ending at the district of Sakumono, near the coast. I have heard from locals that 10-15 years ago, this area was largely undeveloped, and somewhat perilous at night, but now it is one of the busiest commercial & industrial areas of Accra, and busy even into the night. The clip starts with a stationary shot taken from the roadside (just east of the Papaye outlet for those who know the area), then followed by footage taken from just east of the Coca-Cola Roundabout (where the road deviates south), and shows extensive footage of the Baatsona commercial district, just before reaching Sakumono.

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• Accra
• Ghana
• Spintex
• Baatsona
• Sakumono

[Ghanapedia]

Exactly - before my first trip to Ghana, I looked on the internet, and there was little to show me what it was like.......I had about ten photographs and a tourist guide to go on.....

I am envious of contemporary first-time travellers to Ghana, as they have information courtesy of our website & You Tube videos of places that I never had........no doubt had I had this back then, I would have looked at all of it to get a clear picture of what Ghana was like.....

[PresidentOfTheBlack]

awesome video. nice to see something more than just pictures of accra.