{"id":613208,"date":"2019-05-05T17:06:46","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T17:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<figure class=\"fff post-thumbnail\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img class=\"post_layout_5_img\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/05\/Ghana-aircraft.jpg\" alt=\"Otumfuo,Thomas Mensah to establish"},"modified":"2019-05-05T17:06:46","modified_gmt":"2019-05-05T17:06:46","slug":"otumfuothomas-mensah-to-establish-ghanas-first-airport-aircraft-maintenance-facility-in-kumasi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/05\/05\/otumfuothomas-mensah-to-establish-ghanas-first-airport-aircraft-maintenance-facility-in-kumasi\/","title":{"rendered":"Otumfuo,Thomas Mensah to establish Ghana&#8217;s first Airport Aircraft maintenance facility in Kumasi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"fff post-thumbnail\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post_layout_5_img\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/05\/Ghana-aircraft.jpg\" alt=\"Otumfuo,Thomas Mensah to establish Ghana\u2019s first Airport Aircraft maintenance facility in Kumasi\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"mom-ads-wrap  \">\n<div class=\"mom-ads ads-layout-rotator ads-rotator-id-605\" style=\"width:728px; height:90px;\">\n<div class=\"mom-ads-inner\">\n<div class=\"mom-ad\" data-id=\"1236\" style=\"width:728px; height:90px; \">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"appear\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/Say-yes-to-ads-Banner-728-X-90.jpg\" alt=\"Right Below Featured Image\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ghanaian-American inventor and creator of Silicon Valley of Ghana, Dr. Thomas Mensah has disclosed that his outfit in collaboration with Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has secured funds to set up an Airport Aircraft Maintenance Facility in the Ashanti region.<\/p>\n<p>According to him the project which is estimated at $400 million would be located at Kaase on a 23,000-acre land.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <strong>Citi News<\/strong>\u00a0at the \u201cWorld Meets-In Ghana Investment Forum\u201d held in Kumasi as part of the Asantehene\u2019s 20th Anniversary said the investment will be the first in Ghana and will bring about major developments in Kumasi and West Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Airport Aircraft Management facility MRO, which will be the first in Ghana will be located in Kumasi. It will be built on land donated by Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. We have already raised the money- so we have it already.\u00a0 This is going to be an anchor for an Airport city that will bring development to Kumasi and entire West Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAll people in West Africa will fly in here and they will be and put into the Aircraft Maintenance facility. Engineers from KNUST will come in, look at all the systems and instrument\u00a0 and change those that are bad before the Aircraft takes off. This will be for all airlines including the international ones\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Making Ghana an aviation hub\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0 Akufo-Addo has promised to make Ghana an <strong>aviation hub<\/strong>\u00a0for international and regional airlines and a destination of choice for travellers.<\/p>\n<p>Government has already\u00a0on several key strategic programmes to fulfil its vision and change the fortunes of the aviation industry.<\/p>\n<p>The Kotoka International Airport\u2019s Terminal three project which was funded by a 120 million dollar loan from the African Development Bank has also been <strong>rolled out<\/strong> of which government expects to rake in some revenue.<\/p>\n<p>Parliament has also approved an EPC\/Turnkey contract of 58.9 million euros between the Government of Ghana and Contracta Construction UK Limited for the execution of the development of phase three of the Kumasi Airport.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"\/>  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian-American inventor and creator of Silicon Valley of Ghana, Dr. Thomas Mensah has disclosed that his outfit in collaboration with Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has secured funds to set up an Airport Aircraft Maintenance Facility in the Ashanti region. 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