The countdown is on for the close of nominations in the 9th edition of the prestigious Ghana Energy Awards (GEA), with just ten days remaining before the window officially shuts on Friday, 31st October 2025. Nominations for this year’s event opened on Tuesday, 9th September 2025, inviting submissions from individuals, companies, and institutions across Ghana’s...
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Powering Industrial Ghana: Genser Energy Sets Benchmark for Indigenous Innovation
Ghanaian energy firm Genser Energy is emerging as a powerful example of how homegrown enterprise can drive industrial transformation across Africa. The company’s pioneering infrastructure projects and local expertise have positioned it as a key player in Ghana’s energy and industrial ecosystem. The recognition came as part of the CNBC Africa–Standard Bank Group Impact Series,...
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Energy Minister Opens IEA Africa Energy Efficiency Training in Accra
Ghana’s Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Abdulai Jinapor, has underscored the country’s strong progress in energy efficiency initiatives, as he delivered the welcome and opening address at the International Energy Agency (IEA) Africa Energy Efficiency Policy Training Week, held in Accra. Mr. Jinapor warmly welcomed participants from across Africa and beyond, commending the...
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Petrol tops Nigeria’s imports with 613.6m litres in one year
Nigerians consumed a total of 613.62 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol, for transportation, power generation, and other domestic uses between October 2024 and October 10, 2025, The PUNCH reports. This is according to fresh data obtained from the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority obtained by our correspondent on...
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Nuclear power plants: reality and prospects
South Africa is currently the only country on the continent generating nuclear electricity. The first and second units of the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station with a combined electrical capacity of 1,854 MW were launched in 1984 and 1985, respectively. Many African countries have expressed interest in developing nuclear power generation, but these plans are at...
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Policy Inconsistencies, Underinvestment Undermining Ghana’s Oil Revenue Growth – Prof Lord Mensah
Financial Economist and Head of Local Government Services, Professor Lord Mensah, has attributed the steady decline in Ghana’s oil revenue to years of inconsistent fiscal and investment policies in the petroleum sector, cautioning that the country is now “paying for its past policy indecisions.” Speaking on the NorvanReports, Economic Governance Platform and Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition...