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Case Study: Africa
Ghana-SADA
Hydraform’s relationship with the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority
began in early 2012 and sprang from the need for a sustainable housing solution.
T
he Savannah Accelerated Development Authority
(SADA) is an independent agency for coordinating a
comprehensive development agenda for the northern
savannah ecological zone in Ghana. SADA’s main
objective is to promote sustainable development while
remaining cognisant of environmental impact when
delivering solutions to improve the livelihood of the
communities in Ghana’s northern regions.
As with many under-developed regions of the world,
equipment quality was critical – both in terms of
robustness in tough terrain and in terms of the quality
of material output. Another key factor for SADA is cost-
effectiveness: it needed to deliver quality structures
that could be put up as economically and quickly as
possible.
SADA procured 50 Hydraform M7MI machines and after
the machines arrived in Ghana, Hydraform personnel
travelled there to conduct the training programme in
December 2013. This included a two-and-a-half month
intensive training programme covering everything from
soil selection to production and construction.
All the trained engineers and technicians have now
returned to their districts for the roll-out of the remainder
of the programme, replicating what they have learned
for the construction of houses, clinics, classrooms and
other structures in their communities. They will also train
the youth in their districts to assist in skills development
and the rebuilding of their communities.
Enabling community
Development