TY - CHAP
T1 - Evaluating the Viability of the Ghan Airport Cargo Centre as a Public-Private Partnership Project
AU - Arthur, Isaac K.
AU - Agyemang, Ernest
AU - Nikoi, Ebenezer G.A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This chapter evaluates the viability of Ghana Airport Cargo Centre as a public-private partnership project and discusses its implications using desk reviews, interviews, air cargo data, and the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats analytical tool. The study found that safety and security, development of a state-of-the-art cargo terminal, competitiveness, and local expertise and technology transfer were key strengths of the partnership. Relatively low cargo volumes were found to be a weakness. Peace, democracy, and economic stability were also found to be opportunities, while potential political interference, the COVID-19 pandemic, and competition within the West African subregion were found to be threats of the partnership. The study concluded that the current partnership arrangement, whereby private equity is substantially high, and the government simply concentrates on providing the “enabling environment” and minimal investment, is a good venture that must be encouraged in Africa.
AB - This chapter evaluates the viability of Ghana Airport Cargo Centre as a public-private partnership project and discusses its implications using desk reviews, interviews, air cargo data, and the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats analytical tool. The study found that safety and security, development of a state-of-the-art cargo terminal, competitiveness, and local expertise and technology transfer were key strengths of the partnership. Relatively low cargo volumes were found to be a weakness. Peace, democracy, and economic stability were also found to be opportunities, while potential political interference, the COVID-19 pandemic, and competition within the West African subregion were found to be threats of the partnership. The study concluded that the current partnership arrangement, whereby private equity is substantially high, and the government simply concentrates on providing the “enabling environment” and minimal investment, is a good venture that must be encouraged in Africa.
KW - Ghana Airport Cargo Centre
KW - Joint venture
KW - Public-private partnership
KW - Strengths weaknesses opportunities and threats analytical tool
KW - Viability
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85125458458&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-83484-5_2
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-83484-5_2
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85125458458
T3 - Competitive Government: Public Private Partnerships
SP - 15
EP - 30
BT - Competitive Government
PB - Springer
ER -