﻿Ghana To Invest 10 Billion In Cape Coast Smart City Project
The people of Oguaa built Cape Coast, and the territory presided over by the supreme chief, or
Omanhene, is now known as Oguaa Traditional Area. Cape Coast is one of Ghana's most historic cities.
A commercial fort was erected in the region by Portuguese colonists.
The Swedes erected a lodge in 1650 that would eventually become the more famous Cape Coast
Castle, which is now a World Heritage Site. The majority of contemporary town grew up around it.
It was taken seized by the Dutch in 1650 and extended in 1652.
In 1664, it was conquered by the British. In 1874, the British commanded all European presence
along modern-day Ghana's coast, utilizing Cape Coast as their base of operations,
Gold Coast. Following their objection to the "window tax" in 1877, they migrated to Accra
with the creation of the colonial authority. Accra was designated as their state. The majority of
slaves were also imprisoned at Cape Coast Castle before to their trip during the Middle Passage.
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Ghana has begun work on a $10 billion initiative to convert Cape Coast into a green, smart,
and sustainable model metropolis. The Ancient City of Cape Coast is scheduled to undergo a
huge renovation as part of a $10 billion project to reflect its role as Ghana's tourism pulse
and educational stronghold. The Cape Coast Green City project, which was conceived by
Mandev Ghana limited, a construction business and the primary consultant and facilitator,
is a collaboration of numerous local and foreign partners and investors.
The partners would pool their resources to ensure the region's long-term, varied, integrated,
and robust development. Foreign partners include steady X and Hitachi Technologies,
an information technology corporation, as well as the chiefs and people of Cape Coast,
the Government of Ghana, and the diaspora. Mr. Joseph Kojo Mamphey, Chief Executive Officer
of Mamdev Ghana Limited, addressed assembly members of the Cape Coast metropolitan assembly
and other stakeholders to solicit their support for the project's successful implementation,
saying that, in addition to tourism and education, the health sector would receive
significant support under the project. Members of the Cape Coast Youth Development and the member of
parliament for Cape Coast North, Dr Samuel Kwamena Mintah, were present at the meeting. In terms of
tourism, the initiative will make Cape Coast and Elmina globally competitive tourist destinations.
The city's highlights would be based on sophisticated infrastructure,
an uninterrupted energy supply, pure water, subsurface drainage, solar farms,
and smart city engineering. An airport, as well as top-rate roads and other contemporary amenities,
will be developed to make Oguaa, the first administrative capital of the then-Gold Coast,
a model city. The project will take care of the Cape Coast Fosu lagoon and the Kakum River Basin,
Brimsu, which have been a cause of concern to the Metropolitan Assembly and people due to
their dredging, and the region will be transformed into a world class tourism hub to create money.
Additional attractions to keep tourists in the region will include an amusement park,
motels and highway rest stops, a recreational resort, a BBQ botanical garden, and kayaking.
To satisfy demand, all forts and castles will be refurbished, and new arts and crafts villages will
be built, while the Kasoa-Cape Coast road network will be rebuilt into a three-lane route to relieve
traffic congestion and allow seamless transit. Mr Mamfi emphasized the importance of medical
tourism and announced plans to renovate existing health facilities,
notably the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH) and the Winneba Trauma Hospital,
while other existing hospitals would be transformed into specialty centers. In addition,
a new hospital with staff housing will be built, and additional satellite clinics will be updated
to meet the health requirements of visitors. To maintain the Green City ecologically friendly,
smart containers, waste management models, and water systems will be incorporated into integrated
systems, as well as effective fleet management. In terms of education support, he stated that an
estimated 40,000 computers will be handed to all senior high school students in the area,
as well as improvements to school infrastructure. He also stated that higher education institutions
will have contemporary research centers to help in comprehensive study on a wide variety of problems
related to growth and development. Mr Mamfi urged assembly members and residents to work
with project managers to help turn Cape Coast and its surrounding cities into a
model Smart City befitting its reputation as a bastion of education and a tourism center.
Later, in an interview with the GNA, Mr. Steven Forsen, Assembly Member for the Grown Town
Electoral Area, expressed excitement about the initiative, claiming that Cape Coast will soon be
restored to its former grandeur as the country's first capital. He gathered the support of all
stakeholders for the project's completion, which would generate jobs for young people.
The project would turn Cape Coast, Ghana's first capital, into a focal point of African history,
as well as provide a modern lifestyle and community development platform for Africa
in the future. Because Cape Coast lies at the crossroads of tourist and educational growth,
the initiative is officially known as Cape Coast Green City. Mr. Kojo Manfi,
Chief Executive Officer of Mandev, stated at the project's launch in Cape Coast that Mandev Ghana
Limited had secured agreements and memorandums of understanding with several stakeholders and
partner companies regarding the project and was in the process of further securing investment and
partner involvement with the focus on delivery, adding that the project would begin after Mr.
Manfi stated that the project will serve as an anchor platform for partners and investors to
pool their resources for the region's long-term, varied, integrated, and powerful development.
The city will be powered by green technology and smart system grids, with material kinds ranging
from local raw materials like bamboo, lumber, and masonry stones. He said that the project
will also involve the repair and upgrading of key road networks to concrete, as well as connections
to neighboring cities and a well-planned interior network to reduce automobile traffic. It will also
entail the conversion of existing hospitals into specialty centers.
The transformation of Ghana's educational cradle into a vast and modern research,
educational, and technological development center, the integration of green energy, water systems,
and waste management models into integrated systems, the development and upgrading of housing
hospitality centers, the enhancement of tourism centers, and, most importantly, the establishment
of a welcoming community for all. He emphasized that there was a need to create communities and
individuals via programs that would have a long-term influence on future generations.
Cape Coast is a city, fishing port, and the capital of the Cape Coast Metropolitan District
and the central area of South Ghana. It is one of the most historically significant
cities in the country. It is the site of Cape Coast Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site,
with the Gulf of Guinea to the south. According to the 2010 census, the settlement population of
Cape Coast was 169,894 people. The Smart City initiative will provide job opportunities for
the local community. Fante is the language of the inhabitants of Cape Coast. Oguaa and Kotokuraba,
the city's earlier traditional names, mean "river of craps" and "village of crabs," respectively.
The Portuguese navigators Joao De Santarem and Pedro Escobar, who sailed through Oguaa
in 1471, named the location "Cabo Corso," which translates as "short cape," from whence
the name Cape Coast is derived. If you enjoyed this video, and
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