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Assignment Return to Ghana’s Oil City Return to Ghana’s Oil City

Rob Walker investigates Ghana's new oil industry to find out what difference it has made.

  • The oilfield is 60 km offshore
  • It takes 24 hours to fill a tanker
  • Experience has taken us to the top
  • Takoradi is dubbed the Oil City
  • As the city grows, new land is cleared
  • Land in Takoradi has become more valuable
  • Nana Kofi Apuna V is the Chief of Esipon,  a village on the edge of Takoradi

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    Did Ghana’s oil city strike it rich?

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