Management of the Akuapem Ridge Development Corporation (ARIDCORP) based in Sydney, Australia attracted many interested foreign investors after showcasing the Akuapem Ridge Eco-City at the just ended Sydney Build Expo.
In a bid to reach the global market, the Akuapem Ridge Eco-city was displayed as the latest opportunity for developers and building industry across the globe to take part in developing an integrated green city in Africa precisely Ghana.
The expo was aimed at providing beyond price educational experience and an opportunity to network with primary minds in the field, as well as an international community of around 3000 building and construction professionals from every subspecialty.
Held at the Royal Hall of Industries in Sydney, the event saw different developers and players in the global construction industry display their products and new construction technologies.
The event according to CEO of ARIDCORP, Mr Frederick Atta Agyei, has placed Ghana on the map to attract investors and developers to join in the vision of building the Akuapem Ridge Eco-City in Ghana.
About Akuapem Ridge Eco-city
Akuapem Ridge Eco-City is a new visionary model for the development of off-grid, integrated and resilient eco-villages that can power and feed self-reliant families around the world.
The concept has a holistic approach and combines a variety of innovative technologies, such as energy positive homes, renewable energy, energy storage, door-step high-yield organic food production, vertical farming aquaponics/aeroponics, water management and waste-to-resource systems.
With the integration of such technologies, Akuapem Ridge Eco-city holds a potential in changing some of the challenges of a growing population, increasing urbanization, scarcity of resources, the growing global food crisis as well as reducing the global CO2 emission and reducing the burdens on municipal and national governments in dynamically changing planetary and economic times.
Source: Fiifi Brew
