RAPHAEL AKAVANI 🌍

One Of God's Limited Editions || I hate perfumes

[RAPHAEL AKAVANI 🌍 @Rafurl]

Some random tweets that struck me. A progressive thread.

[RAPHAEL AKAVANI 🌍 @Rafurl]

@Maame_Datebea Spies all around.

[RAPHAEL AKAVANI 🌍 @Rafurl]

@d_enchill Sharp! Do am!

[RAPHAEL AKAVANI 🌍 @Rafurl]

My 2025 @YouVersion wrapped.

We go again in 2026!!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[RAPHAEL AKAVANI 🌍 @Rafurl]

I love how all the HARDWORKING ministers have posted bullet points and/or infographics of their achievements and key performances within the year 2025. Those who haven't yet, we hope they're putting them together for the public soon. Well done. Ghanaians are proud of you.

[RAPHAEL AKAVANI 🌍 @Rafurl]

God bless Mr Afare Donkor 🙏🏼

[RAPHAEL AKAVANI 🌍 @Rafurl]

@Richard_otis_

[Henny Man @Richard_otis_]

I thought we were keeping it private, Prof? Sigh

[Adonitology Papi Stylin’ @AponkyeDiego]

He want secure early write off

[RAPHAEL AKAVANI 🌍 @Rafurl]

This is from @Richard_otis_'s private jet.

[Aeroplane_fitar🇬🇭 @richie_alone]

If you took a picture in a plane or an airport in 2025. Let's see it.

[RAPHAEL AKAVANI 🌍 @Rafurl]

@Stealth_Cras @YouVersion Keep the momentum!!

[Life is EZ @mr_zumanu]

Probably part of his 2025 goals

[Vlanuella 🍂 @thiqboned]

Wow! Tapping into this 😩🙏🏾

[RAPHAEL AKAVANI 🌍 @Rafurl]

@KS_Sedegah Let's geauuuuuxxxzz!!! 👏👏👏

[Kwamzzz @KS_Sedegah]

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[RAPHAEL AKAVANI 🌍 @Rafurl]

Nigga probably want to claim vehicle maintenance allowance in arrears 🤣

[RAPHAEL AKAVANI 🌍 @Rafurl]

Someone is registering his car for a 2025 number plate TODAY!! Even DVLA officials are surprised 😀😀😀😀

[Stealth Jon-Snow @Stealth_Cras]

We definitely go again in 2026!

2025 wrapped on @YouVersion

[RAPHAEL AKAVANI 🌍 @Rafurl]

Continue doing the right things. That's all Ghanaians want

[Cassiel Ato Forson (PhD) @Cassielforson]

GOVERNMENT OF GHANA SETTLES US$709 MILLION EUROBOND OBLIGATION

The Ministry of Finance has successfully settled a US$709 million Eurobond obligation on 30th December 2025, ahead of its due date, marking another significant milestone in Ghana’s economic recovery and debt-management efforts.

2. This brings total payments in 2025 alone to US$1.4 billion to Eurobond holders under the restructuring memorandum, comprising payments of US$349.52 million, US$349.52 million, and US$709.00 million.

3. The timely settlement reaffirms Ghana’s credibility as a sovereign borrower and
underscores Government’s commitment to restoring investor confidence through
transparent, predictable, and disciplined debt-service practices.

4. Building on this achievement, Government will intensify reforms in domestic revenue mobilisation, public financial management, and public debt management.

5. Fiscal buffers will continue to be strengthened to support debt-service obligations and sustainably finance Ghana’s development agenda.

6. Government thanks the good people of Ghana for their support and understanding,
which have been vital to the country’s economic recovery.

7. We also take this opportunity to appeal for continued forbearance and cooperation
as further economic reforms are implemented in the coming year to consolidate the gains
achieved in 2025.

8. May 2026 be our best year yet. END

[W @_common_W_]

We don't give Ronaldo enough credit for scoring 100+ goals in this league in just 3 years bro 😭😭

[Alfred @CallmeAlfredo]

I started reviewing public records on Bawa Rock Ltd, the company receiving billions of cedis (cumulatively over 100 billion cedis) to buy small scale gold from tier 1 and tier 2 buyers on behalf of the state. Given the significance of these transactions, I think it is fair to scrutinize the company and how it has emerged as the only aggregator in this value chain so far. This is nothing against the company or Goldbod.

Note that the Goldbod has two types of aggregator licenses: aggregator and self-financing aggregator. The aggregators get seed financing from Goldbod whereas self-financing aggregators use their own financing sources. So far, the Goldbod has just 1 licensed aggregator (Bawa Rock Ltd) and 51 self-financing aggregators.

There have been suggestions that the company, Bawa Rock, has been in existence for some time and has been active in the gold trading business. We have seen a certificate of incorporation dated 2015.

Before the establishment of Goldbod, licences for gold trading were issued by the Minerals Commission. I reviewed the list of licensed gold buying companies as of October 2024. Note that the Minerals Commission’s website has been offline for some time, so I relied on an archived version of the site. Bawa Rock Ltd did not appear on that list. See full list here: https://t.co/wSRwhZLgNt

The Minerals Commission also maintains a portal for mining licences, which includes gold trading licences. On that portal, I found a company called Bawa Rock Mining Ltd. This company was incorporated on December 2, 2024. It appears to have small scale mining licence applications in progress as of April 15, 2025, but no trading licences. See here: https://t.co/jBPtcH6bjv

I also went through the mining industry reports published by the Ghana Chamber of Mines from 2020 to 2024. These reports contain data on gold volumes traded by licensed buyers. Bawa Rock did not appear in any of these reports in any of the years. You can find the reports here: https://t.co/gpcLqCP8lN

Based on this initial research, a few questions come to mind:

- Public records show no activity by this company in the gold trading business prior to the establishment of Goldbod. How did it emerge as the sole aggregator?

- Was the company previously operating under a different name?

- Does it have the right experience to handle transactions of this magnitude?

- Why is there only one licensed private aggregator receiving public funds to buy gold on behalf of the state?

- How much gold are the self-financing aggregators buying?

This is preliminary research based on publicly available information. Happy to update my notes if more information comes to light.