Founded in 1960, GOIL began as a private enterprise named AGIP Ghana Company Limited, with major shareholders being AGIP SPA of Italy and SNAM S.P.A. It took over from the marketing outfit of AGIP PETROLI, a subsidiary that was established in Ghana in 1960. It was initially founded as a company producing fossil fuel products such as […]
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Sekondi is a name derived from the Old Prussian word “Taccarary“. Which meant “second” after the settlement was chosen as the second location for a shallow water harbour. The origins of Takoradi is conflicted. In one account it is a combination of the Portuguese word “taccarada” or “Taccarary” (Old Prussian) and an Ahanta word “ntakor”. Sekondi, the older and larger of the two
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Timbuktu is an ancient city in Mali, situated 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of the Niger River. It is the capital of the Tombouctou Region, one of the eight administrative regions of Mali, having a population of 32,460 in the 2018 census. Archaeological evidence suggests prehistoric settlements in the region, predating the city’s Islamic scholarly and trade prominence in the medieval period.
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