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Ghana Gas unfit to be National Gas Aggregator – ACEP
The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has warned government against consenting to the request of the Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC) to make it the National Gas Aggregator instead of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC). It offered that Ghana Gas'...
100-bed COVID-19 Treatment Facility ready by mid-June
Ghana is set to get its first Infectious Disease Isolation and Treatment Facility by the middle of June 2020, although Senyo Hosi, the Managing Trustee of the COVID-19 Private Sector Fund, has said some GH¢7 million is still needed to finish the project. The...
Wissam Al Monthiry to take over from Kweku Awotwi as Tullow Ghana MD
Following the retirement of Kweku Awotwi from Tullow Ghana this June end, the company has appointed Wissam Al Monthiry as the new Managing Director. Kweku Awotwi is the first Managing Director of Tullow Ghana to be promoted to Executive Vice President of Tullow Oil...
Fuel smuggling ‘Dendeys’ to be clamped down – Maritime Authority
Large wooden vessels, commonly referred to as ‘Dendeys’ designed like fishing boats, are gaining disturbing prominence as smuggling vessels of petroleum products in a thriving illicit fuel trade along the Central and Western coastlines. With capacity to carry heavy...
US$50m Pokuase Bulk Supply Point 61% through
Construction of the US$50 million Bulk Supply Point at Pokuase is 61 per cent through, the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) has reported. The project which began April 30, 2019, is scheduled to be handed over to the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) and the...
ECG to end Ashanti Region ‘dumsor’
The usual power cuts in the Ashanti region is soon to cease as the Electricity Company of Ghana is exhausting considerable resources to resolve the region’s incessant power supply issues. To this end, the company is devoting GH¢44.7million to address the situation....
West African Gas Pipeline damage to blame for Dumsor – Terkper
Contrary to claims by the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, that Ghana’s hitherto prolonged power crisis was due to internal causes, former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, has said the problem was a result of damages to the West Africa Gas Pipeline. He said the...
ECG ‘torments’ Kumasi with ‘dumsor’
Residents of Kumasi are furious over the seeming poor performance of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Ashanti Region. Their anger stems from increasingly power interruption, known as “dumsor” by the power distributor, as frequent power cuts without prior...
VRA cuts net losses by 91%
The Volta River Authority (VRA) has reported a significant improvement in net losses year-on-year from about GH¢1.2billion to GH¢100million at the end of 2019, representing a 91.6 per cent reduction. The reduction is attributed to strategic actions such as the...
More than 260 organizations petition Chinese entities against mining in Atewa forest
Over 260 Organizations from across the world have petitioned Chinese Ministry of Commerce and copied over 10 Chinese institutions not to include projects that directly impact local environments, communities, and livelihoods, in their COVID-19 financial support. This...
