Accra

== Economy ==
In 2008, the [[World Bank]] estimated that Accra's economy only constituted around [[United States dollar|US$]]3&nbsp;billion of Ghana's total gross domestic product (GDP).<ref>[http://www.worldbank.org/afr/wps/wp110.pdf http://www.worldbank.org/afr/wps/wp110.pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110212032048/http://www.worldbank.org/afr/wps/wp110.pdf |date=12 February 2011 }} [[World Bank]] Africa Region Working Paper Series 110 (PDF). Retrieved 15 October 2011.</ref> The economically active population of Accra is estimated to be 823,327.
[[File:Accra Central, Accra, Ghana.jpg|thumb|Accra Central, Accra, Ghana]]
Accra is a centre for manufacturing, marketing, finance, insurance, and transportation. Its financial sector incorporates a central bank, nine commercial banks (with 81 branches), four development banks (with 19 branches), four merchant banks (with seven branches), three discount houses, one home finance mortgage bank, multiple [[building societies]], [[Ghana Stock Exchange]], [[Foreign exchange market|foreign exchange]] bureaus, finance houses, insurance companies, insurance brokerage firms, two savings and loans companies, and numerous real estate developers, with industrial sites and residential developments.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mantse Ankrah the Accra landlord is coming |url=http://www.ghanabizmedia.com/ghanabizmedia/january-2012-special-report/470-mantse-ankrah-the-accra-landlord-is-coming.html |newspaper=Ghana Business Media |date=January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723052332/http://www.ghanabizmedia.com/ghanabizmedia/january-2012-special-report/470-mantse-ankrah-the-accra-landlord-is-coming.html |archive-date=23 July 2013}}</ref><ref>[http://ghanaoilwatch.org/images/Oil_Revenue/jacob_hobenuPUBLICATION.PDF Oil Revenue] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803232509/http://www.ghanaoilwatch.org/images/Oil_Revenue/jacob_hobenuPUBLICATION.PDF |date=3 August 2012 }}. ghanaoilwatch.org.</ref> The road network in the Accra Metropolitan Area totals {{convert|1117|km}} in length.

There are over 50,506 identified residential properties in Accra, and about 4,054 commercial/industrial/mixed properties, with a total rateable value of GH¢13,849,014.<ref name="ghanadistricts1">{{cite web |url=http://ghanadistricts.com/districts/?r=1&_=3&sa=5724 |title=A repository of all districts in the republic of Ghana |publisher=Ghana Districts |access-date=5 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711091847/http://ghanadistricts.com/districts/?r=1&_=3&sa=5724 |archive-date=11 July 2011}}</ref> There are also supermarkets, 36 facilities for both on–street and off-[[street parking]], and shopping malls, as well as several facilities for sports and recreation.
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=== Sectors of the economy ===
[[File:PricewaterhouseCoopers and Eni Buildings (Accra, Ghana).jpg|thumb|left|PricewaterhouseCoopers building, Accra]]
The sectors of Accra's economy consist of the primary, secondary (manufacturing, electricity, gas, water, construction) and tertiary sectors (supermarkets, shopping malls, hotel, restaurant, transportation, storage, communication, financial intermediation, real estate service, public administration, education, health and other social services). The tertiary service sector is the city's largest, employing about 531,670 people. The second-largest, the secondary sector, employs 22.34% of the labour force, or around 183,934 people. 12.2% of the city's workforce are reportedly unemployed, totalling around 114,198 people.<ref name="ghanadistricts1" />

=== Primary sector ===
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[[File:Overzicht baai met boten in de zee - Accra - 20375372 - RCE.jpg|thumb|Licensed and Commercial [[fishing vessel]]s off the [[coast]] of Accra.]]
Accra's smallest economic sector, the primary sector, employs approximately 91,556 people. The predominant economic activities are [[fishery]] and [[urban agriculture]], with fishery accounting for 78% of production labour. Urban agriculture in Accra centres on the growth of vegetables, several crops and poultry. The [[fishery]] industry is the most important sub-sector, with 10% of the catch being exported and the rest consumed locally. The industry is characterised by extreme seasonableness, operating primarily between June and September. Although most deep-water Atlantic fishing around Accra takes place in the June–September period, fishery operations take place close to the shore throughout the year, and there are clear indications of the [[overfishing|depletion of fish stocks]] in the near future. Fishing operations are most prominent at the Jamestown, La, Teshie, Nungua and Chorkor fishing shores.