Ghana’s Mahama Fine Tuning Measures to Quicken Crude Extraction

John Mahama

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Ghana is encouraging investors to get the country’s crude out of the ground to avoid the assets from getting stranded amid a global decarbonization push.

The government is ready to roll out the “red carpet” to any investor prepared to drill and pump crude, President John Mahama said at the Africa CEO Forum in Abidjan, Ivory Coast’s commercial capital, on Tuesday.