Africa Cellular Group of Companies, a South Africa based multi-national Information, Communication and Technology Company has announced plans to build a factory in Ghana.
ACG, which has the capacity to manufacture 1,500 tons of steel a month, is behind the production and erection of towers for the expansion of telecommunication facilities in over 18 countries in Africa, including Ghana and Nigeria.
The company also supplies electrical equipment and installation, produce steel fencing, as well as GSM, fixed wireless and VSAT technology.
Mr Chris Kruger, Group Chairman of the company, made this known to Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama, who visited the company’s premises at Randhart in South Africa, as part of Government’s international investment drive.
Mr Kruger said ACG was expecting the Ghanaian authorities to fine-tune the investment zeal since machines meant for the factory had been ordered from Spain.
He described Ghana as one of the best countries in Africa where investment was possible due to the prevailing peace and stability.
He said: “We hope to bring health and development to Ghana by introducing my company to Ghana.”
He said it would lead to job creation and the transfer of skills.
Mr Kruger said ACG had put up over 300 towers in Ghana for telecommunication service providers such as Areeba and 700 in Nigeria.
Vice President Mahama described the business interest ACG has in Ghana as a win-win situation, explaining that Ghana would gain from the immense technology transfer that the investment would bring as well as job creation.
He said ACG would also have access to the market in the West African sub-region with a population of about 250 million.
He said Ghana was the gateway to the sub-region, a haven of the rule of law and a place where skilled labour abounds.
Vice President Mahama noted that Ghana has an open-door policy for investors, which gave birth to the Free Zone facility where investors are free to retain a percentage of their services and products in the country and send home the rest.
He said there was massive expansion works in the telecommunication services, and expressed the hope that ACG would never regret doing business in Ghana.
He said: “The sky is your limit.”
Dr Jimmy Ben Heymann, Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa told journalists later that he has had three months discussions with ACG and expressed the hope that by July, 2007 the company would be provided with the location to start the factory.
He said the company had the option to re-locate in Nigeria, hence the need for Ghana to accelerate the process of getting them on board.
Source: GNA
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Friday, April 13, 2007
MINUTES OF GHAJICT MEETING on 23 March, 2007 at BusyInternet, Ring Road
MINUTES OF GHAJICT MEETING on 23 March, 2007 at
BusyInternet, Ring Road
Present:
n Mawutodzi Abissath, Ag. Executive Member
n E.K.Bensah, Ag. PRESIDENT
n Fred Sarpong, Ag. Public Relations Officer (Liaison)
ISSUES
- Adoption of Minutes / Agenda
- Membership dues
- Fundraising opportunities (UNDP, etc)
- GHAJICT Treasurer should immediately liaise with Kwami Ahiabenu III on this
- registration of association
- who will take lead on registration? What signatures needed?
- which bank?—(ECOBANK)
i. individual account for now / savings acct
ii. can treasurer take care of this?
- Fees (GHC150,000/quarter)
i. Members can pay in advance/yearly
- Possible date of launch?
i. April-end? Or on World Information Society Day (Thu 17 May[1])?
ii. Coordination / basic communication strategy for launch:
1. a hotel? BusyInternet? Kofi Annan-IT CE?
2. which media outlets? Radio? TV? Print media?
3. aob
- BLOG Activity
- Executive members and executive must maintain their blogs
- We need “blog whip” to remind those GHAJICT members (http://ghajict.blogspot.com/) to keep up
- Membership cards
- Talk to Busyinternet
i. Find out fees
ii. cost
iii. Let’s get them done
- Communication Tools
- GHAJICT now on blogafrica.com—available to African blogosphere
- Blog exists—what can be improved
i. Executive members should ALL be contributors
- Ideas for website
- newspaper
- AOB
1. Adoption of Minutes / Agenda
Minutes and agenda were adopted
- Membership dues
· Registration will first be online
· Anyone wishing to register must pay GH50,000 after registering online
· Registration form will be put on the blog (President to take care of this)
- Fundraising opportunities (UNDP, etc)
- GHAJICT Treasurer should immediately liaise with Kwami Ahiabenu III on this
· It was agreed that financial support would be necessary to springboard association
- registration of association
- who will take lead on registration? What signatures needed?
· Treasurer (and, heretofore assistant) will lead on registration
· Signatures needed are President/Vice-President/Secretary/Treasurer. Pls refer to constitution
- which bank?—(ECOBANK)
· it was agreed that ECOBANK was fine, and that it would be opened at RIDGE H/Q
· individual account for now / savings acct
1. savings account would be preferable, so as to accrue interest
· can treasurer take care of this?
1. Treasurer and assistant will handle this
- Fees (GHC150,000/quarter)
· Members can pay in advance/yearly
- Possible date of launch?
· April-end? Or on World Information Society Day (Thu 17 May[2])?
1. there was a proposal to launch association on WEDNESDAY 16 May, 2007. This is because it would be obstructive to have it launched after WIS Day on Thursday as the news might not be carried as association wants it!
· Coordination / basic communication strategy for launch:
1. a hotel? BusyInternet? Kofi Annan-IT CE?
a. Kofi Annan IT CE would be prohibitive; BusyInternet is not a bad option
b. PRO to coordinate this
2. which media outlets? Radio? TV? Print media?
a. ALL, including MetroTV
b. Vice-Prez could get us on GTV
3. aob
a. GHAJICT Secretariat could be c/o International Press Centre
- BLOG Activity
- agreed that: Executive members and executive must maintain their blogs
- We need “blog whip” to remind those GHAJICT members (http://ghajict.blogspot.com/) to keep up
· President to be provisional BLOG WHIP
- Membership cards
- Talk to Busyinternet
· Find out fees- unassigned
· Cost- unassigned
- Communication Tools
- GHAJICT now on blogafrica.com—available to African blogosphere
- Blog exists—what can be improved
· Executive members should ALL be contributors
- Ideas for website
· discussion to be postponed till further notice
- newspaper
· discussion to be postponed till further notice
- AOB
- RECOMMENDATIONS
· Executive member Emily Aggrey was “promoted” to Assistant treasurer, given her proactiveness, and the proximity of GNA to Registrar-General
· PRO to speak with BusyInternet boss about GHAJICT
o Draw up a possible list of invitees—NO MINISTERS
· Proposal for launch is 16 May, 2007
o Potential venue: BusyInternet/International Press Centre
o Media outlet
· A letterhead for GHAJICT needs to be drawn up
· Secretariat c/o GJA? GINKS?
Proposed next meeting:27 April, 2007 @ BusyInternet / GINKS?
[1] “Wednesday, 17 May 2006: First World Information Society Day
The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), held in November 2005, adopted the Tunis Agenda for the Information Society, which recognized that there is a need to build more awareness of the Internet. It specifically called upon the United Nations General Assembly to declare 17 May World Information Society Day. (http://www.itu.int/wisd/2006/index.html)
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