{"id":220924,"date":"2024-09-26T12:09:30","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T12:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/26\/improve-ghanas-business-climate-us-ambassador-tells-government\/"},"modified":"2024-09-26T12:09:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T12:09:30","slug":"improve-ghanas-business-climate-us-ambassador-tells-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/26\/improve-ghanas-business-climate-us-ambassador-tells-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Improve Ghana\u2019s business climate \u2013 US Ambassador tells government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/381\/38143437.295.jpg\" alt=\"US Ambassador, Virginia Palmer\" title=\"US Ambassador, Virginia Palmer\" width=\"295\" height=\"192\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>US Ambassador, Virginia Palmer<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">Ghana must work to improve its business environment, US Ambassador to Ghana, Virginia Palmer has said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the 2024 Ghana Oil and Gas Conference, organised by the Ghana Upstream Petroleum Chamber, Ambassador Palmer said: \u201cImproving Ghana\u2019s business climate will be an important next step and one it must tackle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She explained: \u201cThis means a commitment to contract sanctity, including provisions on international arbitration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Further, she noted that making such an improvement \u201cmeans clear, consistent and fair treatment by the Ghana Revenue Authority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also, she noted that it means \u201cspeedy dispute resolution\u201d as well as \u201creal consultations to changes to localisation requirements and timely payments and proper applications of VAT exemptions in this key sector.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Representing Mr Herbert Krapa, the Minister of State at the Energy Ministry was Chief Director James Yaw Amoah, who said: \u201cWe have accelerated efforts to tap into our untapped petroleum reserves, adopting investor-friendly fiscal regimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are evaluating alternative pathways to utilise domestic refinery capacity, increase the use of domestic LPG and address the economic impact of these changes,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Ambassador, Virginia Palmer Ghana must work to improve its business environment, US Ambassador to Ghana, Virginia Palmer has said. Speaking at the 2024 Ghana Oil and Gas Conference, organised by the Ghana Upstream Petroleum Chamber, Ambassador Palmer said: \u201cImproving Ghana\u2019s business climate will be an important next step and one it must tackle.\u201d She [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":220925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Improve Ghana\u2019s business climate \u2013 US Ambassador tells government - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/26\/improve-ghanas-business-climate-us-ambassador-tells-government\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Improve Ghana\u2019s business climate \u2013 US Ambassador tells government - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"US Ambassador, Virginia Palmer Ghana must work to improve its business environment, US Ambassador to Ghana, Virginia Palmer has said. 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