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Problemkid1:
I saw the project just now on Citi TV? Well, hope is not a wet dreams like kenya?

nah, it has been put into signatory ....works commence soon. remmeber next year is an election year In Ghana, it will be used as a campaign target ..... that is how Ghana politicians behave .....

rvp2018:
Then stay the f. out of every reply - and let Just30 - who has more than your two brain cells - engage us with facts.

Spoonfeeding you will determine you are dump yourself. i want to agree you are smart a little .

samorobo:
Lol if just30 should fall this nonsense then I will know he is gullible...You went to PWC websites right? An you copied and pasted from it. Why didn't you attach the link? But rather You replaced it with an archaic source from your country to back it up (it was even talking about plans)....this was the same thing you did to me and tylann fell for it....
My guess is that you have tampered with those figures that is why you don't want to attach the PWC link which you just visited.

he will soon be busted . just relax... I love holding by the hands not the elbow....

rvp2018:
Why not add it yourself. I only see Ghanacem aiming for 3m. You're being hostile because you are standing on shifting sand as we turn our focus temporarily on Ghana.

i Don't spoonfeed people . You should know that by now. It isn't only Ghana cement on that list, there are other private cement on the list as well. i love the new turnning point. it shows you want to learn about Ghana.

let me make the table a bit easier for you, calculate both the foreing production in Ghana like the turkey company and that of the Ghana cement as well. if it not possible. give us the data you find on the table here . let's calculate it together. I will not be spoonfeeding you. maybe just30 can

rvp2018:
Heckling little girl. It was 18K in 2015 - how can current trend be less.

ok . Agreed.....but why is the trending falling....

rvp2018:
It easy - bring credible data - you know Ghana well - I am scrounging the internet - trying to find data - and whatever google gives me - I am going with it.

Now calculate all the available cement production links to Ghana on that table and value the tonnes yourself ....you will see Nigeria there....

https://www.globalcement.com/news/itemlist/tag/Ghana

rvp2018:
Which PWC?

According to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in its, PwC Hotel Outlook 2016-2020, report hotel rooms in Kenya will increase from 18,100 in 2015 to 20,700 while six hotels are set to open in Tanzania, adding 600 rooms over the same period.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Dar-and-Nairobi-in-plans-to-increase-hotel-bed-capacity-/2560-3417778-n2hjj1z/index.html

That is prediction...pwc current trend says it is 10.000

rvp2018:
You & Sammy - should find a private room - to heckle. Just fish the latest cement consumption data.

I read mine here https://brandongaille.com/15-ghana-cement-industry-statistics-and-trends/

#1. Local cement manufacturers in Ghana have an installed capacity to produce about 7.4 million tons of product every year. That is above the annual consumption of cement in Ghana, which is estimated to be 5 million tons per year. (Ghana Trade)

look, can you post this as reference in your uni and it will be approved? quoting blogs .... Don't do that with me again

rvp2018:
We are trying to find the truth. I am seeing 5M tonnes domestic consumption in 2018 with installed capacity of 7.5m. Where is the 10M coming from.

just30 ....pls spoonfeed him...

rvp2018:
True our cement consumption is going down - I think from a high 6.5m tonnes - now if Ghana consume 10m tonnes - then you have good point.

see, Apart from chest beating , only south africa and Nigeria (in some cases) can pride himself over Ghana on some mega development in sub Saharan Africa..... internet is there for you to learn much about Ghana.....

rvp2018:
Real estate is offices, malls, hotels, social amenities,residential estates - and Ghana has a long way to go - for example in branded hotels - Nairobi I think has 20,000 branded hotel beds - the whole of Ghana has 2,000.

How much does Nairobi (kenya ) realised on tourism sector? Ghana is just waking up in that sector, You guys will be surprised. cus more development are coming in that sector.... There are lots estates investment in Ghana now springing up building.

Just30:
how does he even compare urbanization in Ghana with 30 million people and consumes 10 million metric tonnes of cement to Tanzania with 57 million people and consumes 7 million metric tonnes of cement ?

Even rvp think Kenya can be compared ? this people look so much down on Ghana....walahi .....

samorobo:
Explain further...By opportunities do you mean job opportunities in the formal sector?

There is high opportunities in informal sector in Nigeria than formal sector. over 65 percent of NIGERIA GDP is driven by informal sector, informal employs the largest pool of labour in Nigeria. majority of informal sector jobs are not located in the island , they are right there at mainland ......

samorobo:
I think you are speaking for yourself rather than the rest gh citizens....Look I am not telling you to build skyscraper or high rise , if you can make your mid rise building look so sophisticated and ultra modern then I am super fine with it...for instance no serious multi national will want their business in Accra because you lack grade A office spaces for such companies to operate......
Citizens building randomly is an error and it's happens even here in Nigeria...if such privileges should be granted to citizens let the govt create a body that monitors the standard of buildings you are putting up...

why are you lying.... what do you understand by grade A office space, can you tell me what i dont know?

