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Europeans all in but Russians cold shouldered: Tema LNG's shifting alliances

The construction of Tema's new gas import terminal has brought in its wake a whole galaxy of foreign companies attracted by the opportunities of this future hub.

Subscribers only Energy 17.02.2021

Accra forced to ask for more time to take over operation of Sheikh Dalmook Al Maktoum's power station

The Ghanaian authorities, who had been due to retake control of the 250-MW gas-fuelled power station on 1 February, are running behind schedule. As a result, the Emirates' Ameri Group is going to have to operate it for a few months longer than originally intended.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 17.02.2021

Oppenheimer Partners quietly invests in Ghana energy

Oppenheimer Partners, an investment fund owned by the eponymous South African billionaire family, has added Genser Energy group to its ultra-selective asset portfolio.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 09.02.2021

Shell profits from falling out between ENI and state-owned GNPC

The Anglo-Dutch major Shell has taken advantage of the deterioration in relations between the state-owned GNPC and its longstanding partner ENI, whom the government has accused of manoeuvring it into signing an unfavourable contract on Sankofa.

Subscribers only Energy 04.02.2021

Africa's masonic grand masters using square and compasses for political gain

Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso, who chairs the Grande Loge du Congo. © Christophe Morin/IP3 Press/MaxPPP

Subscribers only Politics 02.02.2021

From Michael Jackson to Ghana's elite, Nicky Wilson's networks stretch far and wide

The mysterious and influential Togolese businessman Nicky Wilson is close to all of Ghana's decision-makers and knows numerous African presidents.

Subscribers only Business 01.02.2021

Endeavour Mining's new acquisition, Semafo, made to pay its debts

Canadian gold producer Semafo, bought by Endeavour Mining last year, has been ordered to pay sums owed to a transporter that worked on its mines in Burkina Faso, Guinea and Niger.

Subscribers only Mining 01.02.2021

Embaló's hush-hush campaign for ECOWAS chair

President Umaro Sissoco Embaló is working the region to pave his way to the chairmanship of the regional bloc.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.02.2021

Strauss-Kahn pitch to Embaló

In Bissau on 15 January to meet with President Umaro Sissoco Embaló, the former International Monetary Fund managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn has offered to help Guinea Bissau raise Chinese funding for infrastructure projects.

Subscribers only Business 29.01.2021

Meeting between Dominique Strauss-Kahn (left) and Guinea Bissau head of state Umaro Sissoco Embaló, Bissau, 15 January.

DTIS and Paramount offer to beef up parliamentary security in wake of MP's murder

Following the murder in early October of Ekow Quansah Hayford, an MP for the president's New Patriotic Party (NPP), in the midst of the general election campaign, the Ghanaian parliament has decided to beef up the security arrangements for MPs by deploying an additional 200 police officers.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 29.01.2021

Akufo-Addo pulls out all the stops to secure AU number two job for Ghana

With Ghana looking set to lose two of its most strategically important posts at the UN and the African Union in 2021, Akufo-Addo is redoubling his efforts to get Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee appointed as deputy chair of the AU Commission.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.01.2021

Inner circles
How General Obed Akwa is orchestrating Accra's military diplomacy

Ghana's 16,000-strong army has become one of the main levers of Accra's outsized diplomatic influence in Africa and beyond, with nearly 3,000 soldiers deployed across a dozen UN missions. President Nana Akufo-Addo is particularly fond of his country's armed forces and increasingly relies on his Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Obed Akwa.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.01.2021

Chief of staff of the Ghana Armed Forces Obed Boama Akwa.

GNPC heavily criticised over decision to import Shell gas

The choice of Shell in Ghana to import gas for the Tema LNG terminal has raised eyebrows, as local producers have the capacity to supply the country's power plants.

Subscribers only Energy 21.01.2021

Ghanaian gas: western abundance, eastern scarcity.

Strauss-Kahn turns to Bissau as he scrabbles for new contracts

Having failed to take advantage of the G20's debt suspension initiative, which brought in new African contracts for all his competitors, former International Monetary Fund managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn is now offering his services as a consultant in Africa's smallest capitals.

Subscribers only Business 20.01.2021

Former managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

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Ghana

Europeans all in but Russians cold shouldered: Tema LNG's shifting alliances

Accra forced to ask for more time to take over operation of Sheikh Dalmook Al Maktoum's power station

Oppenheimer Partners quietly invests in Ghana energy

Shell profits from falling out between ENI and state-owned GNPC

Africa's masonic grand masters using square and compasses for political gain

From Michael Jackson to Ghana's elite, Nicky Wilson's networks stretch far and wide

Endeavour Mining's new acquisition, Semafo, made to pay its debts

Embaló's hush-hush campaign for ECOWAS chair

Strauss-Kahn pitch to Embaló

DTIS and Paramount offer to beef up parliamentary security in wake of MP's murder

Akufo-Addo pulls out all the stops to secure AU number two job for Ghana

Inner circles
How General Obed Akwa is orchestrating Accra's military diplomacy

GNPC heavily criticised over decision to import Shell gas

Strauss-Kahn turns to Bissau as he scrabbles for new contracts

Foreign minister Botchway, centrepiece of Akufo Addo's ECOWAS chairmanship

Billionaire Patrice Motsepe goes all in for African football's top job

Reganosa ready to get cracking on giant Tema LNG terminal

ECOWAS heads of state prepare for 23 January summit in Abuja

Mota-Engil abandons Franco-South African partners to revamp Accra-Tema highway alone

Germany's ITO provides logistical support to EUTM and MINUSMA

Le Drian's trip to Ouagadougou reset for mid-January

Jeantet opens new 'green' OHADA desk

Expertise France wants to block Gulf of Guinea's cocaine highway

Paris issues fresh tender for Barhkane logistics

MBDA hopes to sell its IED solutions to Sahel armies

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Ghana

Europeans all in but Russians cold shouldered: Tema LNG's shifting alliances

Accra forced to ask for more time to take over operation of Sheikh Dalmook Al Maktoum's power station

Oppenheimer Partners quietly invests in Ghana energy

Shell profits from falling out between ENI and state-owned GNPC

Africa's masonic grand masters using square and compasses for political gain

From Michael Jackson to Ghana's elite, Nicky Wilson's networks stretch far and wide

Endeavour Mining's new acquisition, Semafo, made to pay its debts

Embaló's hush-hush campaign for ECOWAS chair

Strauss-Kahn pitch to Embaló

DTIS and Paramount offer to beef up parliamentary security in wake of MP's murder

Akufo-Addo pulls out all the stops to secure AU number two job for Ghana

Inner circles How General Obed Akwa is orchestrating Accra's military diplomacy

GNPC heavily criticised over decision to import Shell gas

Strauss-Kahn turns to Bissau as he scrabbles for new contracts

Foreign minister Botchway, centrepiece of Akufo Addo's ECOWAS chairmanship

Billionaire Patrice Motsepe goes all in for African football's top job

Reganosa ready to get cracking on giant Tema LNG terminal

ECOWAS heads of state prepare for 23 January summit in Abuja

Mota-Engil abandons Franco-South African partners to revamp Accra-Tema highway alone

Germany's ITO provides logistical support to EUTM and MINUSMA

Le Drian's trip to Ouagadougou reset for mid-January

Jeantet opens new 'green' OHADA desk

Expertise France wants to block Gulf of Guinea's cocaine highway

Paris issues fresh tender for Barhkane logistics

MBDA hopes to sell its IED solutions to Sahel armies

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Inner circles
How General Obed Akwa is orchestrating Accra's military diplomacy