Filipino Expats In Gulf Look To Hardman Duterte
With more than a million Filipino workers spread across Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar, it is small wonder that President ...
Tag: oil revenues
Saudi Raises $9 Bn In First Global Islamic Bond Issue
Saudi Arabia raised $9 billion in its first global Islamic bond issue, the government announced on Thursday, a move analysts ...
China Binges On African Oil Like Never Before After OPEC Cuts
China is set to import record amounts of crude oil from West Africa this month as OPEC’s supply cuts pave ...
Stanbic Bank Predicts 6% Growth Rate
Stanbic Bank Ghana says growth rate for the Ghanaian economy is not expected to go beyond 6%, a rate which ...
Britain’s May Heads To Saudi Seeking Deals
British Prime Minister Theresa May heads to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday hoping to tap the oil-rich kingdom's "immense potential" as ...
Britain’s May Begins Mideast Trip Focused On Security, Trade
British Prime Minister Theresa May landed in Amman on Monday for a three-day trip to Jordan and Saudi Arabia focused ...
CSPOG Bemoans Governance Gaps In Ghana’s Oil Sector
The Chairperson of the Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas (CSPOG), Dr Steve Manteaw says the platform is unhappy ...
Will Iran’s Rouhani Survive the Bleak Economy?
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is credited with pulling the economy back from the brink, but less than two months before ...
Don’t Cover Every Cost Under Free SHS Policy
A member of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), Dr Steve Manteaw, is urging the government to shift from ...
South Sudan Keeps Buying Weapons Amid Famine
The government of South Sudan is spending its oil revenue on weapons, even as the country descends into a famine ...
South Sudan Buys Weapons Amid Famine
South Sudan's government is spending its oil revenue on weapons as the country descends into a famine largely caused by ...
Open Letter To President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
Dr Steve Manteaw, Chairman of the Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas (CSPOG), writes to President Akufo-Addo on some ...
IMANI’s 2017 Pre-Budget Litmus Test For Government
Ghana’s new administration will be exactly 54 days old when it presents its maiden budget on March 2, 2017. Below ...
IMANI’s 2017 Pre-Budget Litmus Test For Government
Ghana’s new administration will be exactly 54 days old when it presents its maiden budget on March 2, 2017. Below ...
UK To Open Money Laundering Trial of Ex-Nigerian Oil Minister In June
The trial of a former Petroleum Minister of Nigeria, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has been scheduled for June this year, local media ...
Angola Says Portugal Decision To Charge Vice President A ‘serious Attack’
Angola said on Friday that Portugal's decision to charge its Vice President Manuel Vicente with corruption and money laundering was ...
Government Must Define Beneficiaries of Free SHS
The Country Director of SEND Ghana, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), Mr George Osei-Bimpeh, has urged the government to conduct an ...
Don’t List ‘strategic’ GRIDCo On GSE
State power transmitter Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) must not be listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) as planned ...
Prioritise Education In Allocation of Oil Revenues, CSOs Advise
Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have asked the government to prioritise education in the allocation of oil revenues rather than ...
Government To Re-Direct GETFUND, GNPC Cash To Fund Free SHS
Veteran journalist Kwaku Baako says the NPP government has a clear vision on how it intends to fund its free ...