About the country
Location: West Africa, bordering. La Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Togo with the Gulf of Guinea to the south.
Population: about 22 million
Languages: English (official), African languages (including Akan, Moshi-Dagomba, Ewe, and Ga)
Capital city: Accra
Climate: 24 to 33 degrees Celsius. Wet during the rainy season and sunny tropical days.
Rainy seasons: March – July, September – October, Dry & Hot summer (Dry Harmattan winds): November – March
Currency: Ghana cedis
Population: about 22 million
Languages: English (official), African languages (including Akan, Moshi-Dagomba, Ewe, and Ga)
Capital city: Accra
Climate: 24 to 33 degrees Celsius. Wet during the rainy season and sunny tropical days.
Rainy seasons: March – July, September – October, Dry & Hot summer (Dry Harmattan winds): November – March
Currency: Ghana cedis
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National traditions:
Food: kenkey and fish, fufu and soup, banku and okro stew, waakye, jollof rice, fried plantain with beans stew (red red) among others
Drinks: palm wine, pito, asana, local gin etc
Holidays:
- January 1 – New Year”s Day
- January/February – Eid Ul Adha (according to Muslim calendar)
- March 6 – Independence Day
- April – Good Friday
- Easter Monday
- May 1 – May Day
- May 25 – African Union Day
- July 1 – Republic Day
- November/December – Eid Ul-Fitr (Moslem festival)
- December 1st Friday – Farmers Day
- December 25 – Christmas
- December 26 – Boxing Day
- Geographical note: Lake Volta which is the world’s largest artificial lake
Advantages:
Beautiful ladies, cool guys, nice beaches, tourist sites (kakum national Park, waterfalls, caves, game reserves, mosques, cathedrals, colonial forts and castles, botanical gardens)
IADS information
Type of membership: country
Association: University of Ghana Medical Students’ Association
Telephone: 00233-21-678400
Website: www.ugmsa.org
Number of dental schools: 2
Neo Contact Informations
Name: David Ekow Arku
E-mail: neo_fgmsa@yahoo.com
Mob: +233243180476
Address: University of Ghana Medical Students Association, P. O. Box KB 295, Korle- Bu, Accra
Universities: University of Ghana (Dental School), Kumasi, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Dental School
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Exchange Programme General Information
Available country/ school: Accra, University of Ghana, Dental School
Exams period: 2 weeks in April and December (every class has exams at different times of the year)
Language requirement: English
Form of application: original paper with school and NEOs stamp via post (EMS or DHL)
Type of exchange: Unilateral and bilateral
Clinical work possibilities: observing and assisting
Estimated cost of exchange: …
Accommodation: free for bilaterals, 300 euros for unilaterals
Pocket money: none
Boarding: 1 meal a day
