#ThrowbackThursday: 26 May 2026 | Conversations with TEMPLARS: Ghana’s Mining Sector at a Turning Point
Ghana’s mining sector is approaching an inflection point. The policy conversation is evolving beyond extraction and royalties towards a broader question: how to retain greater value across the mining value chain while maintaining competitiveness and investor confidence.
The event hosted in collaboration with the United States Embassy Commercial Service Section, Accra, examined the legal, regulatory, and commercial considerations shaping this transition.
While there was broad consensus on the need to deepen local participation, strengthen value retention, and expand domestic beneficiation, participants emphasised that achieving these objectives will require reforms grounded in predictability, stakeholder engagement, and commercial practicality.
The discussion highlighted a central challenge for policymakers: ensuring that local content initiatives translate into sustainable industrial capacity, rather than merely increasing local procurement statistics.
Watch the recap video:
youtu.be/iJ0w25iGlME
See photos from the event:
Photo 1 (L-R): Panellists- TEMPLARS Partner, Sarpong Odame; Angela Attieh, CEO, Nguvu Mining; Richard Nunekpeku, Deputy CEO, Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod); TEMPLARS Senior Associate, Aasiya Sarku Nettey; and Michael Edem Akafia - MCIArb, President, Ghana Chamber of Mines & Vice President, External Affairs, GOLD FIELDS.
Photo 2 (L-R): Michael Edem Akafia; TEMPLARS Partner, Funmi Iyayi; Rachel Kreissl, Commercial Counselor, Sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Department of Commerce; Angela Attieh; TEMPLARS Managing Partner (Ghana), Augustine Kidisil; Aasiya Sarku Nettey; Jane Amerley Annan, Commercial Specialist, U.S. Department of Commerce; and Sarpong Odame.
Photo 3: Attendees at the Conversations with TEMPLARS: Ghana’s Mining Sector at a Turning Point Executive Breakfast Meeting.
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