15 years after it’s inception, Green Butterfly continues to set the standard for the Artisan experience in Accra. The Green Butterfly Market is not just a market, it’s an entire experience!!! March is one of the hottest moths of the year in Ghana and the sun did not disappount us last Saturday as many of […]
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Green Butterfly is featured in the New York Times!
The Green Butterfly Market has been recommended in the New York Times as a place to definitely visit when in Ghana! Visit the New York Times online to see the full article by Chike Frankie Edozien. This recommendation opens many more doors for us, and Green Butterfly is truly grateful!
Washoku Foods is Green Butterfly Vendor of the Year 2024!
Every year the Green Butterfly Market awards the title of VENDOR OF THE YEAR to one of our outstanding vendors. As part of our initiatives to keep our communities clean and green, we encourage our vendors to engage in sustainable best practices for their businesses. The Green Butterfly vendor of the year displays innovation, hard […]
Founder of Green Butterfly enstooled as Paramount Development Queen of Jamestown.
Multidisciplinary Artist, entrepreneur and founder of Green Butterfly – Yasmeen Helwani has been enstooled as the Ngleshie Alata Paramount Stool Develoment Queen – Naa Tsoolo Kakalor the 1st. Madame Yazmeen, also popularly known as Yaz Meen, is a descendant of Ngleshie and is well known in Jamestown for her skills training and women empowerment programs. […]
No Market on election day 7th Dec
On 7th December 2024 all citizens of Ghana will be expected to go to our various constituencies to vote in our presidential and parliamentary elections. This day happens to fall on the first Saturday in December so we have re-scheduled our dates to include a market a week earlier on the 30th of November.
Buy Local at the Green Butterfly Market
According to Forbes, small businesses are the bread and butter of our economy. Through the Green Butterfly Market, we connect talented artisans to potential clients from all walks of life. As a matter of priority, the Green Butterfly project focuses on Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) producing unique handcrafted products in Ghana. Sustainable business builds […]
Addressing Sustainable Development Goals in Ghana.
Green Butterfly aims to address Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1, 5, 8, and 13. The Green Butterrly Market has provided a stable income and economic opportunities for many small businesses in Ghana and cpntinues to do so. With more than 70% of our beneficiaries being women, we are proud to be a source of economic […]
Co-designing a pact to phase out single use plastics in Ghana.
On the 20th of June, 2024, major retail outlets came together to participate in drafting a voluntary pact to reduce 70% of supermarket single use plastics used in Ghana by the year 2030. A workshop was held at the Alliance Francaise Ghana, attended by major retail outlets like Melcom, Marina Supermarket, Max Mart and All […]
Green Butterfly – A pillar for our local economy.
THe Green Butterfly Market has come a long way in it’s 14 years of operation – supporting small scale local businesses in Ghana with a special focus on artisans who are making their own products locally. The project began in February 2010 and has now became the main source of income for many micro businesses […]
Waste Segregation at Green Butterfly
Our everyday choices have a huge impact on the environment. In collaboration with PLANET WAVES, we at Green Butterfly have embarked on a waste separation project at every Green Butterfly Market. Phase one of our project saw us separating PLASTIC BOTTLES from other waste. After 3 markets and after successfully diverting 13.5kg of plastic bottles […]