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Business project of Jerry Rawling's son threatened by upcoming elections

Kimathi Rawlings, the youngest of the children of former Ghanaian president Jerry Rawlings, is working on a project for spotting illegal gold mining, which is widespread in Ghana, using AI and satellite imaging. [...]

Published on 13/11/2024 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Ghana
ENI
Jerry Rawlings
John Dramani Mahama
Kimathi Rawlings
Mahamudu Bawumia
Nana Akufo-Addo
National Democratic Congress
New Patriotic Party
Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings

Spotlight | Africa
Africa's ambitions at Paris Artificial Intelligence summit

Heads of state and senior delegations from across Africa will be at the two-day Artificial Intelligence Action Summit next month. Taking part will be the AU Development Agency, which hopes to attract public and private partners in order to maximise potential across the continent.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 16.01.2025

Kenyan President William Ruto and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on 22 June 2023.

Ghana
Mahama's diverse close-knit team

Ghana's president-elect, John Dramani Mahama, relied on an eclectic pool of people from the worlds of politics, finance and government to deliver him his second stint as head of state. Several of them are expected to occupy leading positions in his government.

Subscribers only Politics 23.12.2024

Ghana's President-elect John Dramani Mahama, Accra, 9 December 2024.

Ghana
Mahamudu Bawumia goes all out for youth vote to win presidential election

From universities to social networks, the campaign team of New Patriotic Party candidate Bawumia has been working hard to mobilise the under-35s ahead of the imminent first round of voting.

Subscribers only Politics 06.12.2024

NPP candidate Mahamudu Bawumia in Accra on 28 November 2024.

Ghana
West African security alliance faces uncertain future

Ghana, the driving force behind the Accra Initiative since its 2017 launch, has yet to secure funding for its planned military arm despite repeated requests to Western partners. And with Ghana's elections just days away, the regional security partnership's very survival is hanging in the balance.

Subscribers only Defence 04.12.2024

Former prime minister of Ivory Coast, Patrick Achi, with the President of Togo, Faure Gnassingbé, President of Benin, Patrice Talon, and President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, at the Accra Initiative summit on 22 November 2022.

Spotlight | Ghana
ENI and Accra on brink of divorce

The Italian oil company ENI is in open conflict with the government in Accra and may decide to pull out of the country.

Subscribers only Energy 02.12.2021

ENI is developing the Offshore Cape Three Points project with Vitol and GNPC in Western Ghana.

Inner circles | Ghana
The Cocoa Board, the force powering Ghana's economy

Ghana produces, just behind Ivory Coast, almost 45% of the world's cocoa. At the head of this "brown gold" boon is the Ghana Cocoa Board, or "Cocobod", headed since 2017 by Joseph Boahen Aidoo, a loyal supporter of President Nana Akufo-Addo.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 16.07.2021

The Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) headquarter, in Accra.

Inner circles | Ghana
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.

Ghana
ENI, Tullow and Aker mediate between state giant GNPC and its subsidiary GNGC

Operators active in Ghana could play a decisive role in the state-owned GNPC's battle with its gas branch GNGC over the country's natural gas resources.

Subscribers only Energy 11.12.2020

Ghana
Ulterior motive behind energy minister Amewu's push for ENI and Springfield's shotgun wedding

Amid election fever, the unitisation of Sankofa (ENI) and Afina (Springfield) has become a top priority for the energy minister, who is keen to keep his job in the next government. ENI, meanhile, is looking for a way out of the marriage.

Subscribers only Energy 07.12.2020

Ghanaian Energy Minister John Peter Amewu.

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West African security alliance faces uncertain future

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ENI and Accra on brink of divorce

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

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ENI, Tullow and Aker mediate between state giant GNPC and its subsidiary GNGC

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Inner circles | Ghana The Cocoa Board, the force powering Ghana's economy

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

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Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Ghana
Business project of Jerry Rawling's son threatened by upcoming elections

Spotlight | Africa
Africa's ambitions at Paris Artificial Intelligence summit

Ghana
Mahama's diverse close-knit team

Ghana
Mahamudu Bawumia goes all out for youth vote to win presidential election

Ghana
West African security alliance faces uncertain future

Spotlight | Ghana
ENI and Accra on brink of divorce

Inner circles | Ghana
The Cocoa Board, the force powering Ghana's economy

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

Ghana
ENI, Tullow and Aker mediate between state giant GNPC and its subsidiary GNGC

Ghana
Ulterior motive behind energy minister Amewu's push for ENI and Springfield's shotgun wedding