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Dr. Ishmael Ackah

I. Ackah
Dr. Ishmael Ackah
Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC)

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Ishmael is the Executive Secretary of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC). He also serves as the Chairman of the Regulatory and Legal Committee of Ghana 's Electricity Market Oversight Panel. He was the Regulatory and Electricity Market Expert at USAID West Africa Energy Program, Deloitte Ghana. He worked as the Head of Policy Unit, at the Africa Centre for Energy Policy, where he coordinated research and advocacy on sustainable energy management and petroleum revenue management.

He was recruited by GOGIG/DFID as a Technical Advisor on Energy and Petroleum Policies to the Minister for Planning. Ishmael was the first Coordinator of Local Content at the Ghana Energy Commission where he initiated an industry wide baseline study and contributed to the development of digital supplier information system.

He has a keen interest in energy research and serves as an Adjunct Lecturer at the Institute for Oil and Gas Studies, University of Cape Coast and the Department of Economics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. He has provided research consultancy for the African Development Bank, United Nations University, IHS Markit, GOGIG/OPM, the Natural Resource Governance Institute, the National Accreditation Board, SNV and SEND Ghana among others. He has published more than 50 peer-reviewed papers in high impact journals in Science Direct, Wiley, Springer, OGEL and Taylor and Francis publishing houses.

Ishmael holds PhD in Energy Economics from the University of Portsmouth-UK, Msc in Energy Economics and Policy from the University of Surrey-UK and a Bsc from UPSA-Ghana. He is conversant in analytical tools such as Oxmetrics and Eviews.

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Application of Business Frameworks to Evaluate Growth Strategies for Indigenous Companies in the Upstream Oil & Gas Sector: A Case Study for Ghana and Ivory Coast

Advance publication (16 March 2023)

The Political Settlement and Decision making in Ghana's Energy Sector

Advance publication (20 April 2021)

Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Revenues of Electricity Distribution Companies: Evidence from Ghana

Energy Transition
OGEL 5 (2021)

The Political Settlement and Decision making in Ghana's Energy Sector

Africa
OGEL 3 (2021)

Mixed Blessings in Africa. Does Oil Windfall Lead to Economic Downfall?

Africa
OGEL 6 (2015)

Determinants of Autogas Demand Among Taxi Drivers in Ghana

Africa
OGEL 1 (2017)

Ghana's Renewable Energy Law as Catalyst for Switching on the Lights for National Development

Africa
OGEL 4 (2016)

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Application of Business Frameworks to Evaluate Growth Strategies for Indigenous Companies in the Upstream Oil & Gas Sector: A Case Study for Ghana and Ivory Coast

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