ENGINEERING, My Kind of NEIGHBOUR

Reading from renowned journals on development taught me that development has little to do with democracy, rather, Engineering sells development-#myopinion. 

Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah set the pace as far as Engineering and Development is concerned. Starting from manufacturing to transportation, technical and vocational institutes and to Technical Universities. Indeed, he understood the value of Engineering and its relevance in the future.The victory of a nation and its people is built on financial stability, Good jobs and regular income, quality health care and education. These were the beginnings for Ghana. Every developed country identified their strength and built many prospects for its people. They evaluated the prospects available and laid a solid foundation through technology and Engineering, complemented by massive infrastructural developments. Ghana has over 50% of its citizens involved in agriculture and its allied activities. That is our Gold. However, the mechanisation and technology application in this sector is a flaw in my opinion. This is just one of the many sectors that can upgrade our economic status THROUGH relevant investment in technological applications in agriculture. China identified manufacturing as a strength and utilised it to their advantage and gradually augmented the income status of its citizens and built a sustainability roadmap for it. Technology has over the years transformed so many things. It has remodelled various sectors of the economy and is promoting growth. 

Transportation, security, manufacturing and a lot more yield engineering opportunities every day. However,  the momentum to fully expand has obviously been missing. Where is industrialisation? Is it too expensive for Ghana? Imagine a food processing plant for every locally produced food. How about other processing plants that will truncate our importation of goods from other countries and promote local manufacturing. Of course, we have heard from many experts on all this  yet.......

HERE comes #TOOLBOX, An engineering show that seeks to find answers, to complement the existing technology trends in Ghana, to create and hype other investment opportunities, to advance growth and development through engineering. The programme seeks to highlight key sectors of the economy and identify the future of Engineering in Ghana and the world. I see this as the phase of a new era from Ghana.

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