And for your info, international companies are now sighting Accra as a choosing spot.

for building of office and space, there is Accra metropolitan assembly in charge of that. there are residential area you can just spring up anything and there is economic enviroment where citizens are allowed to come up with theor choice of lifestyle temporarily since goverment understand the economy impact it will create making a whole nation looking like Dubai when Ghana hasn't getting there yet .

rvp2018:
You don't need statistics to tell that a country is developed or not. You just need your naked eyes. Economic development is not something you can hide in books.

The fact remain , investors don't look at pics or videos before migrating but data and volume of buisness opportunities.... Nairobi and Darussalam are NOTHING comparable to Accra when it comes to economy opportunities.

samorobo:
Honestly I get what you are saying about Accra real estate market..trust me they equally do but it's just a display of patriotism....Real estate sector drives urbanisation ..

stop typing nonsense. urbanisation are driven by opportunities not real estates. real estates comes later. how many estate do you see springing up in oshodi or ikorodu compare to island where minority of lagosian live?

Just30:
You are making noise

In Ghana, Almost all the large energy consumers were forced to produce their own power when Ghana went into an energy crisis in 2014
Almost all the mining companies built their own power generation facilities and became independent power producers.

it is even more funny when he said 200 megawatt aren't much for the electric train . I doubt he knows how much Tz household will have benefit from that capacity ?

rvp2018:
This doesn't make sense. You should question the stats your gov is dolling out. Even China did not claim that level of urbanization. Even now I doubt China has reached 50% urbanization. The economy start from farming rural communities - then informal in urban cities supported by tiny formal sector - and finally formal urban or cities.

I am not sure how those 4.5M people are surviving in Accra -

Ghana economy is fully driven by informal sector. Ghana isn't kenya or Tanzania. the reason I sometimes support Nigeria Is that the economy is driven mainly by informal sector. Tanzania and kenya economy will break trying that... in west africa , people mostly survived on their own without much of goverment intervention.

rvp2018:
Sometimes stats from unreliable sources like Yemi Kale 500B Nigerian GDP can lie. Pictures, Videos and such cannot lie. I have gone to Youtube for a few Accra and Kumasi shots - and it's underwhelming. Here you're claiming it's a city equal to Nairobi. What do Accra people do for a living - wait for remittance from abroad?

nobody uses picture and video without statistical data for scientific evidence. it is called pseudoscience. Talking about remittance abroad, Ghana with its 30 million population size only fall behind Nigeria and Ethiopia in sub Saharan African. Ghanaian are both in former and informer sector abroad.

I have never been to Nairobi so how will I know ? i can only argue on what kind of opportunities abounded for both citizens as it is reported by numerous statistics in each country. As it stands,there is high chances of making more money in accra than Nairobi. this is more important to me than video or pics....

rvp2018:
1) I guess my point is still valid - that household electricity consumption per capita - is being distorted by minning - just like you find in South Africa - which has one world highest electricity consumption per capita.

2) You're making it worse - because if Accra had 4m population - then clearly something is wrong with either the city or the stats - coz I have checked couple of pics and videos - and Accra doesn't look like a city of 1m people.

3) Adventure thanks to wealthy Ghanians - would reflect in out-bound tourism. This is more economic refugees. It's hardly anything to be proud of.As you plead with slaves that left Ghana 500yrs ago to return - you need to stop current Ghanians from leaving - mostly forever - abroad. You only see such in war torn countries like Syria, Somalia, Ethiopia, etc. This is called brain and resource drain.

1 mining industry in Ghana generate not so much electricity. Ghana isn't South Africa that has a fully developed mining sector .

2. scientifically, pics and videos are not used in research. what are available are data and information gather objectively. using pics and video to judge Accra isn't practical.....

3... Yes migrating abroad causes brain and at the same time also influence economy .foreing remittance is one the good advantage. China will for ever be grateful to Chinese working abroad during the close economy era....

Ghana has done so well in stopping the exodus of trainned Ghanaian migrating abroad. one of the initiative is Automatic employment for the nurses , Automatic employment for the teachers and this two professions received allowance while in trainning .

