Economy
The best of current economic news for Ghana, Africa and other parts of the world
Gas to flow at full capacity ; From April 1, but its impact on ‘dumsor’ uncertain
The Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC) or Ghana Gas will begin full commercial operations on April 1, 2015.The company currently...
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Prof Joshua Yindenaba Abor joins 7-member BoG Monetary Policy Committee
The head of University of Ghana Business school, Professor Joshua Yindenaba Abor, has joined the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of...
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Entrepreneurs call for import levies to support start-ups
Entrepreneurs are advocating the imposition of additional taxes on imported goods to serve as a revenue stream to support start-up...
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OF ‘DUMSOR’ AND GHANA’S ENERGY SECTOR CHALLENGES: PART 1
Synopsis: States some baseline and other statistics on the energy situation in Ghana. In analyzing these statistics, we underscore that...
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OF ‘DUMSOR’ AND GHANA’S ENERGY SECTOR CHALLENGES: PART 2
My three-part series (papers 2 and 3 co-authored with Kwamena Essilfie Adjaye) on the ongoing power crisis (aka 'dumsor') in...
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Petroleum Ministry writes to Tullow sack Ghanaian staff
The Petroleum Ministry has directed Tullow Ghana not to sack any Ghanaian technical staff in its planned downsizing exercise.Tullow recently...
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OF ‘DUMSOR’ AND GHANA’S ENERGY SECTOR CHALLENGES: PART 3
Synopsis: Provides short term measures to end the ‘dumsor’ and then medium to long term measures to ensure that Ghana...
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Germany riot targets new ECB headquarters in Frankfurt
Dozens of people have been hurt and some 350 people arrested as anti-austerity demonstrators clashed with police in the German...
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Ghana to lose US$40b of oil revenue over bad contracts – Expert
A Scotland-trained Ghanaian oil and gas management expert Frank Toledzi has said Ghana needs to go for the production sharing...
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Ghana to lose US$40b of oil revenue over bad contracts – Expert
A Scotland-trained Ghanaian oil and gas management expert Frank Toledzi has said Ghana needs to go for the production sharing...
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