Accra’s Tiptoe Lane has traded photographs, travel documents and now phones, but the latest transformation is turning the once-familiar street behind the Kwame Nkrumah Circle into a crowded marketplace where thousands of people make a living from technology.
Located in the Ayawaso Central Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, the narrow stretch around the Kwame Nkrumah Circle is now lined with phone dealers, accessory sellers and repair shops, drawing traders, technicians, students and customers from across Ghana.
But it was not always this way.
For Paul Kwesi Boateng of Boateng Phones and Accessories, the transformation is something he has lived through for over twenty years.






“When I first started selling phones at Tiptoe Lane, people were living in the very space where my shop now stands. As the phone business began to boom, the occupants of this house eventually rented the space to me, and I now pay for the space every year,” he said.
Twenty years later, Boateng remains in...
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