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On August 29th, 2013, Ghana's Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by the opposition
to annul President John Mahama's narrow victory in last year's December disputed
election. The NPP had alleged that Mr. Mahama won the election
fraudulently, a charge his NDC party denied. NPP leader Nana Akufo-Addo told the BBC he was disappointed but
accepted the verdict and urged his supporters to do likewise. Ghana is generally seen as a beacon of democracy in the region.
Recent News:Renowned Ghanaian poet and statesman Kofi Awoonor was among the 59 people confirmed dead in an attack by Somali Islamist militants on a Nairobi shopping mall, Ghana's president said Sunday.
The
announcement of his death led to an outpouring of grief in his home country, Ghana. Awoonor,
78, was killed and his son was wounded at the Westgate mall, Ghana's Deputy
Information Minister Felix Kwakye Ofosu said. Awoonor had
been due to appear at the Storymoja Hay literary festival in Nairobi on
Saturday.
Sports:
The Black Stars, Ghana’s national soccer squad began preparations on Tuesday in Accra for the
Brazil 2014 World Cup playoff first leg tie against Egypt at home in a two
weeks.
Religion:
In what is expected
to be the largest congregation of people at any Christian outdoor event in
Ghana, the Christ For All Nations (CfAN) ministry is set to mount a three-night
evangelistic crusade in Accra in November this year. Ministering will be the
famous German international evangelist, Reinhard Bonnke.
The planning
committee, led by Rev. John Kwesi Darku, Africa Director of CfAN, expects to
attract more than one million people to the event which would be the first time
in more than two decades that Bonnke would be attempting to win souls for God
in Ghana.
At a press conference in Accra to announce the event, Rev.
Darku, said Ghana was chosen by Bonnke for his last crusade in West Africa
because he saw the country both as the Gateway to Africa and also for its
political stability. More importantly, he added, “God is about to cause a
revival in Ghana that will spread to the whole world.”
The prayer of CfAN is
that the crusade would result in drawing men and women back to God.
With over
one million souls targeted to be saved, he said “this will lead to
transformation of lives and reduction in the crime rate”.
Another expected
outcome would be national unity and social cohesion, “as millions will come
together for the first time without political colouration”.
Technology:
Right
now, it's nothing more than an empty plot of land, covered by just a few shrubs
and the odd Neem tree. But within a few years, these grass plains just outside
Accra, Ghana, could be transformed into a fertile breeding ground for
world-class innovation. Earlier
this month, Ghanaian president John Mahama launched Hope City, a $10 billion
high-tech hub aiming to foster technological growth and attract major players
in the global ICT industry to the West African country. The
ambitious project is the brainchild of Ghanaian businessman Roland Agambire,
head of local technology group RLG Communications.
"What
is lacking in the African continent is a place where you can have well-designed
products, backed with concrete research and proper hardware and software
developers to be able to create infrastructure for the telecoms industry,"
says Agambire, 39, whose company has acquired the land where the technopolis
will be built.
"So
the inspiration behind Hope City is to have an iconic ICT park where ICT
players from all over the world can converge to design, fabricate and export
software and everything arising from this country," he adds.
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. Agambire,
one of Ghana's top businessmen, says his company is financing 30% of the
project, while the remainder will be funded by a wide array of investors and
through purchase of stocks.
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