Ghana

post campaign

Ghana: The hidden costs of social media use in elections

Social media is becoming increasingly central to election campaigns around the world. ...

shovel ready

China’s flexes speed advantage in Ghana’s bauxite for roads deal

The ability of Chinese companies to move quickly on infrastructure deals keeps it ahead of the pack in the race to capture growing African infrastructure ... spending.

northern fights

Ghana: Corruption and neglect of the north threatens security

Ghana needs to fix corruption and poor governance, or risk being targeted by Islamic terror groups keen to exploit inequity. ...

customs duty

Ghana’s traditional and state powers must collaborate to halt illegal mining

Small-scale mining forms an important sector of Ghana’s economy, employing one million people directly and supporting the livelihoods of about ... 4.5 million people. The industry accounts for 35% of the country’s total gold production.

tower defense

Helios Towers faces challenges from debt and slow growth

Helios Towers, the operator of phone masts in sub-Saharan Africa, will report third-quarter results on November 14, its first financial report ... since its IPO in London in October.

Cocoa cartel

Akufo-Addo says Nigeria, Cameroon membership of cocoa pricing floor needed

Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire need to get Nigeria and Cameroon on board their minimum cocoa price agreement, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo ... said at the Africa Investment Forum in Johannesburg.

Shocking results

Ghana must stop backroom dealings to fix power crisis

Ghana's leading think tank, Imani, assesses the recent power privatisation scandal and looks forward to possible ways to resolve the crisis. ...

power africa

Financing Africa’s gas future is a big undertaking

The opportunities are clear - Africa needs power, and it has the gas resources to provide it. It will need to attract the finance however, with ... the right policy mix to unlock investment.

Chocolate cartel

Nigeria’s plans for the OPEC of cocoa unlikely to bear fruit

For Nigeria to fix cocoa prices with Cameroon it would first need to deliberalise its cocoa sector. ...

Gold Trap?

Ghana now Africa’s largest gold producer, but reforms await

It’s too soon for Ghana to pat itself on the back as it overtakes South Africa as the continent’s largest gold producer. ...