Imagine a world/Ghana

This page is dedicated to share informations and organize my first visit in Ghana as exploratory phase of my Phd thesis The digital revolution experienced by the global South.

Welcome to every one to organize with me my Ghana venue on this talking page.

Lionel Scheepmans

Visa application and bureaucracy

Embassy opening hours

From 1st to 31st August, 2017

Submission of Visa & Passport Applications

10.00 am to 12.00 noon

Collection/Pickup of Passports

1.30 pm to 2.00 pm

Visa application

Visa application Web page on Ghana Brussels embassy webpageis the only way to submit a visa application to Brussels ambassy. An analogical submission into the office was not possible on Friday August 18th 2017.

The Visa application form, don't work with open source software but only with acrobat reader.

The pdf file ask for a password when it's open with Xreader.

The pdf file open normally with Chrome browser, gaps can be filed, but sending the application is not possible.

On Sunday August 20th acrobat reader was not installable on linux due to a bug.

My only solution was to use friend's computer.

The visa application is supported by a British private limited company named AVLOS LIMITED.

I've receive my visa august 28th 2017. I was one hour late but, after a short discussion and apologize, the women was very nice to give me my passport for not coming back the next day.

Yellow fever

A yellow fever certificate is asked for the entrance in Ghana. Since 2005, the certificate is valid for the life.

Fly connexion

Arrival

Date	Time of arrival	Airport	Airline	Flight Number
September 1st	21h25 (9h25 PM)	Accra	TAP	TP1524

Departure

Date	Time of departure	Airport	Airline	Flight Number
September 20th	23h55 (11h55 PM)	Accra	TAP	TP1525

Price for the return : €469.27

Contacts in Ghana

Wikimedia

Groups

• Wikimedia Ghana user group
• Category:Wikipedians in Ghana
• Facebook

Persons

• Sandister Tei
• Rexford Nkansah
• Masssly

OpenStreetMap

Groups

• WikiProject Ghana
• OpenStreetMap wiki editor
• Facebook

Persons

• Enock Seth Nyamador

Open foundation west Africa

Groups

• Open Foundation West Africa website

Persons

• Felix Nartey

Activity planing

In Accra (first week-end and second week)

• Establish contact with Wikimedia, Open street map user groups and other interesting groups involved into the digital revolution in Ghana.
• Spending one week with in an intergenerational family for sharing daily live and observing the digital revolution in urban context.
• Visiting Agbogbloshie and other emblematic places of the dark side of the global digital revolution.

Activity planing

• Blogging Ghana
• New Media Hub
• Recommended media houses (Citi FM, Joy FM)
• GhanaThink Foundation
• Wikimedia Ghana User Group
• Recommended businesses
• Agbogbloshie Scrapyard (e-waste dumpsite)

In village (first week)

Spending one week with in an intergenerational family for sharing daily live and observing the digital revolution in rural context.

Village proposed

• Korleman
• Sota
• Jisonaayili (Tamale)

Hosting

Research by Internet

Bewelcome

All Ghana

Couchsurfing

All Groups

Bigest group

Other groups

https://www.couchsurfing.com/groups/volunteers-ghana

https://www.couchsurfing.com/groups/the-northern-ghana-tamale

https://www.couchsurfing.com/groups/responsible-volunteering-in-ghana

https://www.couchsurfing.com/groups/love-seekers-40175

Volunteer groups and associations

http://www.vpwa.org/volunteer-projects/

https://www.couchsurfing.com/groups/responsible-volunteering-in-ghana

https://www.couchsurfing.com/groups/29185

In Accra

• Bewelcome Accra

In village and other cities

• Bewelcome Tamale
• CS Sekondi - Takoradi
• r

Budget

Until now, my PhD thesis is auto-financed. That's why I have to find the cheapest way to carry out this project. Public transport, specially fly connection, will be the principal cost of this first visit of Ghana. For the rest, I didn't need fancy place for living. Just street food and a bed in a safety place. As anthropologist, my target is sharing time with people not making holidays.

Planing table

Planing of my visit to Ghana day by day

September	Day	Place	Activity	Host	Info
01 th	Friday	Accra	Arrival	Raphael	21h25 (9h25 PM) with the fly n° TP1524
02	Saturday	Accra	Meeting with people	Mohammed
03	Sunday	Dodi island	Internet activity and Accra visit	Mohammed
04	Monday	Yapei Queen ferry	Interview on ferry to Northern Ghana	Ferry	http://ghana-net.com/volta-lake-ferry.html
05	Tuesday	Yapei	Interview on ferry	Justice Hotel
06	Wednesday	Tamale	Meeting with people	Rafik
07	Thursday	Tamale	Exploring country side Digital Revolution	Rafik
08	Friday	Zongo Machery	Travel and installation	Clement	http://www.greengoldghana.com/ http://www.driveaidghana.com
09	Saturday	Zongo Machery	Visiting the village and collect information	Clement
10	Sunday	Zongo Machery	Visiting the village and collect information	Clement
11	Monday	Zongo Machery	Visit damabai market and testing internet cafe	Clement
12	Tuesday	Zongo Machery	Exploring country side Digital Revolution	Clement
13	Wednesday	Zongo Machery	Exploring country side Digital Revolution	Clement
14	Thursday	Accra	Village and road to Accra	Mohammed
15	Friday	Accra	Road to Accra and Mohammed place	Mohammed
16	Saturday	Accra	Software Freedom Day 2017	Mohammed	https://www.eventbrite.com/e/software-freedom-day-2017-tickets-36988801501
17	Sunday	Aburi	Visit aburi garden	Emmanuel	http://www.aburi.ghana-net.net/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aburi
18	Monday	Accra	Visit the Impact Hub Accra 12pm till they close at 7pm	Mohammed	http://accra.impacthub.net/
19	Tuesday	Accra	Exploring city Digital Revolution	Mohammed
20	Wednesday	Accra	Departure	Airplane	23h55 (11h55 PM) fly n° TP1525

• AccraMobile3
• Wikimedia Ghana Survey