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BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Meridian Port Services, a joint venture between APM Terminals, Bolloré Africa Logistics, and the Ghana Ports and Harbour
Authority, has formally signed an agreement to invest USD1.5-billion in a new deep-water 3.5 million twenty-foot equivalent
(TEU) port and logistics hub in Tema, Ghana.
Green points out that the major
deficit in civil infrastructure in Africa
presents significant opportunities for
AECOM, which sees the bulk of
its growth coming from the rest of
the continent. “We have a defined
focus for Africa, looking at specific
countries, projects, sectors and risk
profiles. In addition, we focus on
the more complex projects, where
we think we can make a
big difference.”
East Africa is a growth area,
particularly Kenya and Uganda, while
proximal countries like Botswana,
Namibia, and Mozambique present
their own opportunities. “We are
seeing quite a bit of growth in West
Africa, in places like the Ivory Coast,
Ghana, and Senegal,” Green notes.
The biggest need is for basic
infrastructure, with power generation,
transmission, and distribution as a
key driver for economic growth,
followed by transportation and water
and wastewater treatment. “These are
real basics, but they are the first things
needed. Secondary opportunities will
flow from increasing urbanisation.
Bulk infrastructure in terms of
transportation, be it road, rail,
or aviation, also presents major
opportunities for mega projects,”
Green highlights.
A key differentiator for AECOM is its
multi-disciplinary approach to projects,
predicated on a total solution offering.
“We can do just about anything. We see
it as one AECOM, even though there are
slightly different focus points. It is part-
and-parcel of our strategy to collaborate
on multi-disciplinary projects, which
allows us to move our people across
the various end markets. It certainly
makes for a seamless approach to major
projects,” Green stresses.
AECOM’s total service offering
runs the gamut from architecture
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