Cyber City, Ghana, Africa
Year 2015 latitude: 5° 58' longitude: -0° 21' Period 2015-2017 Initiator(s) Gateway Innovations (Ghana),Xalles Limited (Washington), Ernst & Young (New York) and Technolopolis (Finland), Aritel Ghana, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Planning organization Nationality initiator(s) American, Ghanaian, Finnish Designer(s) / Architect(s) Design organization Design Atelier, The Consortium, KNAK design partners, Inhabitants Target population Town website http://www.ghanacybercity.com/ Town related links http://www.forbesafrique.com/Accra-Ghana-Cyber-City%C2%A0-le-pari-fou-de-Ya w-Owusu_a3869.html http://www.gulfafricareview.com/19/11/2014/business/ghana-cyber-city-west-a fricas-first-technology-park/ https://es.scribd.com/document/28388120/Ghana-Cyber-City-Overview Literature type of New Town: > scale of autonomy New-Town-in-Town Satellite New Town Company Town > client Private Corporation Public Corporation > policy Capital Decentralization Industrialization Resettlement Economic
source: http://www.ghanacybercity .com/ In response to the challenge of infrastructure deficit that characterize the African continent, the African Development Bank recently launched the Program for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) to facilitate investments in information technology and other economic pillars such as power, critical to building Africa’s infrastructure. In this light the project of Cyber City sign up, with the purpose to become the number one developer and manager of intelligent workspace and technology infrastructure. It is a business innovation hub, including workspace and data center for innovative companies, apartments for knowledge workers and executives and a commercial center for technology retailers. source: www.ghanacybercity.com/
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