Which Ghanaian Banks Offer the Best Value Add?
Using the latest figures published by the Bank of Ghana, I estimate the top five banks in Ghana in terms of value add as Bank of Baroda, Barclays Bank, GCB Bank, Societe Generale Bank and…
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Ghana FY2016 Economic Update
Notes from Recent IMF Staff Visit to Ghana Large fiscal slippages observed last year will require strong efforts of fiscal consolidation – aka more austerity. Bank of Ghana’s (BoG) monetary policy has been instrumental in…
The Fall and Rise of Ghana’s Debt: How a New Debt Trap Has Been Set | Jubilee Report
This is one of the best reports on Ghana’s post-HIPC debt crisis that I have read. It chronicles the nation’s history of high commodity dependence, debt cancellation under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries initiative (HIPC),…
Scaling Solar Energy in Africa: Why Zambia’s 6 cents is Significant
From the World Bank’s Sustainable Energy for Blog Last week Zambia set a new price record for utility-scale solar-generated energy in Africa with the support of the World Bank Group’s (WBG) Scaling Solar initiative. The auction…
Nigeria Devalues the Naira: An Update
The Buhari government finally made a bold move today to abolish the moribund fixed (pegged) exchange rate regime it adopted last year for the Naira amidst plummeting oil prices in favour of a floating regime…
Jubilee FPSO Maintenance Issues Highlight Ghana’s Energy Security Challenges
There is more bad news for the government of Ghana and the upstream oil and gas sector as oil production and revenues are set to plummet by 50%; thus putting extra pressure on an already…
‘Dumsor’ Ends But Remnants Remain
Energy Ghana Magazine has published my article titled “Dumsor Ends But Remnants Remain” as the main cover story for the second issue of the magazine. The article looks at the implications of the changing power…