3rd Edition of the Ghana Energy Awards

The 2019 edition of the Ghana Energy Awards (GEA) that is being organized by Energy Media Group and CH Business Consulting Ghana, and under the auspices of the Ministry of Energy and the World Energy Council (Ghana) has recognized the efforts and innovation of some outstanding individuals and organizations within the country’s energy sector.

Under the theme: “Energy, the Key to a Sustainable Economy for Industrialization”, the third event of the prestigious awards took place at the Labadi Beach Hotel, Accra – Ghana last Friday, the 29th of November 2019.

At the height of the event, Chief Executive of the Ghana National Gas Company, Dr Ben K.D. Asante and the UBI Group’s CEO, Salma Okonkwo received the much-coveted recognition of the night – Energy Personality of the Year, in both male and female categories. 

The GEA non-competitive section of the awards honoured some key personalities in the sector whose efforts in the past and recent times have been significantly instrumental in the growth of the sector.

These distinguished personalities included the Minister of Energy, John Peter Amewu (Exemplary Leadership Award) – acknowledged for his immense contribution to the sector since his appointment; a former Chief Executive of the Volta River Authority (VRA), Mr Erasmus Kalitsi (Lifetime Achievement Award), recognised for his roles in the development of VRA; and Executive Director of the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), Benjamin Boakye (Osagyefo Young Leadership Award), for his influence in the energy sector through policy direction, capacity building and advocating for inclusion of Persons with Disability (PwDs) in the extractives’ sector.