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Key role for natural gas in supporting dev’t -Springfield Group CEO

The far-reaching implications of finding commercially viable quantities of oil and gas in deepwater drilling off Ghana was one of several topical issues explored...

Commodities

Farmers want cocoa price increased to GH¢700 per bag

Cocoa farmers have appealed to Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), the industry regulator, to increase the producer price of cocoa beans in the coming 2020/2021...

Companies

For oil to deliver prosperity, we must commit to good governance – PIAC

To ensure that the country’s hydrocarbon resources are used to deliver prosperity, there must be good governance as well as implementation of petroleum laws...

Agribusiness

COCOBOD takes steps to revive cocoa production …Kick-starts massive rehabilitation of farms in Western North and Eastern

Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has rolled out a rehabilitation programme for cocoa farms affected by the swollen shoot disease in the Western North Cocoa...

Cocoa

Parliament approves US$1.3bn loan to finance purchase of cocoa for new season

Parliament has approved US$ 1.3 billion loan facility from a consortium of banks and financial institutions to finance the purchase of cocoa for the...

Companies

NPA to address challenges identified during CRM piloting

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority, Alhassan Tampuli, has said all challenges identified in the piloting of the Cylinder Recirculation Model...

Blogs

Joelien Pretorius’s thoughts ….Lessons from two pan-African giants on how to achieve genuine nuclear disarmament

Hiroshima after the US military dropped the atomic bomb on 6 August 1945. Peace Memorial Museum This year marks the 75th anniversary of the bombing...

Blogs

Nana Amoasi VII’s thoughts …A look at factors driving petroleum refinery profitability

According to the Congressional Research Service (CRS), measures of economic performance in the refining industry usually begin with the gross margin, referred to as...

Blogs

Are oil majors giving up on Guyana?

Guyana has become one of the main upstream stars of the past decade, rising from zero to hero in less than 5 years. Much...

Commodities

Marie-Noelle Nwokolo‘s thoughts: A case of missed opportunities: Realising the potential of Ghanaian agriculture

Africa’s path to building prosperity is at the core of the continent’s development narrative. For over half a century, we have been trying to...

Commodities

Additional gas processing plant: An infrastructural intervention for the energy sector

Editorial: Destructive human activities pose huge threat to water-bodies

Ravaged forests, a nation at risk: Will our green comeback be led by business?

Gold smuggling and revenue loss: Can the GoldBod fix it?

AngloGold Ashanti driving Obuasi’s transformation beyond mining

Editorial: Protecting the petroleum downstream industry

ILO organizes capacity building on occupational safety in cocoa & small-scale mining

Key role for natural gas in supporting dev’t -Springfield Group CEO

Farmers want cocoa price increased to GH¢700 per bag

For oil to deliver prosperity, we must commit to good governance – PIAC

COCOBOD takes steps to revive cocoa production …Kick-starts massive rehabilitation of farms in Western North and Eastern

Parliament approves US$1.3bn loan to finance purchase of cocoa for new season

NPA to address challenges identified during CRM piloting

Joelien Pretorius’s thoughts ….Lessons from two pan-African giants on how to achieve genuine nuclear disarmament

Nana Amoasi VII’s thoughts …A look at factors driving petroleum refinery profitability

Are oil majors giving up on Guyana?

Marie-Noelle Nwokolo‘s thoughts: A case of missed opportunities: Realising the potential of Ghanaian agriculture