Construction of 3 Sewerage Treatment Plants in Ghana

  • Total value of projects: EUR 30.3 million
  • Locations: Kumasi, Takoradi, Tamale
  • Executed by Pureco/Unit Consortium (Hungarian EPC contractor) for Jospong/Zoomlion (Ghanaian client)
  • EXIM Bank of Hungary financing – First in Africa
  • Full support of both governments: H.E. János Áder, President of Hungary, visited the Kumasi plant January 2022
  • Full value chain – sewerage into organic fertilizer
  • 3 years to conclude the deal
  • 2 years to build each plant
  • Sod cutting in February 2019
  • Kumasi WWTP completed May 2021

GP’s role:

  • Lead the business and project development process
  • Facilitate introduction and the ongoing relationship building between the client and contractor
    • B2B meetings
    • Country visits to Ghana and Hungary
    • Technical site visits
    • MoU and Contract signings
    • Expo participations (Budapest Water Summit 2019, IFAT Africa 2019 and Planet Budapest 2021)
  • Government relations to secure support to the projects
  • Secure funding for the project from the Hungarian EXIM Bank
  • Project execution assistance

Sod cutting ceremony of the Kumasi WWTP plant (February 2019)
Ongoing construction works on the Kumasi Wastewater Treatment Plant
Progress on the Kumasi Wastewater Treatment Plant
Completed Kumasi Wastewater Treatment Plant
Birds’-eye view of the Kumasi Wastewater Treatment Plant
Biological Treatment Basins of the Kumasi Wastewater Treatment Plant
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