<p>Despite being an essential part of the urban environment, access nuances of the Central Business District (CBD), a very critical space in cities of the Global South are not well-explained in the extant literature. Therefore, this study used Kumasi Central as a case to explore space access, user experiences, and dominant access means. The study used semi-structured interviews to collect data from eighty- one respondents from eight permissible CBD use cohorts and 5 experts from city management institutions. According to the results, the mechanisms to access space in Central Kumasi are money, social and cultural connections, and ties to government officials. However, out of the four means, money is the most predominant. The research finds affirmation for the predominance of money through its appreciation as the force, fuel, driver, and lifeline to secure a place in the CBD. Thus, lack of money seriously refutes access to a secured space in the CBD. The study reveals that even though possessing social and cultural connections, and links to state personnel facilitate access, these means are limited to a privileged few. As a result, the study infers that access politics is an experiential reality with implications for exclusions to crucial spaces for cities of emerging countries. Consequently, the study recommends that adopting a collaborative and participatory approach informed by real time data on localised experiences in the formulation and implementation of advocative policies may support spatially redistributive and transformational initiatives. Again, access politics contain psychosomatic components; as such, research may go further to model it in addition to the inescapably physical and obvious access dynamics.</p>