The Ghana Energy Awards Secretariat is pleased to announce the release of the shortlisted nominees for the 8th Ghana Energy Awards.

This year's competition has seen an impressive surge of interest with over 170 submissions received between the 27^th of June and the 30^th of August, 2024.

The nominations span across 25 competitive categories, showcasing the diverse contributions of individuals, companies, and institutions dedicated to advancing Ghana's energy sector.

The process leading to the shortlisting has been rigorous, reflecting the high standards that the Ghana Energy Awards upholds. The Awards Secretariat, together with the distinguished Awarding Panel, undertook significant measures to ensure transparency and accuracy.

These included courtesy calls to sector stakeholders to gather critical feedback, as well as site visitations to assess the numerous innovative projects nominated. This hands-on approach highlights the thoroughness and dedication invested in recognising the exceptional achievements in Ghana's energy development journey.

The theme for this year’s event, "The Role of Local Content in Building Ghana’s Energy Sector", emphasises the critical role that local expertise, businesses, and investments play in the development of the energy landscape.

As Ghana strives to solidify its position as a regional energy hub, this theme draws attention to the importance of nurturing homegrown talent and resources to drive sustainable growth. It is a call to action for stakeholders to champion local content policies that will not only enhance the sector, but also secure its future.

All roads now lead to the grand awards ceremony on Friday, 25th October 2024 at the Labadi Beach Hotel in Accra. This landmark event promises to bring together industry leaders, policymakers, and key stakeholders in the energy sector, as they converge to celebrate excellence, innovation, and leadership within Ghana’s energy landscape.

The Ghana Energy Awards, organised by the Energy Media Group, seeks to recognise the contributions of industry players to Ghana’s energy development through healthy competition.

The Awards is fully endorsed by the Ministry of Energy and its allied agencies, and the World Energy Council Ghana, with validation from Forvis Mazars.  

For sponsorship, tickets, or enquiries, please contact the Awards Secretariat on 030 3940 300 or info@ghanaenergyawards.com.

Find the list of shortlisted nominees for the 8th Ghana Energy Awards below:

8^TH GHANA ENERGY AWARDS: NOMINEES LIST

Energy Personality of the Year – Male

1. Dr. Elikplim Apetorgbor – Chief Executive Officer, Independent Power Generators Ghana
2. Dr. Ben. K. D. Asante – Chief Executive Officer, Ghana National Gas Company
3. Joseph Kweku Horgle – Chief Executive Officer, JK Horgle Transport and Company
4. Dr. Edwin Provencal – Managing Director, Bulk Energy Storage and Transportation Limited Company
5. Hon. Ing. Samuel Dzamesi – Chief Executive Officer, Bui Power Authority
6. Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid – Chief Executive, National Petroleum Authority
7. Herbert Friese – General Manager, Dutch & Co
8. Wisdom Ahiataku-Togobo – Former Director, Renewable Energy, Bui Power Authority
9. Hon. Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, Member of Parliament, Ellembele Constituency, Western Region
10. James Kwoku Ahiadome – Chief Executive Officer, JK Ahiadome Transport 
11. Kofi Amoa-Abban – Chief Executive Officer, Rigworld Group
12. Kojo Aduhene – Chief Executive Officer, LMI Holdings

Energy Personality of the Year – Female

1. Linda Asante – Deputy Chief Executive, National Petroleum Authority
2. Cynthia Lumor – Deputy Managing Director, Tullow Ghana

• Kadijah Amoah – Chief Executive Officer, Pecan Energies Ghana
• Wilhelmina Asamoah – Chief Director, Ministry of Energy
• Nana Akua Agyei – Head of Legal, Petroleum Commission
• Dr. Ing. Belinda Boadu – Head, GOIL Upstream, GOIL PLC

CEO of the Year – Power

1. Hon. Ing. Samuel Dzamesi – Chief Executive Officer, Bui Power Authority
2. Ing. Oscar Amonoo-Neizer – Executive Secretary, Energy Commission
3. Kevin Wu – Chief Executive Officer, Meinergy Technology
4. Dr. Elikplim Apetorgbor – Chief Executive Officer, Independent Power Generators Ghana
5. Herbert Friese – General Manager, Dutch & Co
6. Pankaj Bhati – Chief Executive Officer, Alpha TND
7. Kojo Aduhene – Chief Executive Officer, LMI Holdings

CEO of the Year – Petroleum

1. Kofi Amoa-Abban – Chief Executive Officer, Rigworld Group
2. Dr. Edwin Provencal – Managing Director, Bulk Energy Storage and Transportation Limited Company
3. Duncan Amoah – Executive Secretary, Chamber of Petroleum Consumers
4. James Kwoku Ahiadome – Chief Executive Officer, JK Ahiadome Transport 
5. Dr. Ben. K. D. Asante – Chief Executive Officer, Ghana National Gas Company
6. Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid – Chief Executive, National Petroleum Authority
7. Kwame Osei-Prempeh – Managing Director, GOIL PLC
8. Joseph Kweku Horgle – Chief Executive Officer, JK Horgle Transport and Company

