Category: FEATURES
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Article: Time to end petro-politics in Ghana
It was speculated that government was once more going to increase taxes on petroleum products during the 2019 mid-year budget review, contrary to the expectation of Ghanaians. The Minority Caucus in Parliament joined sections of Ghanaians to launch a protest, a situation that often comes up when politicians want to score political points against their…
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Alex Mould Writes: Revising take or pay agreements may jeopardise power sector investments
The ill-advised statement by the Finance Minister to renegotiate all take-or-pay power agreements to take-and-pay will certainly have negative repercussions. It will scare away prospective investors not only in the power sector but even more in the development of any future gas Exploration and Production (E&P) field. If investors agree to take-and-pay agreements, the government…
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Article: Eyes on Tortue Ahmeyim flng project in Mauritania and Senegal
With its long and illustrious record dating back over half a century, Africa remains one of the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporters. While few have floundered in recent times, new final investment decisions (FIDs) are occurring for major LNG export projects across the continent and the near term should see more LNG projects…
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Dr. Nortey Omaboe wins Outstanding Leadership Award
The Executive Chairman of the Ghana Community Network Services Limited (GCNet), Dr. Nortey Omaboe has been awarded The Outstanding Leadership Award at the 3rd Ghana Shippers Awards held in Accra. The prestigious award is in recognition of Dr. Omaboe’s exemplary and visionary leadership to leverage technology to automate processes to facilitate trade and increase revenue…
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[Article] The WearGhana “Do Ghana Good” campaign
For Ghana to get better, Ghanaians need to treat Ghana better. We need to commit to doing the things necessary to transform the fortunes of our dear country. And the best way to do that is to significantly improve our all-round behaviour as a people. And there are two ways of shaping behavior: using rewards…
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Article: Restructure, recaptalize, and revamp TOR
Its weaknesses are well documented, ranging from distress financial position, low refining and utilization capacity, weak governance structure, poor maintenance culture, to production and storage losses. But little attention have been giving to its strengths and opportunities. It takes only those who have ever ventured closer, to see the brighter side of the 45,000 barrels…
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[Article] Are technical universities in position to solve youth unemployment in Ghana?
Currently, there are indications of high poverty levels in Ghana, pointing to high unemployment among graduates of which permanent solutions are far from existence. Curbing issues with regards to graduate unemployment require accelerated industrial growth. Accelerated industrial growth is deemed one of the topmost priorities to enhancing the wellbeing as well as attaining socio-economic and…
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[Article] Nuisance instant loan text messages: Are we safe?
Most public servants of Ghana if not all, receive their monthly salaries through the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD). Before any public servant is placed on any public sector payroll to start receiving salaries, the person provides his personal information to the CAGD through a biometric registration and the completion of a form called…
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Germany, Norway support ‘Kofi Annan Peace & Security Forum’ scheduled for Sept 2019
On 4-5 September 2019, the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), under the distinguished patronage of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana and the Chairmanship of Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the UN Office for West Africa and Sahel (UNOWAS), will host “The Kofi Annan…
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Energy Ministry explains oil companies’ low interest oil blocks sale
The Energy Ministry has cited the lack of comprehensive data on Ghana’s oil blocks as well as the small size of the blocks as some of the reasons for the low interest in the first oil blocks bidding round. Out of the three blocks put up for the first bidding round, four companies expressed interest…