Two weeks ago (11-17 June), about 100 delegates representing 50 companies operating in Ghana’s upstream industry participated in the maiden Ghana Oil and Gas Trade Mission to Aberdeen, Scotland. The trade mission, which was the…
On 25 April 2018, delivered a public lecture yesterday as an IMANI Africa @ImaniAfr Fellow on the “Critical Future of Ghana’s Energy Sector and How to Avoid More Surprises to Ghana’s Growth Prospects”. Many thanks to…
The ruling of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on the maritime dispute will not affect Ghana’s oilfields, a Petroleum Economist has said. Dr Theo Acheampong said the country will not be…
By Theo Acheampong For most countries where near-universal primary school (primary and junior secondary) enrollment is high, there is the challenge of ensuring these children also get a secondary education as well at the minimum….
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…
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…
So, I came across this interesting media report which said that: “Ghana’s Enterprise Development Center has observed local businesses are not winning service contracts from International oil companies due to inadequate and inappropriate environmental health…
The Daily Graphic reports Ghana’s Minister of Petroleum, Mr Emmanuel Kofi-Armah Buah, giving an assurance that the drastic drop in the prices of crude oil on the world market will not have adverse effects on…
Want to know more about the oil and gas and mining industries? The Natural Resource Governance Institute the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), the World Bank and the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network…
Theo Acheampong speaks to the BBC Africa Business Report on the Ghana-Ivory Coast maritime border dispute and the impact of petroleum activities on Ghana’s economy. Ghana told to hit brakes on oil exploration – BBC…
Theo Acheampong spoke at the launch of the IMANI & Oxfam America Citizens’ Demand for Accountability in Ghana’s Oil and Gas Sector report. Advocates for a Long Term National Development Plan to guide the…
Wow! What an eventful number of days it was in Ghana! My good friend announced a couple of months back that he was getting hitched to his long term girlfriend; so, I said to myself…
I made my first appearance on Newsfile, the influential Joy FM programme, to discuss the Ghana-Cote d’Ivoire maritime border dispute. Some of the issues discussed together with the other panellists namely Prof. Kwame Mfodwo of…
We might be in for a BIG SHOCKER if The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) grants Ivory Coast the temporary provisional measures they seek which is for Ghana to suspend all…