What is the constitutional process for announcing the winner of the elections? Does an official ORAL or VOICE declaration by the Electoral Commission (EC), even if there was a “patent…
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Hi Everyone, I am co-editing a Special Issue of Oil, Gas and Energy Law Intelligence (OGEL) on “COVID-19 and the Energy Transition” with Prof. Tina Soliman Hunter, Professor of Energy…
Suspend Agyapa deal temporarily to allow for broader consultation – Dr Theo Acheampong. Investment analyst, Dr Theophilus Acheampong, has joined the many voices calling on the government to suspend the…
Introduction Ghana’s public space over the past fortnight has been pre-occupied with the debate on the mineral royalties investment agreement – herein called the ‘Agyapa Deal’. There have been several…
It is tough sustaining a lockdown in an environment like ours for more than four weeks without serious social and economic consequences – hunger riots, etc. Hence, why most African…
So, I decided to play around with Ghana’s COVID-19 case data by fitting some statistical trends to the data. A polynomial trendline analysis indicates we are on course to have…
No matter how we slice and dice the data, cases of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa are relatively low. While some pointers have been provided on the potential causes (for example,…
1. Personally, I’d have preferred another week’s extension of the lockdown measures to get more data points on the trend of the tests and confirmed cases (assuming the 14-day incubation…
The modelling results confirm that there is significant overcapacity in Ghana, at present, and that this overcapacity is expected to continue for the next 5–7 years as the power plants…
By Dr Theophilus Acheampong[1] Key Highlights 1. We debate vigorously in IMANI, and that is normal and healthy – I agree with aspects of IMANI’s work on this matter. I…
My co-authored chapter (with Kweku Ortsin) titled “The ECOWAS–EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPAs): Towards Inclusive Development?” in the book edited by Professor Diery Seck of CREPOL (Center for Research on…
While a lot has been written and said about the Cedi’s recent depreciation against Ghana’s major international trading currencies (somewhat reminiscent of the 2014-15 periods), I’d like to offer some…
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 19 July, Ghana’s finance minister, Ken Ofori-Atta presented the New Patriotic Party’s (NPPs) mid-year fiscal policy and review of the 2018 budget to parliament. The presentation follows the earlier…
1. Major shakeup in Ghana’s banking industry as Bank of Ghana revokes the licences of uniBank Ghana Limited, The Royal Bank Limited, Beige Bank Limited, Sovereign Bank Limited, and Construction…