Kazikazi:
You are very wrong on Tz electric sgr.
Electric sgr don't consume a lot of power.Its usually about 200 MW only.So can anyone suggest we can't have 200 MW?
Currently Tz has 1700mw. Yes its small.But most big industries in Tz use gas.I mean underground piped gas to power industries. Dangote cement plant in mtwara is one of big manufacturers who uses underground piped gas. That technology I never saw even in SA.In east Africa,no country uses underground piped gas but only Tz.So on paper written by many folks who lack engineering knowledge, they think Tz uses only 1700mw! They don't count power generated through a modern techniques of underground piping.For them,energy means electricity only! Underground piped gas is a complex stuff which they cant grasp. And that is not all,we have a big under construction hydo dam(2115mw), will be complete on 2022.Still we have others under construction like mbeya coal to power project(600mw),gas plant(kinyerezi,I,II,III,IV) and other small projects.The gov targets to have 10,000 mw by 2025.So,there is no need to worry about sufficient power!

Again u mentioned sgr as cosmetic stuff.Not true.
Tanzania isn't a small nation.Just think a distance between two largest cities in Tz,Dar to Mwanza is about 1200 kms.If one uses a bus,he will arrive a next day! There are many speed restrictions on a way.The distance from Dar to Bukoba is about 1400 kms. These are cities on shores of lake Victoria which need speed rail for simplifying Transportation.Again our electric sgr will go as far as Kigali Rwanda to Goma in DRC. All those areas has enough population to need a fast train,and again,they are far from Dar.
The other thing is the costs.Its worldwide known electric trains are cheaper to run than diesel.Many mining products, or agricultural goods which were far from the port of Dar will be competitive in a world market.We have huge reserves of minerals which need a cheap transportation to the port.We are in industrialization program which we need to support that with cheaper,efficient and fast transportation. Can all those benefits equates to a cosmetic project? The Germany,our formal colonial power built the similar railway in 1905,but back then that wasn't seen as cosmetic. Today,a century later,we are building a similar,but more modified railway which connects to more cities and neighboring nations.Can we call that cosmetic? Why can't we call cosmetic when Germans did the same 114 years back?

Again,u shouldn't say we can't afford traveling on electric trains.Just know,electric trains will be cheaper than a bus or planes between those big cities.It will be cheaper hauling stuff by electric train than lorries.

The issue of your people going to SA and other nations.You know very well no Japanese is going to seek employment or mending shoes in a street corner in SA.Although not all your people are doing same thing.But the point is,when u see many of African graduates are unemployed back home,if many goes away seeking employment, That shows there are problems either in education system, or there are problems in the economy, or there are problems in both sectors. But us Africans love lies.We would rather praise ourselves as educated(on paper) than face out two big failures in economy and education

You don't compare Tz with country that has over 90 percent of its citizens connecting to national grid . only south africa can claim that in sub Saharan Africa. You don't compare Tz with country that is building nuclear power for the purpose of energy. again only south africa can pride herself on this in sub Saharan Africa. You also don't compare TZ with a country that has the biggest photovoltaic (PV) and the largest solar energy plant in Africa... look friend , Ghana electricity company is worth over 3 billion dollars in value . that is by far bigger than Any indigenous TZ company either by private or goverment.... This is the reason America is so much interested in Ghana electric sector.. .


housing estate is nothing when we are talking about real deal .... anyway be proud of yourself ......

samorobo:
Ok I will be expecting your update...BTW the incomplete new didn't also state who will be funding it?

It is private initiative. read the news again.

rvp2018:
1) Okay - I thought Gold minning has pretty much overtaken South Africa - so you mean all that is done by small scale miners. I think if you remove the power consumed by Gold, Bauxite, Aluminum - that will leave a lot less for household consumption. I cannot seem to lay my hands on the data...anyway I think there is distortion from mining industry.

2) Urbanization. For a country with 15M (half) urban population - you don't have consumerate cities and towns. I check Accra has 1.5m,Kumasi 1.7m, etc. but you'll admit there has to be a serious housing deficits...because a city of 1M people is huge. Mombasa for reference is about 1.2M people. Nairobi is now 4.4m. So either you statistic is doggy like Nigeria...I noticed the urbanization rate has been 50% for like forever.

3) Immigration. For a country that is growing - you should not be immigrating for opportunities or for education. That right there is contradictory. Your companies should be one immigrating - spinning multinational conglomerates.

Anyway I hope your statistics is not being cooked like Nigeria - and it well turn out --- that outside minning & natural resources - there is nothing to write home about.

