Gold steadied as investors tracked the deployment of the first Covid-19 vaccines in the US and the continuation of talks over a stimulus bill. The first deliveries of the vaccine are scheduled for Monday morning and the initial lot will be in all 50 states by Wednesday, according to Gustave Perna,...
… Pegs 10 cent per kilowatts hour as maximum selling price Barely two weeks after the commissioning of the nation’s first Hydro-Solar Hybrid power generating system, which includes a 5 Megawatts (MW) floating solar system, the first in West Africa, the Bui Power Authority (BPA) has been inducted into...
... calls for local production of components   By Thomas-Moore ADINGO ([email protected]) The global solar energy market is growing in leaps and bounds, with its value expected to reach US$223.3 billion by 2026 from US$52.5billion in 2018 at annual growth rate of 20.5 percent - but with the country only...
Over one thousand customers of oil marketing giant GOIL within the Offinso area of the Ashanti Region have been rewarded for their loyalty to the company. They received various items including pieces of textile, T-shirts and other items to protect themselves against COVID-19 among others. The Upper Middle Belt Zone of...
  Cocoa farmers only earn about 6% of the chocolate industry’s total revenues Recent studies criticising the global chocolate industry for exploitative practices have concerned ethical consumers. Cocoa farmers only earn about 6% of the chocolate industry’s total revenues. Leading chocolate companies have since 2001 made pledges to end widespread abusive...
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has handed over twenty-two solar power mechanised boreholes to 12 municipal assemblies across the country. The beneficiary assemblies include Builsa North, Akuapim North, Juaben, Bongo, Tain, Suhum, Yilo Krobo and Shai Osudoku. The rest are Adaklu, Wa, Awutu and Akuapim South. Speaking at the boreholes handing-over...
The Managing Director and Group CEO of GOIL, Kwame Osei Prempeh, has been honoured as the Most Respected CEO of the Year 2020 in the Oil Marketing category at the 3rd Ghana Industry CEO Awards 2020 held in Accra. The award recognises the good corporate governance and achievements of identified...
Chocolate is certainly not a “JJC” (Johnny Just Came) consumable in the world’s list of delicacies. Made from cocoa, chocolate has been around for about 5000 years, evolving through various civilizations and processing phases into a big time delectable industry (cultivation, processing and consumption) today, with a retail market...
The Institute for Energy Security (IES) is predicting a sharp increase in fuel prices in December 2020. According to the IES, the increase is due to a 11.5% increase in prices of International Benchmark- Brent crude, the 6.94% increase in prices of Gasoline, 7.26% increase in Gasoline prices and the...
The presentation focused on the global energy transition and the role of renewable energy within this transition and also opened the platform for a collaborative and informative panel discussion. The current trajectory suggests that renewables are displacing the use of fossil fuel in energy generation partly due to climate...