By Uriah Kumadoh | Kumadoh Perspective Would you rather own a beautiful house that impresses your friends—or an ordinary-looking building that businesses need? Before you answer, let’s compare the numbers. Imagine two property owners. One has a residential building with glass balconies, landscaped gardens and an impressive entrance. The other owns a warehouse with a […]
Moving money in Ghana has become remarkably easy. You can send thousands of cedis from Accra to Kumasi within seconds using your phone. You can order food, pay bills, buy products online and communicate with businesses almost instantly. But try moving a refrigerator from Accra to Takoradi, transporting shop stock from Tema to Kumasi, delivering […]
For many businesses in Ghana, growth eventually creates a logistics problem. A retailer needs to move stock from a warehouse to a shop. A furniture company needs to deliver a sofa across Accra. A construction business needs a tipper truck for materials. An importer needs goods transported from Tema to another part of the country. […]
Ghana’s logistics industry rarely attracts the same attention as banking, real estate, telecommunications or technology. Yet almost everything consumed, constructed, exported or sold in Ghana depends on logistics. The cement used to build a house must reach the construction site. A retailer in Accra needs stock transported from a warehouse. Agricultural products must travel from […]
For years, one of the biggest challenges in Ghana’s logistics industry has not necessarily been the absence of trucks, vans or drivers. The bigger problem has been access. A customer in Accra may urgently need a truck to move furniture, while a suitable driver only a few kilometres away may have no job for that […]
By Uriah Kumadoh | Kumadoh Perspective Imagine saving towards a home, getting closer to your deposit, and then discovering that the seller has increased the asking price. The property has not gained another bedroom. The road outside has not necessarily improved. Your income has not increased at the same rate. Yet the amount you need […]
By Uriah Kumadoh A beautiful reception area can impress visitors. It cannot guarantee that an investor will recover their money. And a prestigious address does not automatically turn a property into a profitable investment. These are the questions at the heart of the Accra luxury apartment bubble debate: Are buyers paying for reliable income and […]
By Uriah Kumadoh Go to school. Get a job. Save money. Buy a home. It sounds like a straightforward plan. But what happens when the amount you can realistically save bears little relationship to the price of the home you hope to buy? That is the uncomfortable question at the heart of housing affordability in […]
By Kumadoh Perspective Imagine walking into a house with polished floors, dramatic lighting, a beautiful kitchen, and a price tag that suggests nothing has been overlooked. Now ask a different question: What exactly are you paying for—the appearance of luxury or the quality of the property? That is the question at the heart of the […]
By Uriah Kumadoh | Kumadoh Perspective What happens when the location everyone wants becomes too expensive for the customers you are trying to serve? You can raise your selling price. You can reduce the size of your homes. You can accept a smaller profit. Or you can ask a different question: Does my next development […]