Borteyman is a community in the
Kpone Katamanso district in the
Greater Accra region of Ghana.
Facilities
Sports complex
It is the location of the $145 million sports complex which would be used for the
2023 African Games
The 13th African Games is expected to be held in three cities in Ghana in 2024 on dates yet to be confirmed. This will be the second time in history that the games will be decentralized in a process that started in the previous edition held in M ...
which is known as the Borteyman Sports Complex. The sports complex has the following facilities: 400-metre 6-lane athletics warm-up track with playing field for football; Washrooms for male and female; spectators stand for about 500 people; A thousand-seater competition swimming pool, collapsible to five hundred (500) seater. 8-lane competition swimming; 8-Lane warm-up swimming Pool; five hundred seater (500) temporary dome (handball,
judo
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karate
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taekwondo, etc.); a thousand-seater (1,000) multi-purpose sports hall (
badminton
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, boxing, volleyball, weightlifting, etc.); five (5) tennis courts complex which includes a thousand-seater (1,000) center court covered spectator stand with a
VVIP
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viewing stand) and space for children's playground.
Nana Akufo-Addo
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo ( ; born 29 March 1944) is a Ghanaian politician who has served as the president of Ghana since 7 January 2017. In 2020, he was re-elected for his second term, which will end on 6 January 2025. Akufo-Addo previously ...
cut the sod for the commencement for the construction of the sports complex.
Housing project
It is also the location of the affordable housing project by the State Housing Company Limited which consists of five blocks with 72 units.
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References
Communities in Ghana
Greater Accra Region