Ghana Trade Fair Center
Trade Fair in Ghana
The Ghana Trade Fair Center is the largest fairground located in Labadi in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. It is a trade fair that was designed to stimulate the country's international trade and to carry forward his vision of pan-African union. The center has shops, exhibition halls, clinics, and pavilions.
History
The Trade Fair Center was designed and constructed from 1962 to 1967 by the Ghana National Construction Corporation (GNCC). The chief architect was Victor Adegbite from Ghana. The designers of the fair were two architects from then socialist Poland, Jacek Chyrosz and Stanisław Rymaszewski. The fair was initiated by Ghana's first President Dr. Kwame Nkrumah in order to stimulate the country's international trade and to carry forward his vision of pan-African union.
The trade fair center and its first international trade fair was opened on February 1, 1967 by Joseph Arthur Ankrah, the then Head of State.
Facilities
The center lies on a 127-acre land it has shops, exhibition halls, clinics and stands.
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