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Makola Market
Retail · Accra, Ghana · also called Makola
Accra's best-known retail market. Produce arrives already broken down from the wholesale markets, so it is where a grower with a small, high-value lot — vegetables, fruit, spices — can sell nearer the price the consumer actually pays.
What trades at Makola Market
| Crop | Sold by | Supply peaks |
|---|---|---|
 Tomato |
crate | November to February |
 Hot pepper |
bowl | November to January |
| Onion | bag | November to January |
 Okra |
bowl | — |
 Banana & plantain |
bunch | — |
 Ginger |
bowl | — |
Selling by the bucket or the bag? The farming glossary turns those measures into kilograms — what a 20 litre bucket of each crop really weighs, level and heaped. Open the glossary →
Selling here
- Trading days
- Every day
- Currency
- GHS
Trade is in cedis, cash or mobile money. Large lots are often part-paid on delivery and settled after resale — agree the terms before you unload.
Selling direct to the people who will eat it, in small lots.
In central Accra, off Kojo Thompson Road.
Places that could sell into Makola Market
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Accra Metropolis · 0 km
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Ablekuma Central Municipal · 3 km
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Korle Klottey Municipal · 3 km
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Ayawaso Central Municipal · 4 km
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Ayawaso East Municipal · 5 km
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Ayawaso North Municipal · 6 km
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Okaikwei North Municipal · 7 km
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Ablekuma North Municipal · 7 km
Makola Market prices, and what to grow for it
Prices here move hour to hour, so they belong in the app rather than on a web page — a printed number would be wrong before you read it, and a live one from the traders standing in this market will not be.
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Frequently asked questions
What is sold at Makola Market?
Makola Market trades tomato, hot pepper, onion, okra, banana & plantain, ginger. Accra's best-known retail market. Produce arrives already broken down from the wholesale markets, so it is where a grower with a small, high-value lot — vegetables, fruit, spices — can sell nearer the price the consumer actually pays.
When is tomato cheapest at Makola Market?
Supply of tomato into Makola Market peaks November to February, and that is when prices are usually at their lowest. Selling just before the peak, rather than in the middle of it, is where the money is.
What currency is used at Makola Market?
GHS. Trade is in cedis, cash or mobile money. Large lots are often part-paid on delivery and settled after resale — agree the terms before you unload.
What are today's prices at Makola Market?
Divisi does not publish daily prices for Makola Market — they move hour to hour, and a number printed on a web page would be wrong before you read it. Market prices are coming to the Divisi app, reported by the farmers and traders who are actually there. Install it and you will have them the day they land.