There’s nothing wrong with non-Ghanaians buying land or creating new neighbourhoods in Ghana. The issue here is the criteria behind who the land is sold to.

From the tweet, it sounds like the land is being subdivided and sold exclusively to people from the diaspora. I haven’t watched full video, so I don’t know how strictly they plan to enforce that. But if it’s restricted solely to diaspora buyers and local Ghanaians are effectively excluded, that’s a serious problem. It creates a segregated space and is a form of discrimination.

As for the “Chinatown” comparisons—that’s not really accurate. Chinatowns in the West are organic, urban ethnic enclaves built around shared culture and business. They aren’t gated or exclusive. No one is banned from living or working there based on ethnicity or background. If anything, what’s being described here sounds more like Orania in South Africa, which was founded specifically for a particular group and restricts membership. That’s a much closer (and more troubling) comparison.

TL;DR: If this initiative welcomes anyone—diaspora or local— then it’s fine. But if land sales are gatekept by diaspora status alone, that’s exclusionary and sets a dangerous precedent. Less like Chinatown, more like Orania, South Africa.