The African Sun Amber Accra Airport Hotel located in the Airport City in Accra, will in March this year commence operation.
The hotel has 200 rooms, two conference rooms, a restaurant and two bars.
A statement signed by Mr Boakye-Boateng Prince, Director of Public Relations at the Ministry of Tourism and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra said, Mr Snott Mukukumira, Group Technical Manager, Mr Amanda Matema, General Manager and officials of the hotel disclosed this to the Caretaker Minister of Tourism, Ms Akua Sena Dansua in Accra on Monday.
The statement said Ms Dansua expressed her delight at the emergence of the popular African Hotel Chain in Ghana, adding "The tourism sector is featuring high on Government's development agenda."
It said, the Minister expressed the hope that the new hotel would introduce competition into the hospitality sector and improve quality service delivery and competitive hotel rates.
The statement said the Minister was happy that jobs would also be created for people and thus subsequently reduce unemployment and poverty in Ghana.
She also entreated the management of the Hotel to be socially responsible, observe the country's labour laws and also offer periodic capacity building training programmes to its staff.
Mr Matema said in the statement that the group was committed to delivering according to its theme: "Strengthening the Core for Growth", a theme which seeks to align the Group to its vision which is "to be the benchmark hotel management company in Africa".
Mr Matema added that the focus was on service excellence, consolidating its portfolio to ensure optimum results from its operations as well as cost alignment in all its activities.
The statement said the group was established in 1968 known as Zimbabwe Sun Limited and was part of Delta Corporation Limited but had evolved significantly from being just a Zimbabwe-based hospitality management company to a Pan-African entity and currently has interests in Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Ghana