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Markets in Volta Region

Aflao Market · Photo: Komavo · License: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

The markets of the Volta Region are where the region's trade, farming and fishing meet. Some are big, busy centres that pull in buyers from across the region and from neighbouring Togo, such as Ho Central Market, known as Ho Asigame, and Kpando Market, the largest in the Kpando Municipal District. Others are quieter and more local, like Akatsi Market, the principal marketplace of Akatsi, or Anfoega Market, the main market of Anfoega.

What they share is a rhythm set by market days rather than by the clock. Adidome Market trades on Tuesdays and Fridays, Kpeve Market keeps the same two days, Anyanui Market is a Wednesday affair, Mafi Avedo Market meets on Thursdays, and Dzemeni Fish Market, Kpando Market and Peki Market each run on a five-day cycle. Aflao Market works as a border marketplace in a Ghana–Togo town, while Keta Market is known for fish, salt, vegetables and Keta shallots, and Woe Market sits in a fishing and shallot-growing town between the Keta Lagoon and the Atlantic.

Come for produce, fish, grain and livestock, for the noise and colour of a trading day, and for a sense of how the region feeds itself.

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Before you go

Plan around market days, not opening hours: several of these markets meet only on set days or on a five-day cycle, so check the day before travelling. Adidome and Kpeve trade on Tuesdays and Fridays, Anyanui on Wednesdays, Mafi Avedo on Thursdays. Ho Central Market, Akatsi Market and Keta Market are the easiest to fit into a general itinerary. Distances between towns can be long, so allow a full day for each market and travel in daylight. Bring small notes and coins, a hat, water and a bag for purchases. Ask before photographing traders, and confirm current market days locally, as they can shift.

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Attraction · Aflao

Aflao Market

Aflao Market is a working marketplace in Aflao, a Ghana–Togo border town in the Ketu South Municipal District of the Volta Region, serving cross-border trade.

Photo: Komavo · Source

Attraction · Ho

Ho Central Market

Ho Central Market, known as Ho Asigame, is one of the Volta Region's biggest trading centres, drawing traders and buyers from across Ho, the region and neighbouring Togo.

Photo: Brian Giesen · Source

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Attraction · Adidome

Adidome Market

Adidome Market is a periodic market in Adidome, capital of the Central Tongu District in Ghana's Volta Region, trading on Tuesdays and Fridays.

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Attraction · Akatsi

Akatsi Market

Akatsi Market, also called Akatsi Main Market, is the principal marketplace of Akatsi, the capital of Akatsi South Municipality in Ghana's Volta Region.

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Attraction · Anfoega

Anfoega Market

Anfoega Market is the main market of Anfoega, capital of the North Dayi District in Ghana's Volta Region, trading on a recurring market-day cycle.

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Attraction · Anyanui

Anyanui Market

Anyanui Market is a traditional Wednesday market at Anyanui, a village on the Volta River estuary opposite Ada Foah in Ghana's Volta Region.

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Attraction · Tongo

Dzemeni Fish Market

Dzemeni Fish Market is a lake-side fish, livestock and grain market at Dzemeni (Tongor Dzemeni) on the Volta Lake in Ghana's South Dayi District, held on a five-day cycle.

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Attraction · Keta

Keta Market

Keta Market is a long-established open-air market in Keta town, Volta Region, known for fish, salt, vegetables and Keta shallots.

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Attraction · Kpando

Kpando Market

Kpando Market is the largest market in Kpando Municipal District, Volta Region, trading on a five-day cycle and drawing buyers from several surrounding districts.

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Attraction · Kpeve

Kpeve Market

Kpeve Market is the Tuesday and Friday market of Kpeve, capital of South Dayi District in Ghana's Volta Region, and a major grain supply point for the district.

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Attraction · Mafi Avedo

Mafi Avedo Market

Mafi Avedo Market is a Thursday market day and one of the five major market centres listed in the Central Tongu District of Ghana's Volta Region.

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Attraction · Peki

Peki Market

Peki Market is a five-day periodic market in Peki, South Dayi District, Volta Region, serving an agricultural area known for maize and cassava.

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Attraction · Keta

Woe Market

A periodic satellite market in Woe, Keta Municipal District, Volta Region, in a fishing and shallot-growing town between the Keta Lagoon and the Atlantic.

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