Farmer organisation Cocoa Abrabopa Association (CAA) is partnering with Alfred Ritter GmbH, a chocolate manufacturer - of the Ritter Sports brand of chocolate products - to support its farmer groups in the Western South cocoa region with additional livelihood interventions for sustainable cocoa production. The support initiative, which includes access...
Rainforest Alliance, an international non governmentalorganization, and it partners International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) and Solidaridad Ghana, with funding from NORAD, have supported beneficiaries resident in the following seven communities: Asakyiri, Dejanso, Kusease, Subriso savior, Asokore, Bodoma and Aboaso of the Bekwai cocoa district in the Ashanti Region. The support comes...
The Petroleum Commission is providing support for training more than 30 journalists on the pressing global subjects of Energy Transition, Climate Financing and related topics. This training initiative, known as the ‘Finance and Economics Clinic’, is organised by El de D Consult and is a periodic effort aimed at...
The Group CEO of GOIL PLC, Mr. Kwame Osei-Prempeh has been awarded with the Lifetime Achievement Awards at the just ended Ashanti Business Leaders Excellence Awards in Kumasi. The award was received on his behalf by a team of staff from GOIL at a colorful ceremony in Kumasi. The Lifetime Achievement -...
The General Manager of Shandong Gold Group - parent company of Cardinal Namdini Mining Limited - Hang Li, has assured government of the outfit’s determination to pour first gold at the Namdini project at Talensi in the Upper East Region by the 2024 deadline. Speaking in an exclusive meeting held at the headquarters of Shandong Gold Group in Jinan, China, with officials of the Ministry of...
Crude oil production in the country for first-half (H1) 2023 saw a significant decline, amid various developments and concerns related to petroleum revenues and regulatory compliance. The country produced a total of 22.4 million barrels (bbls) of crude oil from its three offshore producing fields - Jubilee, Tweneboa, Enyenra, Ntomme (TEN) and Sankofa...
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has sanctioned seven petroleum products marketing companies (PPMCs) for illicit distribution of petroleum products. They are to pay fines for violating the Unified Petroleum Pricing Fund (UPPF) regulations, making false UPPF representations to the Authority and engaging in third-party supplies. Failure by the affected companies to...
The Ghana Upstream Petroleum Chamber held its annual oil and gas conference and launched the 2023 upstream industry report - a comprehensive up to date documentation on the state of the upstream industry. B&FT spoke to the CEO of the chamber, David Ampofo on some of the key industry...
In keeping with its commitment to local content participation in the oil and gas sector, Tullow has partnered with the Upstream Petroleum Business Academy of the Petroleum Commission (PC) to deliver training to local suppliers in Ghana. The training, on the theme ‘Closing the Gap Workshop on Reverse Auctions’, was...
GOIL PLC is gearing up to enter the West African bitumen market by introducing innovative products, specifically polymer-modified bitumen (PMB) and bitumen emulsion, as part of the company's ongoing diversification efforts. The company commenced bitumen production in the last quarter of 2022 after successfully constructing a bitumen terminal and production...