obaaderemi:
This is actually what Africa needs most in addition to universal basic education. Educated and healthy people tend to find solutions to their problems more easily than the less so.

Jonraid:
This is a priority project. The president actually wants this to be one of his legacies when he vacates the statehouse. Development shouldn't be about roads and mega malls. We are investigating more in softer areas such as education and healthcare. When this two areas are consolidated,all the other sectors flourish!

Jonraid:
You didn't get my point. Some countries are just not news-worthy.
We enjoy airtime because of the heavy presence of international media in Kenya. At one point,the BBC Africa seemed to be like BBC Kenya that other Africans questioned this BBC dalliance with us!
When you have Unep, Un Habitat, big money multinationals and a brilliant tourism sector- the world will care when you even cough!

obaaderemi:
This is actually what Africa needs most in addition to universal basic education. Educated and healthy people tend to find solutions to their problems more easily than the less so.

rvp2018:
Western Kenya still depend on Jinja - Sondu -no dam reservoir & Turkwel -pokots- has issues!. Uganda makes a kill - selling power at 21kshs a unit. But now I think Ketraco is about done connecting Naivasha's Geothermal to western kenya -. Turkwell was suppose to fill that void but it's been closed for years now due to insecurity problem. It such a shame that such investment - 100MW - of power - cannot be produced because kenya police cannot gurantee the security of Kengen stuff. Sondu Mirru really functions only during rainy season because it doesn't have a reservior dam.

Uganda are going to get in trouble if they don't figure out how to consume 1,000MWs - Karuma dam alone will produce 600MWs - and it cost them nearly 2B dollars!!

Anyway maybe South Africa will eventually buy all the excess power given ANC inability to bring in new power sources down south.

vaxx:
myopic tendency. i am challenging you now to accept it . Your deluded mind think Ghana of yesterday is still the same of today. Dont worry, you will be expose just as you were expose earlier. you may give it a shoot.


Your ignorance start when you said germans lack technical knolwedge compare to USA

obaaderemi:
You need to deal with ethnic violence in little India fast. Shutting down internet forum has not helped you. I hope your next election would not be like the ones before it in terms of violence.

Jonraid:
23 billion dollars debt,that's not our problem but man those are serious figures!

rvp2018:
[s]We have had 3 national elections since the 2007 pogrom - if you include repeat election - and there was no ethnic violence. There were the usual police & protestors clashing. Dealing with hate speech means drawing the line btw is acceptable and what isn't - and people taking responsibility.

Anyway talking to Nigerian on anything progressive like that is like talking to a stone. You live in a zoo - where anything goes.[/s]

rvp2018:
How is Nigeria doing in that end - social investment - it seems to be fairing badly year in year out.

obaaderemi:
Even at that or because of that, you are mostly in the news for the wrong reasons. For example, the constant report that 60% of Nairobi's people live in slums-- a claim many Little Indians say is influenced by the presence of these international organizations.

obaaderemi:
You've now gone haywire with your lies. When did I say the bolded? Can you quote it here for all to see. Anyway, I dey chop. Make I finish com handle your sorry case. Tanda there,I dey com. Shogbo?

rvp2018:
If you mean Uganda then they have 10B debt (7B external) - and their GDP is around 25-30B - so they are still fine. They are of course betting on oil changing their fortunes.

Jonraid:
A nine billion dollar dam? That's almost the 10 billion they collect as annual revenues!

Who will consume all the 2000 plus MW of electricity from that dam? I doubt if they have the capacity to absorb all that. Both Ethiopia and Tanzania are looking towards selling Kenya their electricity. Kenya is on the other hand consolidating its own power production. We ony import power from Uganda during the drought so as to cover our deficit because of the low power output in our hydro plants . We are now building new dams and focusing on geothermal and other renewables, I don't think we will be in this business if importing some little power in the years to come.

vaxx:
In Nigeria, the only state who try to influence that was ondo state Goverment. but the process was cut short. The state build mother amd child hospital ( first of its kind in africa) , he also build severy basics elementry schools to speed up educational progress in the state and he was on the plan to introduce a universal health care ( called kaadi igbeayo) before all plans went opposite.

Nigeria Goverment focus on infrastructure rather than human development

Jonraid:
I meant our 'Seuth Afrikens' counterparts!

https://www.nation.co.ke/news/africa/Why-lights-keep-going-out-SAfrica/1066-4984458-view-asAMP-r38e5n/index.html

Kazikazi:
A dam will cost 3b. Where are you getting 9b from?
FYI, we had 40 companies who were bidding for the project! None of them asked for 9 billions. All of them were in 3 billion range.So how will the 6b get into equation? Remember, this is engineering feat,its mathematical.

The extra 2000 of MW will go into manufacturing, mining especially a gold smelter and steel smelters which are in the pipeline. We couldn't do all those mega projects for lacking power.Our power demand per annum grows by 10 to 15%. More than 90% of Tanzania's minerals are still lying underground. We extracted less than 10% of our mineral reserves. So we need power more than kenya.

In case we gets more power we will export to anyone

theenchanter:
what size of coke is sold at 1.7cedis? I've been to ghana before.oh, u talking about the small coke n not d regular 50cl.

There's no commodity in Ghana that's cheaper than what u get in naija, not even a table water!

rvp2018:
They are still so many miles ahead and can afford to mess around a little longer - but if Ramaphose fails - then I see RSA trying Malema in 5-10yrs and then Zimbwabwe it will be.

chrisagyei:
I said the regular one is sold for 1 cedi including pepsi.They're both in a serious price competition here.The smaller one is sold for 70 pesewes which is 0.70 cedis.I buy them everyday in Accra.We spend our coin denomination vigourously and it has not lost its usefulness and value like the kobo.All transport fares are fixed and nationally regulated thus very cheap except chattered taxis for customised rides.Oh and foodstuffs is abnormally low due to high modernised and subsidized farming.Bumber harvest everywhere due to the government's national policy "Planting for Food and Jobs"Free fertilizers,seeds and very easy access to loan by farmers.The farmers are getting richer and richer with with tractors and combine harvestors easily provided by the government.Food is cheap over here and exported to our neighbouring countries.

Kazikazi:
A dam will cost 3b. Where are you getting 9b from?
FYI, we had 40 companies who were bidding for the project! None of them asked for 9 billions. All of them were in 3 billion range.So how will the 6b get into equation? Remember, this is engineering feat,its mathematical.

The extra 2000 of MW will go into manufacturing, mining especially a gold smelter and steel smelters which are in the pipeline. We couldn't do all those mega projects for lacking power.Our power demand per annum grows by 10 to 15%. More than 90% of Tanzania's minerals are still lying underground. We extracted less than 10% of our mineral reserves. So we need power more than kenya.

In case we gets more power we will export to anyone

Jonraid:
But from the look of the few South Africans here, they don't see Malema at the helm any time soon. He is only good in the street or the opposition.

rvp2018:
Huge disaster - that is why poverty is increasing - and all human indices are down and keep regressing. Why can't they borrow from Ghana - or they are codeined in their delusion of grandeur.

vaxx:
Many delegates have been sent from Nigeria to Ghana on several occasions, Nigeria has sent sent delegate on education, how Ghana was able to perfect at terriatry level, tourism, and likewise on religious tolerance. Ghana has both muslim and christain too. but tbey have been living in harmony.


in Ghana, one can undergo a brain surgery or heart surgery for as little as 1 dollar 50 cents (600 naira)under the health care scheme so far it is caused by accident.


And before they come on me, Ghana too has sent delegates to nigeria. to learn about BRT and some other softer issues

theenchanter:
The things I see on nairaland sha....