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overhypedsteve lets go there

A 105-metre long canopy walkway has been constructed on the sea at Tema near the Meridian rock which is believed to be the centre of the world.

The canopy walkway, which cost over $200,000, is the first canopy walkway on the sea in Africa.

It is stringed to the premises of the Ave Maria Resort formerly known as Halcrow beach.

Mr Kenneth Akuffo Asare, the contractor, told the Ghana News Agency that the canopy walkway has a height of eight metres.

Mr Akuffo, who also constructed the Kakum canopy walkway in the Central Region, assured the public of its safety as quality materials were used to build it.

He said polyester ropes, galvanised cables, bolts and nuts and safety nets were used.

“Counting the Kakum and Bonsu canopy walkways, this in the third one I have built in the country but it is the first one on the sea in the whole of Africa,” Mr Asare said.

He said the closest one to the canopy walkway on the sea was the one he built over a river in Nigeria and appealed to the government and other stakeholders to appreciate people with extraordinary talents and give them the necessary help to promote tourism in Ghana.

Mrs Theressa Ntim, the Managing Director of Ave Maria Resort, said it was their desire to build the canopy walkway to the Meridian Rock but the cost was more than her outfit could bear.

She said the walkway was built with the aim of “promoting leisure and relaxation at the centre of the world,” she said. She added that it was her wish to do something extra to attract people to have a look at the rock.

Mrs Ntim said the canopy walk would be opened to the public at a small fee which would and appealed to the Tourism Authority and the Ministry of Tourism to help develop the many tourism sites in Tema.

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RoyalPearl:

RoyalPearl:
am starting to think you are both the same person don't you get tired of trolling!

Neways @ topic it's been long overdue

RoyalPearl:
am starting to think you are both the same person don't you get tired of trolling!

Neways @ topic it's been long overdue

overhypedsteve

The much anticipated new national airliner is expected to take off by March this year.

That would happen after accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers presents its interim report on the proposed national carrier to government.

The firm was contracted in 2014 to work out modalities for the new carrier for the country.

Deputy Transport Minister, Joyce Bawah-Mogtari, confirmed to Joy Business government's plans to have the new airline airborne in March 2015.

She said PricewaterhouseCoopers is going to advice on credible strategic investors in the airline.

"Chances are it might be an existing airline with a seriously obvious brand...it might be one of our domestic carriers that is willing to partner government to bring back this airline", said Bawah-Mogtari.

She said although the time looks short, government is committed to ensuring the national airliner takes off in March.

"Three months is a long time for a lot of things to happen and government has actually indicated its preparedness to this in the shortest possible time", she said.

http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=341192

overhypedsteve bingbabo iamord safarigirl

Ghana is the real giant of Africa.

I have spoken.

Discuss

overhypedsteve

overhypedsteve

The outspoken Presiding Bishop of Lighthouse Chapel, Bishop Dag Heward-Mills has urged Ghanaians to appreciate the symbols of development around them and know that they are better off than people in several other countries.

He said “when you look at all the shopping malls coming up in the country for instance you can tell that we are living in a Better Ghana and we need to be grateful.”

Bishop Heward-Mills was delivering his Christmas Day sermon on December 25, 2014 at the headquarters of the church, popularly known as the Qodesh in Accra.

The Bishop is noted for his candid statements about the poor state of the economy, corruption, political hypocrisy and several other things going wrong in Ghana. So his Christmas Day “Better Ghana” statement got the entire congregation laughing out loud till he said “I am serious.”

He explained that recently Ghana has seen several shopping malls like the West Hills Mall, Accra Mall, Marina Mall, A&C Mall and others, which are all symbols of the developed world coming to Ghana.

“When you go to these malls you see that America has been brought to Ghana and that is obviously a sign of a better Ghana. It did not used to be so but now it is,” he said.

The Bishop also stated that recently he was in Guinea when Miss Guinea was crowned and her prize included a return trip to Ghana, which clearly meant that Guineans saw something in Ghana that they did not have in their country.