1...... Ghana is presently developing the mining industry to be fully formalised like that of south africa while integrating the small scale miners into effect. they are the one adding to the growth of gold exploration in Ghana. Two foreing mining company have registered of recent , the process of mining may change later but as of now, the mining industry isn't consuming the electricity than demanded. apart from the aluminium industry, No company or industry in Ghana is generating excessive electricity above 1000 megawatt. As I speak , Ghana only used just 40 percent of electricity she produce while most of it are exported or going into waste. that is a serious economic implication...which Ghana Goverment is looking for solution....

2..regarding the population statistics you forwarded , you are wrong.... Accra is currently approaching 4 million and above while kumasi is hitting 3.5 million that is according to Ghana statistical office . Housing deficit In Ghana is soaring, Yes admiitable , but that is less than 2 million which is far better than many rapid urbanized country.....Ghana is conducting digital census early next year, The rate will be given then. but I can tell you categorically is pretty much above 50 percent.


3...There is nothing wrong in migrating in search of more opportunities. Americans does it so is Canadian. Germany are flocking British and America university despite free education back home. the demand to go travelled abroad isn't only about lack of infrastructure but majorly on prestige and for more personal development. I school with Chinese and British during my undergraduate. Are you equally saying Ghana has better infrastructure to this kind of nationality for choosing Ghana education system. the main anchor here is adenuture , Ghana flocking western uni is mainly driven by prestige of those called uni and more opportunities that rises from it. Ghana company are migrating but slowly . A Ghana e pharmacy is buying up second largest pharmacy chain in Kenya( mpharma) it has move across many west africa ,Ghana buisness are establishing new offices across the globe . there kinapharma in Nigeria, kampac in UNited Arab Emirates Springfield in Nigeria and more....This are company worth billions of dollars...... Springfield and kapmac in particular.

Ghana has open transparent policy. hardly can statistics be hidden . There is independent economy watch called IMAAN. they will flush any lies out.. ..

samorobo:
Yes....ghanaweb should conduct their reasearch properly so then can inform readers when construction would commence...The news is not complete without that.

The news is not from ghanaweb, it is from 3news web. ......But don't worry, Ghana politicians lies but not often. the president itself is involve. I will update you as soon as possible.

samorobo:
Good..Both parties made salient point... Kazikazi never argued that Ghana is more economically developed than TZ but he is simply saying that Ghana economic prowress doesn't match her urbanisation....but I think vaxx misunderstanding him.

As the middle class grows their taste, quality, and sophistication improves in urban areas...

misunderstanding who? Nothing sophisticated in both TAnzania and Nigeria that is not in Ghana.......is it eye brow flashy house or what ?

samorobo:
Great one there...so when is construction of the proposed SkyTrain going to commence?

The first station is opening in August of next year . so construction commenced anytime soon.....

samorobo:
Lol this ranking is not based on knowledge transfer and quality education it focuses mainly on publications , books and global reputation (which reputation does just have globally? It is not more reputable than Legon)......infact there is no way just is better than legon, talkless of UI....Read through it properly you will see that the first step in producing the ranking is based on some random web search "Analytics incites"...

The higher times (THE) is the most recognised globally and should not be compared with a Washington based US news...

UI has no rival in WA mate

Belive in your sweet dreams .....According to US world news report. you are lying .....i am not talking much on this . but read the report again, you didn't capture the mechanism employed in the research well. .... but enjoy your grandeur.....

Finnaly .......

rvp2018:
Yes energy consumption per capita is good measure.You may have to remove the % of power dedicated to Ghana minning industry so you don't distort what the average household consume.For example South Africa consumes 30,000MW but 60% of it by 10 minning and manufacturing giants. Migration is not a factor..on the contrary it shows Ghana historical problems with coups, famine n economic collapse..same situation you find in Somalia or Ethiopia or DrC or Nigeria...where people sell family asset to escape their countries for lack of internal opportunities. Urbanization is good indicator as long as it's not DRC type where people escape to live in shanties so they can enjoy peace and security...in short Ghana urban center have to match the population in housing, amenities and infrastructure. Nigeria kind of urbinazation with mega slumpolis like Kano, Ibandan,Lagos etc with housing deficit of 12m is not a good indicator of progress. Kinshasa is an example of 20m mega slumpolis with Lagos.

mining industry in Ghana is not as developed as it is obtain in South Africa. majority is still dominate by small scale miners. what consume Ghana majority electrity is the aluminium industry owned by Ghana Goverment called ""valco"". and it is just Around 1000 megawatt. As it stands , Ghana generate excess electricity than required ( but plans are under way to build bauxite refinery) Migration in Ghana has gotten a new dimension. buisness opportunity, education opportunity and most importantly economic opportunities. Ghana isn't in the 80s anymore.Urbanization in Ghana is highly influence by continuous economic growth and goverment proactive policy .This year , six regions were created as a result of goverment expansion plan to have development across the inner cities .....peace and stability is the major anchor of Ghana development and that is why Ghana must maintain it.

