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Four malls in Ghana and Nigeria, including West Africa's largest mall (West Hills), are being sold by two real estate players - Hyprop and Atterbury's Attacq - at a considerable loss to a lucky buyer: a young, ambitious, pan-African, real estate investor called, Lango. The four
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RT @JoyNewsOnTV: .@BBSimons on Ablekuma North rerun, violence, security, and more. #Newsfile
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RT @JoyNewsOnTV: .@BBSimons strongly believes that the ECOWAS Bank were colluding to disinform the public in the Black Volta Gold deal. #Ne….
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RT @JoyNewsOnTV: In 50 minutes, @BBSimons clarifies his position on Azumah Resources' involvement, Engineers & Planners' 'bully tactics', E….
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Live in about 15 minutes!. Dissecting the Engineers & Planners - Azumah Resources tussle over the Black Volta goldmine. Even if this specific deal isn't of interest, join for insights into the high stakes mining world.
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RT @Manasseh_Azure: UPDATE: A Call From The Minister. A while ago, I made a post on the legal tussle between Azumah Resources Ghana Limited….
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You get another chance to hear all the facts about the Engineers & Planners' tussle with Azumah Resources over the Black Volta goldmine (and @BIDC_EBID 's bizarre entrance). Tomorrow from 9am to 11am GMT on Newsfile. For those who say that this is a purely private commercial
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RT @akwasi_stoich: Thomas Sowell discusses @BBSimons's approach to policy, and how "good intention" is not enough, very well in his publica….
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1. Like a big boy hustling mineral toffees from small boys on the geopolitical playground. That's how some have described the images streaming from the White House. Clearly, some folks are not amused with Trump's mineral deals with African states. 2. The scenes do strike more
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I will put the "direct democracy" practised in Switzerland in the category of "political reimagination" rather than "policy envisioning" in the way that I have described it. I think that in countries like Switzerland the policy infrastructure is flexed out and pimped up to the.
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For me, @TheAtiila, "policy continuity" across electoral cycles is just a special case or subset of a bigger problem: "policy stamina". Policy stamina is lacking when policies have no or weak audiences and as such no "constituencies" capable of "positive politicisation" of the.
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A kind invitation from the Dean and Faculty of Law at @UCCGH_Official to share some thoughts on the ongoing constitutional reform process in Ghana provided the perfect excuse for me to put several ideas I have been sharing here on paper. I have described as "katanomics" and
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RT @lydiaforson: I’ve said it before, people only like you when what you say serves their agenda. The real test of admiration is how peopl….
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In this space, @Eddzil, I don't think Buga works. Some would argue that something similar has happened at Adamus and the Nzema mine has been more or less "transitioned" into local hands. Have you seen how difficult it has been for them to maintain the processing plants etc?. I.
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RT @TheHighStreetJ: Well said @BBSimons . Due process must outweigh drama. National interest needs clarity.
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@okine_stephen Again, @okine_stephen, the bare principles are identical! You don't announce to the world that you have signed a financing agreement (giving the impression of finality) for a MINING deal when there have been ZERO disclosures aforehand. For someone like me working on the.
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Well, @okine_stephen, what I have observed as the standard with multilateral banks that are serious about transparency and due diligence is that for projects such as this, they will post the intention to fund well in advance. As various social, environmental, and political impact.
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I agree with Mr. Minister that Azumah Resources and E&P need to sit down and get back to a meeting of minds or amicably part ways. 1. Which is why I strongly believe that the decision of the President of the Ecowas Bank (@BIDC_EBID) to fly into the country and participate in
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RT @CallmeAlfredo: People like Bright Simons have basically accepted that they’re in permanent opposition. Foot soldiers come and go. It’s….
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RT @KwekuOnX: The GoldBod task force’s launch yesterday reignited my interest, the more I learn about it, the scarier this law seems. While….
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RT @ImaniAfr: What’s going on with E&P and Azumah Resources?. Our VP, @BBSimons, joined @benkoku on @Channel1TVGHA to break down the facts….
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