Dag Heward-Mills also said on a recent trip from Sierra Leone, he noticed that the Free Town Airport had only one aircraft sitting there, but on arrival in Ghana he saw several aircrafts belonging to various airlines at the Kotoka International Airport.[i][/i]

“Clearly this is another sign that we are living in a better Ghana,” he said. “In fact a wealthy friend of mine told me his two favorite cities in the world are Paris and Accra so we should not down play what we have.”

Earlier in his main sermon, the Bishop said it was wrong for Christians to be so spiritual and not live up to their responsibilities in the natural world.

He explained that when King Herod decided to kill baby Jesus, God asked his parents to run to Egypt and they did, and that was how Jesus was spared from the sword of Herod.

“If Joseph has said that because an angel spoke with him about Jesus being the son of God, that angel should have protected Jesus in Jerusalem, Jesus would have been killed because Joseph refused to play his part in the natural,” he said.

The Bishop therefore urged Christians to pay attention to what role they have to play in the natural to make the promises of God come to pass in their lives.

“We need to balance the spiritual with the physical – if God said you will be a doctor, you do not sit and fold your arms and become a doctor – you go to school and study hard before you become a doctor.

“If God said you will marry next year, you have to start being nice to people and start dressing good to look attractive – if you don’t, one year will pass and you will still remain single,” he cautioned.

Dag Heward-Mills also used the story of Noah and the Ark to explain that even though God promised to save Noah and family from the flood, Noah had to do hard work by building a big ark, convincing his family members, chasing after animals to get them into the ark and packing enough food for all the different kinds of animals into the ark in order for God’s promise to be fulfilled.



http://news.peacefmonline.com/pages/religion/201412/227054.php

Overhypedsteve

overhypedsteve:
mumu. I go arrange your banning commot for nairaland. If naira fall e go affect the economy of the ecowas bloc. Cus it is the dominant currency in ecowas. Sit there celebrating our collective failure.

Economy of west Africa?

What a Fooooooool

Ghana

Nigeria

Ghana,27million population is served by 3000MW of electricity.

South Africa,49million population is served by 44,074MW of electricity;

The two major mosques in Saudi Arabia are served by 6,000MW of electricity;

Nigeria,170 million population is served by 3,700MW of electricity with over 35billion dollars invested in power in the last ten years.
.


And they keep saying Nigeria is giant of Africa. How? When?

aristocrazzy:
How does that concern us.

ask google

Ghana is to launch a space satellite in the next five years near the Equator for earth observation.

To be flagged under the name Ghana Satellite One (GHANASAT 1), it will be the first earth observation satellite in the orbit in the West African sub-region.

The three-phase project, being championed by the Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute (GSSTI) under the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC), with technical support from MENASAT?Gulf Group PLC, is projected to facilitate economic planning and management of resources.

MENASAT Gulf Group PLC is the developer of the Gulf Satellite which provides real time imagery to the Middle East, North African and South East Asian regions.

The first phase will include the building of a modern space data centre, while the second phase will ensure that Ghana has a direct receiving station for harvesting space information by 2020 and the final stage will involve the launch of the space satellite. Benefits

At a stakeholders meeting in Accra to begin the project, the Director-General of GAEC, Mr Benjamin Jabez Nyarko, said the satellite would help Ghana to take advantage of the space technology to boost economic development.

“Satellite data will provide information for the planning and management of the economy. When you are in space, you see things clearly.

“Satellite information will help address issues of security, risk management, maritime, forest depletion, water problems and others challenges.

“In recent times, we have seen a significant increase in space activities which countries are taking advantage of. Every developed nation has taken science and technology seriously. Ghana cannot afford to miss out on space science technology,” he said.

The Director of GSSTI, Professor Dickson Adomako, in his welcome address, said space science and technology had enormous benefits.

He said there were plans to team up with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) and the Ministry of Communications to use satellite information to boost the agricultural sector.

“With the collaboration of the communication networks, we could send information through text messages to farmers in the rural areas on when to start planting,” he said.