At last the 2.3 billion dollar sky train in Ghana has been sign.... samorobo don't you think this is good news


The concession agreement for the construction of the Accra Sky Train Project has been signed on the sidelines of the ongoing African Investment Forum in Johannesburg, South Africa.



The signing of the agreement means feasibility studies, spanning a period of nine months to determine the bankability of the project will commence, with the investors assuring that the first station for the Accra Sky Train project will be opened in 9 months.

At the signing ceremony on Monday, November 11, President Akufo-Addo described it as “a happy day for Ghana and her good people”, adding that it is a “critical step towards the consummation of this project”, and a vivid testimony of the value of the African Investment Forum.

The President thanked the SkyTrain Consortium for putting together the wherewithal that is allowing this project to go forward.

The Accra Sky Train, according to him, “is meeting an important infrastructural need, and hopefully the step that is being taken today, that is signing the concession agreement, is bring the project to much nearer conclusion. That is what we are hoping for so that the people of Ghana benefit from the progress and the relief that a modern system of transport in our capital city is going to bring.”

SkyTrain systems are pre-fabricated using precision moulded, pre-stressed reinforced concrete components that are capable of being installed at a very rapid rate, meaning that there is minimal disruption and congestion in the urban area that is undergoing installation and commissioning.

The proposed SkyTrain initiative in Accra provides for the development of five routes, four of which are comprised of radial routes that originate at the proposed SkyTrain Terminal, at the heart of Accra, at a newly developed Kwame Nkrumah circle, and one (1) route that provides and intra-city commuter loop distribution service, also emanating from Circle.

The Project envisages a total track length across all routes of 194 kilometres.

Source: 3news.com

Samorobo hopefully you can see what I am telling you about world ranking ..... This is another ranking report from the USA. it has proven what I have been telling you since. Ghana education system is incomparable in west africa .......

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been adjudged the best University in Ghana and West Africa.


""The Ashanti Region-based university also came 14th on the African continent and 706th out of selected 1,500 best universities worldwide.

It displaced two of West Africa’s prestigious tertiary institutions, the University of Ibadan (UI) in Nigeria and fellow compatriots, the University of Ghana (UG), which ranked 17 and 24 in the sub-region, the report indicated.

This is according to Washington-based US News & World Report 2019. The 86-year-old organisation is known for ranking and evaluating universities based on their research performance and its ratings by members of the academic community around the world and in its region.

The U.S. News & World Report is a multi-platform publisher of news and information, which includes; annual print and e-book versions of its authoritative rankings of Best Colleges, Best Graduate Schools and Best Hospitals in the World.

The rankings according to the U.S. News and World Report are produced to provide insight into how universities compare globally so that prospective students could make the best choices.

It, therefore, focuses specifically on the institution’s academic research and overall reputation. The overall best global universities rankings encompass the top 1,500 institutions spread across 81 countries globally.

The first step in producing these rankings, which are powered by Clarivate Analytics Incites, involved creating a pool of 1,599 Universities that is used to rank the top 1,500 schools.

The second step is to calculate the rankings using the 13 indicators and weights that U.S. News chose to measure global research performance.

Each of the 1,500 top-ranked university's profile pages on usnews.com lists the overall global score as well as numerical ranks for the 13 indicators, allowing students, academics and university leaders to compare each university's standing in each indicator.

These indicators include; global research reputation, regional research reputation, publications, books authored, conference papers, normalised citation impact, total citations, number of publications that are among the 10% most cited, percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited, international collaboration - relative to country, international collaboration, number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited in their respective field, percentage of total publications that are among the top 1% most highly cited papers, and general reputation.

With a global score of 42.4, KNUST had a global reputation for research of 1,044, regional research reputation of 21. It also obtained 1,572 publications, 1,189 books, 1,444 conferences, 33 normalisation citation impact and a total citation of 1,0409.

In addition, KNUST attained 949 percentage of total publications that are among the 10 per cent most cited, 381 International collaborations - relative to country, and 15 International collaborations. This latest ranking projects KNUST as the best University for teaching, learning and research in Ghana and West Africa as whole"".

source .....US news and world report.....

rvp2018:
Sammy is typically Nigeria illeterate...DRC is second biggest...I think Sudan use to be 2nd..DRC is nearly 3 times bigger than Nigeria

Mali is bigger than Nigeria as well.