When Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) presented its handing-over notes to the transition team in December 2016, it failed to mention anything about the Enterprise Development Centre (EDC), a US$5 million public-private partnership (PPP) project in Takoradi in the Western Region.
World Bank policy loans are creating subsidies for coal, gas and oil projects and undercutting initiatives to build wind, solar and geothermal power infrastructure and protect vulnerable rainforests, including the Amazon, a new report by the Bank Information Center (BIC) and worldwide partner organizations has revealed.
A new report on Ghana produced by the global publishing, research and consultancy firm Oxford Business Group (OBG) indicated that country’s has been a challenging year marked by fluctuating commodity prices, depreciating currency and electricity shortages.
Amandi Energy Limited (Amandi Energy) today announced that it has reached financial close and begun construction of the $552 million Amandi Energy Power Plant (Amandi Project), a 200 megawatt (MW) combined cycle, dual-fuel power project in Aboadze, Ghana.
Macro-economic instability fueled by low oil prices and global economic sentiment will continue to be the main driver of business risks across West Africa in 2017.
The Accra High Court has dismissed a case challenging the concession of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG ) to a private company.
A new World Bank study outlines how Sub-Saharan Africa’s struggling power utilities can be financially viable and at the same time make electricity access affordable for the poor.
The Early Power consortium announced that it has received parliamentary approval from the Government of Ghana and subsequently signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA), which includes a 5-year extension option, with the Electricity Corporation of Ghana (ECG) for the 400 megawatt (MW) greenfield Bridge Power project.
The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary candidate for Yendi constituency in the Northern Region, Alhaji Hamza Alikali, will officially launch his campaign on Sunday, October 9, 2016 at Bunbon Naayili to seek the mandate of the people of the constituency in the next Parliament.
Jay Ireland, President & CEO of GE Africa has been appointed as chair of the second President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa (PAC-DBIA).