He said with the satellite, Ghana could also monitor oil spillage in the oil and gas sector to save the environment. Response to emergency

Dr Nana Ama Brown Klutse, the manager of remote sensing and climate centre at GSSTI, said some institutions in Ghana had already signed agreements with international agencies for the sourcing of satellite data “but the project will make it possible to access such information locally.”

She said it would also reduce the cost in image procurement and avoid duplication of investment by, especially, public institutions.

Additionally, she said it would reduce the administration process in acquiring image procurement and improve the response to critical and emergency events, as well as boost national special data infrastructure development.

The Chief Technology Officer of MENASAT Gulf Group PLC, Prof Riccardo Maggiora, said the GHANASAT1, which would provide high-level image processing services, was intended to serve the West?African sub-region.

http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=339797

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has given
Ghana the green light to produce power from nuclear
energy.
This comes almost five decades after the country opened
negotiations with the international body on the matter.
The Chief Director of the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum
(MoEP), Professor Thomas Akabsaa, told the GRAPHIC
BUSINESS in Accra that the agency, which is a global
intergovernmental body promoting peaceful use of nuclear
energy, approved the request earlier this year.
"We also got their permission to establish a Nuclear Energy
Planning and Implementation Organisation (NEPIO) and we
have gotten that done. The organisation is at the GAEC and
the ministry is coordinating its activities," Prof. Akabsaa
said on November 26.
The Nuclear Regulatory Power Bill, which will give legal
backing to the implementation of the national nuclear
energy plan, has also been approved by Cabinet and is now
with Parliament for final approval, the Chief Director added.
He explained that in the first phase of the programme, the
ministry would aim at producing 700 megawatts (MW) of
electricity from nuclear energy before increasing it to
1,000MW in subsequent years.
The 700MW will complement the country's two main energy
sources - hydro and thermal - which together give the
nation an installed capacity of 1,960MW.
Although interest in nuclear power is picking up, the chief
director emphasised that the country's first electricity from
nuclear energy should not be expected soon but in the next
three to five years, since the processes leading to real
production are cumbersome.
A successful generation of energy from nuclear will make
Ghana the second country in Africa to South Africa to
generate energy from that source.
It will also put the country in a pedestal similar to the likes
of China, Bulgaria, Japan, Britain and Saudi Arabia, which
have various nuclear plants producing power for their
industrial, commercial and household uses.
Ghana’s first attempt at getting international approval to
generate power from nuclear energy started in the 1960s
but was later shelved following the overthrow of the
government of Dr Kwame Nkrumah, who masterminded, in
1966.





The move was, however, renewed in 2006 when Cabinet
adopted a proposal for Ghana to go nuclear, which
consequently led to the resumption of negotiations between
the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) and the
Ministry of Energy and Petroleum (MoEP) on one side and
the IAEA on the other ßto seek approval and guidance on
the country's nuclear energy plan.
IFEJ budget advocacy forum
The Chief Director of MoEP spoke to the paper on the
sidelines of a four-day advocacy forum on the 2015 budget
in Accra. The forum was organised by the Institute of
Financial and Economic Journalists (IFEJ) and the Ministry
of Finance. This year's forum brought together specific
sector ministers, heads of state institutions and experts in
various areas of the economy to dissect key policy
proposals in the budget, which was presented on November
19.
Siting of nuclear plant
The approval of the country's nuclear energy programme
and the subsequent establishment of the NEPIO means that
the stage has been set for officials from the GAEC and the
MoEP to commence feasibility studies into the
establishment of a nuclear reactor and plant, which will
convert energy released from the nucleus of an atom
through nuclear fissions into nuclear power.
The location of the plant is key, given that its damage is
costly and also has catastrophic effects on the country.
The Chief Director of the Energy Ministry explained that a
committee in charge of siting the nuclear plant had chosen
three places nationwide, out of which one preferable area
will be selected to host the plant.
"Obviously, the places are all outside populated areas but
closer to water, and those contending sites are going to be
analysed cost-wise to arrive at the best one," Prof. Akabsaa
said, declining to mention the exact locations of the places
for security reasons.