“The reappointment of allies of vice president Obiang and his father to the cabinet is indicative of his side being in the lead in the succession battle,” said Theophilus Acheampong,...
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Fiscal deficit has seen near 10 percent of GDP. “What COVID-19 has done with the loss of the revenue is that it has created a much bigger funding gap and…
…Aker Energy postpones operations, as COVID-19 disrupts supply value chain Even as the projected US$1.5billion revenue from the petroleum industry will not be met due to the collapse of global…
The country has gas reserves of about 2-3 trillion standard cubic feet, and Dr. Theophilus Acheampong, a petroleum economist, believes the gas sector has the potential to be a game-changer…
As government works to replace the botched Power Distribution Services (PDS) deal through restrictive tendering, an Economist and Rsk Analyst has offered some advice on the way forward. Dr Theo…
In 2015 when Ghana signed up to the three-year International Monetary Fund (IMF) Extended Credit Facility (ECF) for an amount of $918 million, the IMF classified the country as ‘high risk…
A Petroleum Economist and Political Risk Analyst, Dr. Theophilus Acheampong, has said Aker Energy cannot be said to have made new oil discoveries rejecting claims made by policy think IMANI…
Policy analysts are calling on government to regularize the gas sector with focus on the gas pricing as it is the base of our economy. A research on gas price…
Frustrated clients of Menzgold should settle down to the reality that their monies invested in what appears to be a Ponzi scheme is gone, a risk analyst has said. This…
November 2017 The military was likely to broker a power-sharing deal between Mugabe and former vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa, country risk analyst at IHS Markit Theophilus Acheampong said. https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/markets/2017-11-20-bonds-weaker-as-market-eyes-zimbabwe-and-credit-ratings-decisions/ Experts speculate that…
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…
Media appearances on the Ghana-Cote d’Ivoire Maritime Border Dispute at ITLOS Websites “TEN field reserves are estimated at 306 million barrels of oil while the wider Tano Basin, which was…
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…
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 decision by Nana Akufo-Addo’s administration to finance its flagship free Senior High School policy with petroleum revenues has stirred controversy about the usefulness of the Ghana Heritage Fund (GHF),…