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Tag: Entrepreneurship and Creativity

Renewable Energy Can Compete at Market Price in Africa

13 January 2016 Theo Acheampong Leave a comment

Originally Posted By This is Africa By EDDIE O’CONNOR Developing adequate power supply for Africa is one of the great…

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Posted in: Energy Filed under: COP21, Energy, Entrepreneurship and Creativity, fossil fuels, innovation, private sector, renewables

Rhetoric Versus Reality: Africa’s Middle Class Consumption Missing?

28 July 2015 Theo Acheampong Leave a comment

What happened to the oft-touted mantra that improving economies on the African continent will provide a paradise for consumer goods…

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Posted in: Economics, Writings Filed under: Africa, Consumers, Economics, Entrepreneurship and Creativity, Middle Class

Theo Acheampong Selected As a Young Achiever by Newacrra Magazine

2 April 2015 Theo Acheampong

Newaccra.com, a “leading success and personal development brand”, yesterday named me as a young achiever in its 2015 edition of…

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Posted in: Media, Writings Filed under: Entrepreneurship and Creativity, Ghana, Leadership, Personal Development

Doing Business in Ghana in 2014 and beyond: Questions on my mind

2 February 2014 Theo Acheampong

Questions! Questions!! Questions!!! 1. What’s happened to our efforts to bring more inbound diasporan FDIs into the country? 2. Have…

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Posted in: Economics, Energy, Writings Filed under: Africa, Development, Economics, Entrepreneurship and Creativity, Trade Policy

The Effects of Trade Liberalization in Ghana

23 January 2014 Theo Acheampong

Happy New Year Everyone! My first post of 2014 was sparked by another on a colleague’s Facebook wall in response…

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Posted in: Economics, Writings Filed under: Africa, Agriculture, China, Development, Economics, Entrepreneurship and Creativity, Trade Policy

Drawing Parallels Between the North Sea and Ghana’s Oil Industry

16 October 2013 Theo Acheampong

This is how vision and strategic planning transformed Aberdeen, a once ‘sleepy’ fishing town into the oil capital of Europe…

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Posted in: Energy, Writings Filed under: Development, Entrepreneurship and Creativity, Ghana, Petroleum, Technology and Innovation

Africa’s Economic Growth: A Fallacy of Numbers?

5 May 2013 Theo Acheampong 2 Comments

1. Introduction Only a decade ago, Africa’s socio-economic growth potential was confined to the doldrums and back alley of underdevelopment. Today, the international…

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Posted in: Economics, Writings Filed under: Africa, Development, Economics, Entrepreneurship and Creativity, Finance, Technology and Innovation

Data in Development Planning: The Ghana Open Data Initiative

2 April 2013 Theo Acheampong

  One positive thing I came across last week was the Ghana Open Data initiative. This initiative facilitated by the…

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Posted in: Writings Filed under: Development, Entrepreneurship and Creativity, Government, Technology and Innovation

Technology, Innovation, Creativity, Entrepreneurship and the African Youth

26 November 2012 Theo Acheampong

Last week, I was astounded and inspired by the story of 15-year-old Kelvin Doe (aka DJ Focus) from Sierra Leone…

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Posted in: Writings Filed under: Entrepreneurship and Creativity, Technology and Innovation

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