Ghana’s Ministry of the Interior has declared Friday September 1, as a statutory public holiday to pave way for the celebration of the Islamic Festival of Sacrifice.
Category: Energy
World’s Largest Powership Berths in Ghana
Accra, August 25, 2017//-Karpowership Ghana Company Limited, a subsidiary of Karadeniz Energy Group, the energy wing of the Turkey-based Karadeniz Holding, has announced the arrival of 470 MW Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan, the world’s largest Powership in Ghana.
Ghana Auctions VRA Thermal Plants
Accra, August 25, 2017//-The sale of the majority stake in specified thermal plants owned by the Volta River Authority (VRA) is to realign the authority’s focus on solely the management of hydro plants, that’s according to a Deputy Finance Minister, Kwaku Kwarteng.
At Long Last!: Island communities in Ghana Get Electricity
When a mini-grid project came to Atigagome, a remote island in the middle of Ghana’s Lake Volta, the kerosene lamps people had been using became decorative pieces that were hung on the walls—a reminder that the island’s days of darkness were over.
Off-grid solar Transforming businesses in Nigeria
Lagos, Nigeria, August 19, 2017/ — The people behind one of the fastest growing off-grid solar companies in Africa have said that the mobile solar revolution will transform Nigeria’s small-business economy.
Ghanaian Model Portia Gana Relaxes at Canadian Beach in Pictures
Accra, August 15, 2017//-Portia Gana, a popular Ghanaian model is becoming well known for advocating travel within Africa and also exploring the world.
Bui Power Authority: We erred in the Purchase of Pickups
Accra, August 14, 2017//-Ghana’s Bui Power Authority says it erred when it purchased 40 Ford Ranger Double Pick-ups at the cost of $1,345,000 in 2013.
Ghana: Vivo Energy Introduces Recycling Programme in Basic Schools
Accra, August 14, 2017 –Vivo Energy Ghana, the Shell licensee as part of its community investment focus on the environment in partnership with Environment 360, a Non-Governmental Organisation has launched a comprehensive recycling programme targeted at basic schools in the James Town, Chorkor and Lartebiokorshie communities of the Greater Accra Region.
Ghanaian Outclasses Rivals to Pick Shell Global Customer Excellence Awards
Tema, August 7, 2017- A 25 year old Ghanaian, Famous Boateng has been crowned as the 2016 Regional and Global Forecourt Service Champion at the Shell Global Smiling Stars Programme in the New York, USA. Prior to this recognition, he was adjudged as the 2016 Best Service Champion for Ghana.
Vivo Energy, MIDAS in Landmark Pan-African Pact
Italy, August 3, 2017//-Vivo Energy, the company that distributes and markets Shell-branded fuels and lubricants in Africa, and MESA, the exclusive licensee of MIDAS providing convenient maintenance services and multi-brand quick car servicing in over 97 countries in Africa, Europe, Brazil and Turkey, recently announced a pan-African agreement to provide new services to their […]