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Aberdeen to play an important part in Ghana’s oil and gas industry by partnering with Ghanaian businesses

28 June 2018
Oil and Gas
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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…Read more →

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

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…Read more →

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

23 September 2017
Media, Oil and Gas
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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…Read more →

Ghana Government’s Free SHS Policy is Good but Needs Tweaking to Address Concerns

16 February 2017
Academics, Writings
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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…Read more →

Ghana FY2016 Economic Update

12 February 2017
Economics
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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…Read more →

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…Read more →

The Challenge Of Delivering Local Content In The Oil And Gas Industry

21 March 2016
Oil and Gas
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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…Read more →

The Oil Price Slump and Ghana’s Offshore Oil and Gas Industry

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…Read more →

Free Training: The Fundamentals of Oil, Gas and Mining Governance Course

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…Read more →

Theo Acheampong speaks to the BBC on the Ghana-Ivory Coast maritime Border Dispute

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…Read more →

Theo Acheampong speaks at the launch of the Citizens’ Demand for Accountability in Ghana’s Oil and Gas Sector Report

17 July 2015
Media, Oil and Gas
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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…Read more →

Reflections: My Eventful Week in Ghana

30 May 2015
Media, Writings

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;…Read more →

Theo Acheampong discusses the Ghana-Cote d’Ivoire maritime border dispute on Newsfile

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…Read more →

Ghana-Cote D’Ivoire Maritime Border Dispute: Update

30 March 2015
Uncategorized, Writings

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…Read more →