Kantamanto Market Traders Union

Kantamanto Market is one of the largest second-hand clothing markets in the world, located in central Accra, Ghana. The market receives approximately 15 million items of used clothing per week from Europe, North America, and Asia, which are sorted, repaired, resold, or upcycled by thousands of Ghanaian traders. Kantamanto has become internationally known as a symbol of the global second-hand clothing trade and has also become a hub for Ghanaian fashion upcycling, with young designers transforming second-hand garments into new Ghanaian fashion pieces. The market is represented by the Kantamanto Market Traders Union.