Energy Company of the Year – Power

1. Sunon Asogli Power
2. Kofa Technologies
3. Alpha TND
4. Volta River Authority

Energy Company of the Year – Petroleum

1. GOIL PLC
2. Ghana National Gas Company
3. National Petroleum Authority
4. JK Horgle Transport and Company
5. Bulk Energy Storage and Transportation Limited Company

Energy Company of the Year – Renewable

1. Dutch & Co
2. Helios Solar
3. Meinergy Technology
4. Bui Power Authority
5. Webber Energy

Energy Institution of the Year

1. AGI Energy Service Centre
2. Cubica Energy
3. Chamber of Petroleum Consumers
4. Energy Commission
5. Mframadan Energy Management and Research Institute
6. Africa Centre for Energy Policy
7. Public Utilities Regulatory Commission

Local Content Legacy Achievement Award

1. Duncan Amoah – Executive Secretary, Chamber of Petroleum Consumers
2. Hon. Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, Member of Parliament, Ellembele Constituency, Western Region
3. Egbert Faibille Jnr – Chief Executive Officer, Petroleum Commission
4. Dr. Ben. K. D. Asante – Chief Executive Officer, Ghana National Gas Company
5. Joseph Kweku Horgle – Chief Executive Officer, JK Horgle Transport and Company
6. Kofi Amoa-Abban – Chief Executive Officer, Rigworld Group
7. Senyo Hosi – Former Chief Executive Officer, Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors

Local Content Partnership of the Year

1. D.McHALL Project Consulting
2. Ghana Electrometer
3. Electricity Company of Ghana
4. Volta River Authority

Rising Star Individual

1. Miriam Randolph-Akushie – Director, Business Development, Africa Sustainable Energy Centre
2. Ing. Samuel Kyei-Boateng – Project Manager, Helios Solar
3. Joshua B. Narh – Executive Chairman, Energy Chamber of Ghana
4. Mark Adu-Boateng – Lubricants Sales Manager, PETROSOL Platinum Energy
5. Kwaku Osei-Sarpong – Managing Director, RIFE Energy Ghana
6. Dr. Elvis Twumasi – Director, Research & Innovation, Africa Sustainable Energy Centre
7. Courage Adom – Project Director, GYE NYAME CARD Global 
8. Doris Edem Agbavivi – Coordinator, Drive Electric Initiative, Energy Commission
9. Ing. Richmond Alamu – Manager, Asset Integrity and Maintenance, Ghana National Gas Company
10. Christian Atta Sarpong Jnr. – Electrical Engineer, Bui Power Authority
11. Hubert Nsoh Zan – Assistant Manager, Energy Efficiency, Energy Commission
12. Karikari Achireko Kwagyan – Director, Energy & Climate Finance, Africa Sustainable Energy Centre
13. Horace Hato – Head, Gas Commercialization Unit, Ministry of Energy

Rising Star Company 

1. Helios Solar
2. Kofa Technologies
3. GYE NYAME CARD Global 
4. Africa Sustainable Energy Centre
5. Nuclear Power Ghana
6. D.McHALL Project Consulting

Green Chief Trailblazer Award 

1. Dr. Elvis Twumasi – Director, Research & Innovation, Africa Sustainable Energy Centre
2. Lesley Arthur – Chief Executive Officer, Cubica Energy
3. Ing. Matthew Seddoh Akatey – General Manager, Engineering & Operations, Helios Solar
4. Karikari Achireko Kwagyan – Director, Energy & Climate Finance, Africa Sustainable Energy Centre
5. Donald Marshall – Founder, Mframadan Energy Management & Research Institute and D.McHALL Project Consulting
6. Solomon Adjetey Sowah – Director Power, Ministry of Energy

Energy Signature Award

1. Wisdom Ahiataku-Togobo – Former Director, Renewable Energy, Bui Power Authority
2. Bellona-Gerard Vittor-Quao – Manager, Public Affairs, Nuclear Power Ghana
3. Ing. Maxmillian Kwarteng – Deputy Director, Renewables, Bui Power Authority
4. Dr. Elvis Twumasi – Director, Research & Innovation, Africa Sustainable Energy Centre
5. Kofi Adu Agyarko – Director, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, Energy Commission
6. Hon. Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, Member of Parliament, Ellembele Constituency, Western Region
7. Ing. Justice Ohene-Akoto – Executive Director, Africa Sustainable Energy Centre
8. Solomon Adjetey Sowah – Director Power, Ministry of Energy
9. Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam – Former Deputy Minister of Energy
10. Prof. Joseph Oteng-Adjei – Former Minister of Energy

