Ghana Energy Awards 2021 launched

Ghana Energy Awards (GEA) yesterday 6th July 2021 opened nominations for the fifth edition of the Awards on the theme, “Digitalised Energy Sector: The key for a resilient Economic Sector” at the Challenge house, Abelemkpe Accra.

Mr. Kwame Jantuah, chairman of the awards committee, speaking at launch disclosed the introduction of five more categories in the 5th edition of Ghana Energy Awards slated for November.

According to Mr. Jantuah, the introduction of 5 categories is to recognize players employing digital innovations to enhance their operations since the outbreak COVID-19 pandemic.

The five are digital leadership impact, outstanding contribution to digitalization, exceptional digital management, a digitization project of the year, and excellence in digital service delivery awards respectively.

Mr. Kwame Jantuah, the awarding panel chairman, noted that it was the continuous support and involvement of stakeholders to make the awards realize its objective that had brought the scheme thus far, adding that it has been the policy of the Ghana Energy Awards panel team that every year must be better than the previous year, especially in terms of the quality of what people bring out which leads to more competition for national growth and development.

Mr. Jantuah said that the COVID-19 pandemic had influenced how companies in the energy sector operated and had also paved the way for the use of new technologies to transact business.

We observe in the power sector new forms of generating, recording, and monitoring power, a case in point being, how the renewable sector is fast overtaking the conventional generation of power,” noted.

Mr. Henry Teinor, the organizer of GEA, stated that over the four years of the life of the award scheme, it had uncovered and recognized many innovations and initiatives in the sector.

He mentioned that the theme was in line with the government’s program of promoting digitalization and related technologies across all industries within the economic spectrum.

“For this reason, the GEA 21 is dedicating this edition to the efforts of individuals and organizations in the sector toward achieving this aim, particularly through policies for staff and business processes,” he reiterated.

He said nominations would be opened from July 6 to October 20.
As part of activities, Mr. Teinor explained that panel members would go round and inspect projects and innovative solutions cited by the nominees to acquaint themselves with the nature of these projects and their impacts.

The GEA seeks to recognize the efforts, innovation, and excellence stalwarts within the energy sector and to celebrate the tremendous work of the players competing under various categories of the awards he said.

This years award ceremony will feature several awards, prominent of which are the apex awards, that is the Energy Personality of the Year (male and female categories), CEO of the Year, Industry Leadership Awards, Energy Business Leadership Award, Energy Company of the Year, Emerging Energy Company of the Year, Energy Institution of the Year and the Rising Star Award as well as the Best Energy Reporter of the Year.

The Industry partners for the initiative are the Bui Power Authority, Ghana Grid Company, Ghana Gas, Volta River Authority, Energy Commission, Menergy Technologies, Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors, Electricity Company Ghana, Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission, Association of Oil Marketing Companies, and Chamber of Petroleum Consumers-Ghana.

Mr. Henry Teinor, organizer of the awards thanked the panel and all stakeholders for their staunch support toward the awards.