The German Government has picked Ghana as the location for the West African Centre for Global Health and Pandemic Prevention.

The German ambassador to Ghana, Christoph Retzlaff, made this known via a tweet.

This is coming barely one week after Twitter also chose to locate its Africa base in Ghana.

Retzlaff tweeted, “Excellent news: Germany Flag of Germany will support [the] launch of a new “German-West African Center for Global Health and Pandemic Prevention.

“It will be located in Ghana and be part of eight new centres worldwide to fight global challenges.”

Nigerians had taken to social media to make their opinions known after social networking service, Twitter, decided to make Ghana its African headquarters.

Twitter co-founder, Jack Dorsey, revealed on Monday that it had finally set up an office in Africa and it would be in Ghana.

“Twitter is now present on the continent. Thank you Ghana and President Nana Akufo-Addo,” he tweeted.


Reacting, Ghana’s President thanked Twitter for its decision, adding that he had met with Dorsey and he was confident the move would be the beginning of new things.

Akufo-Addo tweeted, “The choice of Ghana as HQ for Twitter’s Africa operations is excellent news. The government and Ghanaians welcome very much this announcement and the confidence reposed in our country.

“As I indicated in our virtual meeting of April 7, 2021, this is the start of a beautiful partnership between Twitter and Ghana, which is critical for the development of Ghana’s hugely important tech sector. These are exciting times to be in, and to do business in Ghana.”

The development, however, caused a series of reactions on Twitter which is believed to be the most radical social network.

The regime of the Nigerian President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has in recent time sought stiffer penalties for persons who “misuse social media”.

The Senate is currently deliberating on Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulations Bill 2019 commonly known as the Anti-social media bill.


It seeks to criminalise the use of the social media in peddling false or malicious information. It was sponsored by Senator Mohammed Musa, a member of the President’s party, the All Progressives Congress.


https://www.thecable.ng/germany-picks-ghana-over-nigeria-for-west-african-centre-of-global-health

Lai Muhammed, what do you have to say about this again?

Lai: It's #Endsars fault.

No one wants to invest in a country headed by terrorists. More will still ignore Nigeria while Lai and Co keep deceiving themselves. EndSARS caused this.

Abeg where animal on niaraland that said it's partisan politics... Haha

It's a remix bruh...ghana 3 ...naija -100...


Wake up people if our house dey catch fire nah we go still live inside .


These old guys are only power and money hungry ... When they ask for your vote ask them what track record qualify them for the post .... But they will just goan bring kids from niger republic haha ..

E don dey set for Ghana small small!

Let's wait to hear what Minister Lie would say to this!

we were jubilating bokoharams killing, end date madness, ipob and UGM now na us go still suffer am.

So las las na only embassies go remain

No right thinking organization or country would want to invest in the Nigerian health sector considering the level of mismanagement of the sector by the Nigerian medical doctors. I see even WHO boycotting our health sector in no distant future if urgent steps are not taken to salvage the worsening conditions of the sector.

The implication is that Nigeria will cease to benefit from programs and projects of the WHO and this would worsen our decaying healthcare delivery system.

E don red for my country, Twitter outburst was a major setback for Nigeria if any investor is coming to Africa, they won't even think of my dear Nation for once. It baffles me how a major General is handling the Security of the Nation, Nobody will ever denied that b4 Buhari took over banditry, kidnapping, Robbery and killing of soldiers at warfront is at this peak. No sane investor will Invest where there is no security..