Chinese-built port projects to spur Ghana's economic growth: Ghanaian president

STORY: Chinese-built port projects to spur Ghana's economic growth: Ghanaian president DATELINE: Dec. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:50 LOCATION: Accra CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of port expansion projects 2. SOUNDBITE (English): NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO, Ghanaian President 3. shots of Chinese contractors 4. various shots of port expansion projects STORYLINE: Ghana's president said Thursday that the construction of two port projects by a Chinese company, as part of Ghana's port expansion program, will spur economic growth in the country. A ceremony was held for kicking off the construction of an oil and gas services terminal as well as a floating dry dock and ship maintenance facility contracted by the China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC) at the port city Takoradi. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said that the Ghanaian government is determined to position the port as a major economic growth pole. SOUNDBITE (English): NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO, Ghanaian President "The construction of the m

GHANA-TAKORADI-CHINESE COMPANY-PORT PROJECTS

GHANA-TAKORADI-CHINESE COMPANY-PORT PROJECTS

(221209) -- ACCRA, Dec. 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo (C) attends a sod-cutting ceremony for the commencement of construction of two port projects by a Chinese company, in Takoradi, Ghana, Dec. 8, 2022. TO GO WITH "Chinese-built port projects to spur Ghana's economic growth: Ghanaian president" (Photo by Seth/Xinhua)