The Executive Chairman of JL Holdings who doubles as the Chancellor of Cape Coast Technical University, Dr. James Orleans-Lindsay has revealed that Cape Coast Technical University, under his stewardship, will launch a brand-new medical school within the next 24 months.
This, according to him, will be the first of its kind for a technical university in Ghana.
Delivering a keynote speech at the Africa Rising Symposium hosted at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Dr. Orleans Lindsay said the project will play a significant role in Ghana’s health sector.
“We will be starting Cape Coast Technical University Medical School in the next 24 months to produce doctors for our region so our facilities will be staffed and resourced at the required levels,” he averred.
The project, according to the visionary Ghanaian entrepreneur and real estate guru will be led by Prof. Harold Amonoo Kuofi, Professor of Medicine and Vice Chancellor Prof. Kwaku Adutwum Boakye, and will be rooted in Cape Coast, Dr. Lindsay’s hometown and a city he remains deeply committed to transforming.
Dr. Lindsay also announced plans to break ground in September 2026 on Ghana’s first-ever “15-Minute City”, a modern urban project in Accra that integrates work, living, and lifestyle into a compact and eco-conscious community.
“This simply is a city where everything from workplace, banking, hospitals and restaurants, among other amenities, are within a 15 minutes bike ride. It’s also to cement my believe in building sustainability and promoting the green environment,” he said.
The city, he explained, reflects a global shift toward liveable, walkable city, and affirms his belief that Africa must not follow but lead in innovation.
Dr. Orleans-Lindsay, who is also the President of the Ghana Real Estate Developers Association disclosed that through JL Plantations, he has invested in AI-powered water and pest management systems to revolutionize agricultural yields in Ghana.
“As the Founder and Executive Chairman of J.L Plantations we have integrated A.I into our fold by investing in Irrigoptimal, a Maltese digital company that assists us to forecast our water usage 3 days ahead and which also monitors pests to prevent diseases thus improving our yield,” he stated.
He said his outfit is committed to environmental conservation by planting half a million economic trees to replace wood consumed in real estate development.
As Chief Patron of the Cape Coast Youth Development Association, he said he is also investing in academic and career pathways for Ghanaian youth.
“My simple message to those gathered here this morning is that Africa needs doers not talkers. You always have to have your eye on the ball but you must have a ball first. So your ball is Ghana, have your eye on Ghana for investments. If each and every person has the audacity to do what is required to change the mindset, if each of us chooses to put country before self by doing rather than talking we can more than rise. We will dominate because this century is AFRICA’s,” he concluded.
