Ghana to get first spaceship launch pad in Africa
Ghana is set to become the first country in Africa to get a Spaceship
Launch pad, following a partnership deal between KESHE Foundation Ghana
and BONADES Limited, a Ghanaian-owned Construction Engineering
Management (CEM) company.
The two companies are combining their expertise for the development
and construction of the first-of-its-kind Spaceship Research Centre in
Ghana.
The agreement comes after the completion of the feasibility studies
and preliminary architectural and engineering designs, and presentation
to both the Client and foreign Investors.
The KESHE Spaceship Research Centre construction will start at the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission in Accra.
KESHE Foundation International would invest a total of $21 million on
the project, which would consist of an Administration block, Healthcare
facility (Clinic), Factory, Research Centre and the first African
Flight launch pad.
With the building and opening of this new centre within the next 12
months, in line with President Nana Akufo-Addo’s
one-district-one-factory agenda, the Foundation would bring new
cutting-edge technologies to Ghana and make Ghana one of the leading
nations in the world of Science and Spaceship while providing decent
sustainable job opportunities to both ordinary citizens and high-earned
skilled world-class Technologists and Scientists.
In October 2016, following the conference organised by the Keshe
Foundation International, in collaboration with Ghana Atomic Energy
Commission (GAEC) and subsequent meetings, led to formation of Keshe
Foundation Ghana, a Ghanaian registered company jointly owned by the two
organizations.
Source: GNA
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