The management of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) welcomed representatives from the French Embassy on Thursday during a courtesy visit by two diplomats to the Commission’s headquarters in Accra.
The visit was aimed at deepening ties between GAEC and the French Consulate to promote research and development.
The team from the French Embassy was led by the Attache for Scientific and Higher Education Cooperation, Ms. Diane Brami and accompanied by the Project Coordinator of the France Team Fund: AI for Sustainable Development, Dr. Elizabeth Morzadec.
Dr. Elizabeth Morzadec expressed her gratitude to the Management of GAEC and stressed their commitment to promote AI driven research between Ghana and France for the benefit of humankind.
On his part, the Director General of GAEC, Prof. Samuel Boakye Dampare, thanked the team and expressed GAEC’s readiness to partner France for research into areas such as agriculture, health, industry and space science, to mention a few.
“This marks the beginning of bigger collaborations between our two countries”, he added.
Prof. Dampare enumerated a number of projects that have received support from the French and also thanked the team for sponsoring a new PhD. student (Ms, Sandra Agbenyegah) scheduled to be in France for the next six months.
The Deputy Director General of GAEC, Prof. Francis Hasford, gave an overview of the activities of GAEC in a presentation. Highlighting key research activities and contributions that GAEC is making for the socioeconomic development of Ghana.
The team was taken on a tour to visit the Ghana Research Reactors Centre, The Accelerator Research Centre and Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratory of GAEC before departure.
By: CPRC/CCD
