Ghana wants to be the place in Africa (or the world) for innovation in tech, and they’re building a futuristic city to do it. Everything the city needs for research (labs, factories, offices) and living (housing, restaurants, entertainment, etc) for its 25,000 residents will be contained within the buildings. The picture above is a computer generated image of how the buildings should look upon their scheduled completion in 2016. The Ghanaian government has partnered with businesses for the $10 billion project. From the CNN story on the ambitious project:
The ambitious project is the brainchild of Ghanaian businessman Roland Agambire, head of local technology group RLG Communications. Smart and futuristic, the hub’s sustainable facilities will include an assembly plant for various tech products, business offices, an IT university and a hospital, as well as housing and recreation spaces, including restaurants, theaters and sports centers.
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Construction is expected to begin by June 2013 and when completed — within three years, if everything goes as planned — the technology park could house 25,000 residents and create jobs for 50,000 people.
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Hope City will be developed in an area of about 1.5 million square meters, located some 30 minutes west of Accra’s city center.
Designed by Italian firm Architect OBR, the technopolis will be made up of six towers of different dimensions, including a 75-story, 270 meter-high building that is expected to be the highest in Africa. A system of bridges at different heights will link the towers together, creating a circular connection between the buildings’ functions and public amenities.
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“This place is designed to keep people together,” Paolo Brescia adds. “We developed this idea, not as a campus, where you have buildings which are dedicated to single functions, but as a city which is developed in a vertical way so that everything could be interconnected.”
Is really good idea and I’m so happy that such development is taking place in Ghana . Thanks to the one or the institution who brought in these group of investors to set up this huge business. You didn’t take away our income but rather bringing inn something that can definitely increase our income. May the Lord bless you. If is not too late, I would be grateful that the location for this site would have been taken little bit far from Accra since Accra is already over populated and also is going to be a new city by it self. All the same well done
ADVICE TO THE GHANA GOVERNMENT: Now that this is happening in Ghana , a lot of people from all over the world are going to come to Ghana . Whatever it is the gate is open but the government should be able to have anyone entering into Ghana , your aims and objectives and have your identity on record so that if anything involving your being Ghana ,then you can be questioned.
Also the citizens of Ghana in abroad would like to do business to support the development in Ghana . For that reason the government should introduce a system that individuals can pay for their goods at the port without passing through any clearing Agent. With these idea I am sure Ghana will get a lot of income to support the poor and our old farmers who can’t afford anything.
Thanks a lot
Daniel from London
African leaders are very sluggish when it comes to sustaining developments like these, I suggest more energy should be generated to support these infrastructures; standard electric has always been a problem for almost every African country, therefore hydro electric should be the prior objection in sense of increasing the capacity of light. By so doing light will be stable, in order to attract huge investment like these (hope city, west hills mall)