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New Cabinet Paves Way for Successor to Longest-Serving President [Equatorial Guinea]

20 August 2020 Theo Acheampong Leave a comment

“The reappointment of allies of vice president Obiang and his father to the cabinet is indicative of his side being…

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Ghana COVID-19, fiscal and public financial management issues

31 July 2020 Theo Acheampong Leave a comment

Fiscal deficit has seen near 10 percent of GDP. “What COVID-19 has done with the loss of the revenue is…

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Petroleum sector faces more woes

2 April 2020 Theo Acheampong Leave a comment

…Aker Energy postpones operations, as COVID-19 disrupts supply value chain Even as the projected US$1.5billion revenue from the petroleum industry…

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Posted in: Economics, Media, Oil and Gas

Gas holds potential to turn country’s fortunes around – Dr. Acheampong

16 February 2020 Theo Acheampong Leave a comment

The country has gas reserves of about 2-3 trillion standard cubic feet, and Dr. Theophilus Acheampong, a petroleum economist, believes…

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Posted in: Media, Oil and Gas

Economist proposes institutional investors for ECG privatisation

27 July 2019 Theo Acheampong Leave a comment

As government works to replace the botched Power Distribution Services (PDS) deal through restrictive tendering, an Economist and Rsk Analyst…

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Posted in: Economics, Energy, Media

Ghana’s public debt rises to GH¢200b in May as government adds GH¢46b more

19 July 2019 Theo Acheampong Leave a comment

In 2015 when Ghana signed up to the three-year International Monetary Fund (IMF) Extended Credit Facility (ECF) for an amount…

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Posted in: Economics, Media

Aker Energy Did Not Make New Oil Discovery — Petroleum Economist

3 May 2019 Theo Acheampong Leave a comment

A Petroleum Economist and Political Risk Analyst, Dr. Theophilus Acheampong, has said Aker Energy cannot be said to have made…

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Posted in: Economics, Media, Oil and Gas

Government needs to revise gas prices, regularize gas sector – Policy Analysts

21 January 2019 Theo Acheampong Leave a comment

Policy analysts are calling on government to regularize the gas sector with focus on the gas pricing as it is…

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Posted in: Media, Oil and Gas

‘The Menzgold money is gone’ – Risk analyst

12 January 2019 Theo Acheampong Leave a comment

Frustrated clients of Menzgold should settle down to the reality that their monies invested in what appears to be a…

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Media appearances on Zimbabwe’s political crisis, post-Mugabe elections and economic outlook

7 August 2018 Theo Acheampong Leave a comment

November 2017 The military was likely to broker a power-sharing deal between Mugabe and former vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa, country risk…

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Posted in: Economics, Media, Writings Filed under: Economics, MDC Alliance, Mugabe, PoliticalEconomy, ZANU-PF, Zimbabwe

Public lecture on the critical future of Ghana’s energy sector and how to avoid more surprises to Ghana’s growth prospects

24 April 2018 Theo Acheampong Leave a comment

On 25 April 2018, delivered a public lecture yesterday as an IMANI Africa @ImaniAfr Fellow on the “Critical Future of Ghana’s…

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Posted in: Energy, Media, Oil and Gas Filed under: Electricity, Energy, LNG, local content, Oil and Gas

Media appearances on the Ghana-Cote d’Ivoire Maritime Border Dispute

18 November 2017 Theo Acheampong Leave a comment

Media appearances on the Ghana-Cote d’Ivoire Maritime Border Dispute at ITLOS Websites “TEN field reserves are estimated at 306 million…

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Posted in: Energy, Media, Writings

Petroleum Expert Reveals ITLOS Ruling Won’t Affect Ghana’s Oil Fields

27 September 2017 Theo Acheampong Leave a comment

The ruling of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on the maritime dispute will not affect…

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Posted in: Economics, Media, Oil and Gas, Writings

ITLOS ruling won’t affect Ghana’s oilfields – Dr Theo Acheampong, Petroleum Economist

23 September 2017 Theo Acheampong Leave a comment

The ruling of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on the maritime dispute will not affect…

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Posted in: Media, Oil and Gas Filed under: Cote D'Ivoire, Geopolitics, Ghana, ITLOS, Oil and Gas

Heritage Fund debate builds up

16 February 2017 Theo Acheampong Leave a comment

The decision by Nana Akufo-Addo’s administration to finance its flagship free Senior High School policy with petroleum revenues has stirred…

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Posted in: Economics, Media, Oil and Gas

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