Visionary Leadership Award

1. Kojo Aduhene – Chief Executive Officer, LMI Holdings
2. Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid – Chief Executive, National Petroleum Authority
3. Lesley Arthur – Chief Executive Officer, Cubica Energy
4. Ing. Oscar Amonoo-Neizer – Executive Secretary, Energy Commission
5. Ing. Justice Ohene-Akoto – Executive Director, Africa Sustainable Energy Centre
6. Joseph Kweku Horgle – Chief Executive Officer, JK Horgle Transport and Company
7. Prof. Kwaku Appiah-Adu – National Coordinator, Energy Sector Recovery Programme
8. Kofi Amoa-Abban – Chief Executive Officer, Rigworld Group

Innovation Project of the Year

1. D.McHALL Project Consulting
2. Africa Sustainable Energy Centre
3. Helios Solar
4. Empower Playgrounds
5. Meinergy Technology
6. GYE NYAME CARD Global 
7. Energy Commission
8. GCB Bank PLC
9. Webber Energy
10. AGI Energy Service Centre

Energy Reporter of the Year

1. Kwabena Adu Koranteng – New Crusading Guide
2. Kweku Bolton – Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
3. Philip Teye Agbove – The Fourth Estate, Media Foundation for West Africa
4. Ebenezer Yaw Agyekum-Boateng – Media General
5. Emmanuel Aboagye-Wiafe – Asaase Radio
6. Kingsley Nana Buadu - Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
7. Pious Kojo Backah – Multimedia Group
8. Dominic Hlordzi – Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
9. Daryl Kwawu – Multimedia Group
10. Akua Oteng Amponsah – EIB Network

Energy Think Tank of the Year

1. Institute for Energy Security
2. Mframadan Energy Management and Research Institute
3. Chamber of Petroleum Consumers
4. Eureka Chamber of Energy Solutions
5. Africa Sustainable Energy Centre

Energy Advocate of the Year

1. Hon. John Abdulai Jinapor – MP, Yapei Kusawgu Constituency, Savanna Region.
2. Dr. Justin Dargin – Chief Executive Officer, Resolve36
3. Joshua B. Narh – Executive Chairman, Energy Chamber of Ghana
4. Duncan Amoah – Executive Secretary, Chamber of Petroleum Consumers
5. Dr. Yussif Sulemana – Chief Executive Officer, EUREKA Energy Solutions
6. Dr. Riverson Oppong – Chief Executive Officer, Association of Oil Marketing Companies
7. Hon. Adam Mutawakilu – Former Member of Parliament, Damongo Constituency, Savanna Region
8. Hubert Nsoh Zan – Assistant Manager, Energy Efficiency, Energy Commission
9. Dr. Elvis Twumasi – Director, Research & Innovation, Africa Sustainable Energy Centre
10. Nana Amoasi VII – Executive Director, Institute for Energy Security

Health, Safety, Security and Environment Excellence Award

1. Helios Solar
2. Bui Power Authority
3. Sunon Asogli Power
4. JK Horgle Transport and Company
5. Rigworld Training Centre

Excellence in Power Generation

1. Volta River Authority
2. Sunon Asogli Power
3. Bui Power Authority
4. AA Horizon

Clean Energy Initiative of the Year

1. Helios Solar
2. Energy Commission
3. Mframadan Energy Management and Research Institute
4. Africa Sustainable Energy Centre
5. Bui Power Authority
6. Webber Energy
7. GYE NYAME CARD Global 

Energy Investment Impact Award

1. International Finance Corporation
2. EKI Energy Services
3. World Bank (International Development Association)
4. Stanbic Bank Ghana
5. Rigworld Training Centre

Off-Grid Energy Solution of the Year

1. Webber Energy
2. D.McHALL Project Consulting
3. Wilkins Engineering
4. Sol Cool Enterprise

Local Content Torchbearer Excellence Award

1. Volta River Authority
2. Ghana Electrometer
3. Petroleum Commission
4. Energy Commission

Outstanding Local Content Initiative of the Year

1. Ghana Electrometer
2. GYE NYAME CARD Global 
3. Ghana National Gas Company
4. Energy Commission
5. Africa Sustainable Energy Centre
6. Electricity Company of Ghana
7. Volta River Authority

Local Content Leadership Impact Award

1. Joseph Kweku Horgle – Chief Executive Officer, JK Horgle Transport and Company
2. Dr. Ben. K. D. Asante – Chief Executive Officer, Ghana National Gas Company
3. Herbert Friese – General Manager, Dutch & Co
4. Ing. Edward Obeng-Kenzo – Deputy Chief Executive, Engineering & Operations, Volta River Authority
5. Egbert Faibille Jnr – Chief Executive Officer, Petroleum Commission
6. James Kwoku Ahiadome – Chief Executive Officer, JK Ahiadome Transport 

Brand of the Year

1. GOIL PLC
2. Reservoir Management Group
3. Ghana National Gas Company
4. Dutch & Co
5. Energy Commission
6. Bui Power Authority
7. PETROSOL Platinum Energy

Corporate Social Responsibility of the Year

1. Bui Power Authority
2. PETROSOL Platinum Energy
3. Chamber of Petroleum Consumers
4. Energy Quest Foundation (Cubica Energy)
5. Volta River Authority