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4th Ghana Energy Awards: Full List of Award Winners
4th Ghana Energy Awards - Winners Competitive Categories Energy Reporter of the Year - Francisca Dickson Arhin, EIB Network Emerging Energy Company of the Year - Meinergy Technology Ltd Brand of the Year - GRIDCo Corporate Social Responsibility of the Year- VRA...
4th Ghana Energy Awards: 24 individuals, companies honoured
The 4th Ghana Energy Awards (GEA) has honoured deserving personalities and companies in the country's energy sector at an elaborate ceremony which took place yesterday October 30 at the Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel, Accra. At the climax of the event, the Chief Executive...
Gov’t seeks VRA’s help to export excess power
The Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo, has entreated the management of the Volta River Authority (VRA) to leverage on their power export experience within the sub-region to help the government unburden itself from the unwarranted costs associated with the excess power...
Disregard ‘mischievous’ fuel smuggling allegations – GRA
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has dismissed accusations of fuel smuggling by its Customs Division. A statement dated September 3, 2020, and signed by Assistant Commissioner, Communication and Public Affairs of GRA, Florence Asante, asked the general public to...
OMC complexities impose enormous challenges – Marketing Expert
The complexities in the oil marketing supply-chain impose enormous challenges for both operators and consumers of petroleum products, Mr David Afiawo, a Marketing Consultant, said on Saturday and called for cooperation among stakeholders. He said management of...
OMCs’ tussle over market share could stabilise fuel prices this month – IES
Energy think tank Institute of Energy Security says competition between oil marketing companies (OMCs) to gain market share will compel them to stabilise the selling prices of fuel at the pump within the first pricing window of September, which runs from the 1st to...
Agyapa Royalties deal: Account for GH¢1.5 billion oil money first – CSOs to govt
Former Chairman of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), Dr Steve Manteaw says the Alliance of Civil Society Organisations working on Extractive, Anti-Corruption and Good Governance, of which he chairs, cannot agree to the Agyapa Royalties deal due...
Unstable oil prices affecting petroleum downstream business, threatening jobs
The Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMC) has lamented the dire effects of unstable global oil prices on the operational sustainability of its members, which is also threatening jobs in the sector. According to Kweku Agyeman-Duah, the Association’s Chief...
NPP’s management of energy sector better than the NDC – Bawumia, Vice President
The ruling government, contrary to assertions of poor governance by its opposition, has insisted that it has performed incredibly better in the management of the economy, especially with regards to the petroleum sector. Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice President and Head of...
Gas Aggregator role: ACEP insists Ghana Gas not fit
The Africa Centre for Energy Policy, ACEP, has responded comprehensively to a refutal by the Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC) to its “Analysis of the Proposal to Make Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC) The National Gas Aggregator” published on 21st May ...
