Overview

Chinese Embassy in Ghana donates ICT equipment to the Office of Ghana's National House of Chiefs (Linked to Record ID#88557)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$4,304

Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•GhanaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•GhanaSector•Government And Civil SocietyFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2018

Start (actual): Dec 19, 2018

End (actual): Dec 19, 2018

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This project involved office equipment being donated to the office of the National Council of Chiefs in the Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/778043756

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

Chinese Embassy

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Ghana National House of Chiefs

Loan description

Chinese Embassy in Ghana donates ICT equipment to the Office of Ghana's National House of Chiefs (Linked to Record ID#88557)

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On December 19, 2018 the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Wang Shiting had attended the Ghana National Council of Chiefs conference meeting and on behalf of the Chinese Embassy in Ghana had donated ten desktop computers, two laptops, two external hard drives, ten sets of anti-virus software, two air conditioners, ten wireless adaptors, one server machine, and two canon scanners. According to Haaretz daily newspaper the equipment was worth a total of $20,000 USD. The Chinese Ambassador had also presented the National House of Chiefs with a donation of GHc 20,000 which was cited to be used for capacity building of the office's human resources sector (see #88557). At the conference meeting there were over 100 attendees including Ghana Chief and Minister of Religious Affairs Zamesi, Vice Minister of Local Government Boateng, President of the National House of Chiefs Togbe, Vice President Ai Usi, alongside other chiefs from across Ghana.