It really is a delicious irony to see this rather-gargantuan building (ofcourse, not quite a skyscraper) towering over the British Council. If you're not quite sure of the link, I am referring to the fact that it is the British that colonized Ghana till 1957, when we obtained our independence.
The irony resides in the fact that this is the building that houses Ghana's only (indigenous) Agricultural Development Bank, Ghana's Stock Exchange, and a slew of other companies. I would like to think that it's a reflection of Ghana's rising status not just in West Africa, but the continent.
Ofcourse, the British can take comfort in the fact that they continue to offer substantial donor support to the country! I am still trying to work out why Ghana's stock exchange (http://www.gse.com.gh/), reputed many times to be one of the more buoyant on the continent, has a website, when CEDI House does not!!
Hot tip!
Check out these blogs, also::
Trials & Tribulations of a Freshly-Arrived Denizen...of Ghana
Reflecting the Eccentric World of E.K.Bensah Jr
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
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