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Interviews & Viewpoints | Jonathan Amoako-Baah, CEO, Ghana Grid Company (GridCo) : Interview from The Report: Ghana 2019
Articles & Analysis | Ghana aims to meet domestic demand for refined petrochemicals from The Report: Ghana 2019
The main benefit of a domestic refining industry is that value is maintained in country, reducing the need to import expensive refined products from elsewhere. This benefit is particularly pronounced with complex refineries, which produce high-value products, such as petrol, and middle distillates, such as home heating oil for the domestic...
Articles & Analysis | Ghana's mining output benefits from increased investment and improved regulation from The Report: Ghana 2019
Ghana is one of the world’s top-10 gold producers and the second largest in Africa. As such, the mining industry is a major economic driving force: it is the biggest single contributor to government revenues and a leading source of export earnings.
Chapter | Industry & Retail from The Report: Ghana 2019
Building on years of robust growth in the sector, Ghana has launched a multifaceted programme to increase its industrial capacity and output. This wave of new initiatives is designed to strengthen the investment environment and boost the value-added component of the country’s manufactured exports. In 2017 manufacturing contributed $6.1bn to GDP, some 12% of the total. Moreover, the combination of...
Ghana is one of the world’s top-10 gold producers and the second largest in Africa. A wave of investments in recent years has boosted production and improved cost efficiency in gold and manganese mining, while the government has acted firmly to improve industry regulation, tackle long-term issues such as illegal activity and environmental damage, and strengthen assaying capacity. Ghana boasts...