Once known as the Gold Coast, Ghana is a key player in the international gold market and Africa’s second-largest producer. In 2013, 86.6% of export revenues from the mining sector came from gold, making the metal the top export and source of foreign currency. Gold generated $4.2bn in 2013, compared with $3.2bn from oil and $1.3bn from cocoa. Growth has been hampered in recent years by external...
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Chapter | Energy & Utilities from The Report: Ghana 2016
Ghana’s energy sector is both young and growing fast, with a second major oil and gas field set to commence production in 2016 and a third to follow soon thereafter. Legal and regulatory regimes are still being established, while improvements are being made to infrastructure to catch up with a rise in demand. This will help to remove obstacles to the use of domestic energy supply to speed up...
Situated on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, Ghana’s natural resource wealth and status as a stable democracy have helped make it a prominent player in the region. It is the world’s second-largest exporter of cocoa, behind Côte d’Ivoire, and one of the continent’s largest gold producers. Recently discovered reserves of oil and gas have powered the economy to double-digit growth in the past decade.
Trinidad and Tobago’s oil and gas industry is exploring new strategies to respond to weaker hydrocarbons prices, including enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques and potential sources of new supply.
Economic update | Sequía provocada por El Niño agrava debilidad del sector energético Colombiano
27 Nov 2015
Las serias sequías causadas por el fenómeno climático de El Niño, uno de los más severos jamás registrados, han comenzado a afectar la generación y distribución de energía en Colombia. Mientras las hidroeléctricas operan muy por debajo de sus niveles normales y los precios de la electricidad han subido 10 veces.
Economic update | Djibouti mise sur les énergies renouvelables pour assurer la sécurité de l’eau
25 Nov 2015
A Djibouti, les projets visant à améliorer la fourniture de services de base commencent à prendre forme et un rôle moteur se dessine pour les énergies renouvelables.