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Getting Ready for the 2nd Biennial Kwame Nkrumah International Conference
The location, the beautiful Kumasi campus (Kumasi, known as the Garden City is the second largest city in Ghana and capital of the famed Asante Kingdom) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology,
I urge you to swiftly conclude all necessary travel, hotel, visa and other arrangements to ensure you are able to benefit from a mutually profitable feast of minds and enhance your institution’s global impact.
Kumasi is about four hours by road and thirty minutes by air from Accra, Ghana’s capital and the location of Accra International Airport. Please arrange to arrive in Accra on September 20, if you intend to attend the Kwame Nkrumah Birthday Anniversary festivities in Accra on September 21. All other participants are expected in Accra on September 21.
Transportation from Accra to Kumasi
By Road: $ 56 per person for 15 pax round trip.
By Air: USD 130 round trip. Those who want to fly can contact Dr. Vincent Dodoo at vincentjon2006@yahoo.ca for assistance.
Pick up at Accra International Airport
Participants arriving by airplane should provide their flight information— name of the aircraft, flight number, flight itinerary— at least two days before departure to Mr. Eric Addai, Email: eoahotelreservations@gmail.com t, Tel: +233-571138199/0275725046, so EOA Hotel Reservations Ltd can meet them at the airport and assist with transfer or hotel and ground transportation arrangements. EOA Hotel Reservations Ltd staff will be at the airport with a KINC 2 signage.
Hotel Accommodation in Accra
We have made a number of hotel block bookings through EOA Hotel Reservations Ltd. Please contact EOA Hotel Reservations representative, Mr. Eric Addai, Email: eoahotelreservations@gmail.com t, Tel: +233-571138199/0275725046 to make your reservation at one of the hotels listed below:
Sunset Hotel (3*)
Location: Airport Residential Area
Room, breakfast and taxes USD $130
Distance from airport to hotel l 0 mins drive (Complimentary shuttle bus available)
East Gate Hotel (3*)
Location: East Legon
Room, breakfast and taxes USD $100
Distance from airport to hotel 5 mins drive (Complimentary shuttle bus available)
Catters Hostel (3*)
Location: East Legon
Room, breakfast and taxes USD $ 50
Distance from airport to hote l 0 mins drive. (Complimentary shuttle bus available)
Accommodation in Kumasi
KNIC has retained the Engineering Guest House (EGH) of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) as the official hotel for the conference. EGH has secured additional rooms at NODA hotel. Both EGH and NODA are located in close proximity to KNUST, Kumasi, the venue for the conference. EGH is offering conference participants discounted flat rate of &80 per night. I advise you to arrange your hotel accommodation at your earliest convenience to secure your room and to avoid losing the special discount. Reservation can be made through the Front Desk of EGH (Michael, Mary and Murtala: Tel: +233322063078 ). There will be a bus to move the participants between NODA and campus.
We are also organizing tour of several historic sites within the Kumasi area.
Tour Package on 24th of September, 2012
We leave the Hotel at 8:00am for a city tour to the following places. Our first call of visit will be at the Manhyia Palace, the seat of the famous Ashanti Kingdom and then to the Okomfo Anokye sword where this sword had been stuck in the ground by the powerful Ashanti priest whose powers the golden stool of the Ashanti landed from the skies. We shall depart the city to the outskirt of Kumasi to the craft villages such as Bonwire were the famous traditional cloth (kente) are woven and do a fast stop both at Adanwomase and Ntonso for local carving and printing or stamping of cloth. Return to Kumasi by 5:30pm and Good-bye!!
TOUR PRICE PER PERSON:
1-10 PAX = $100.00
10-50 PAX AND ABOVE = $70.00
Visa on Arrival
Visa on Arrival will be arranged to anyone who is late in applying for visa or do not have Ghana Embassy in their country of residence at the cost of $ 250 per person.
We will need the following to make that arrangement:
- Scan copy of biometric side of his/her passport
- Hotel Reservation Confirmation (we will provide)
- Flight Itinerary
- Invitation Letter to the Conference
