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April 13, 2025

Accra is a tough city to walk in: how city planners can fix the problem

Seth Asare Okyere, University of Pittsburgh; Daniel Oviedo, UCL; Louis Kusi Frimpong, University of Environment and Sustainable Development ; MariaJose Nieto-Combariza, UCL; Matthew Abunyewah, Charles Darwin University, and Stephen Leonard Mensah, University of Memphis

Ghana’s cities pay little attention to the needs of walkers.

Walking in Accra, Ghana is dangerous. Photo by Raquel Maria Carbonell Pagola/LightRocket via Getty Images

May 7, 2024

Walking in African cities can be a miserable experience: Accra study shows planners ignore needs of pedestrians

Seth Asare Okyere, University of Arizona; Daniel Oviedo, UCL; Louis Kusi Frimpong, University of Environment and Sustainable Development ; Matthew Abunyewah, Charles Darwin University, and Stephen Leonard Mensah, University of Memphis

Walking is a common way of getting around in most African cities

People walking next to traffic in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. Photo by Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images

March 23, 2021

People living in African urban settings do a lot of walking: but their cities aren’t walkable

Seth Asare Okyere, Osaka University; Daniel Oviedo, UCL; Louis Kusi Frimpong, University of Environment and Sustainable Development ; MariaJose Nieto-Combariza, UCL, and Michihiro Kita, Osaka University

African city planners need to promote inclusive cities where residents are not captive walkers but walk because it is accessible, safe and pleasurable to do so.

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