Success stories in Africa are rare enough, and Ghana’s had drawn in a queue of foreign suitors wanting to share a piece of it long before the discovery in 2007 of oil. They have been an eclectic bunch – from sandal-wearing UK graduates seeking a safe adventure in Africa and African Americans retracing their roots, to battalions of development experts and hardnosed South African miners drawn by the glitter of gold.
Now Norwegians, Trinidadians and Kuwaitis, among others, are all offering Ghana advice on how best to manage its forthcoming oil wealth. In recent years, as the country became one of several West African way stations for narcotics between Colombian coca farms and European nostrils, there has been something of an influx of Latin Americans too. With them have come US and British law enforcement officers aiding the new government, which is trying to crack down.
