Dear Colleagues, I am honoured to welcome you to the launch of the ‘Internal Audit Awareness Month.’ The Internal Audit Department of GRIDCo has drawn up a programme for the occasion and invites all staff to join in the celebration. The month of May is a time for us to globally recognise and appreciate
With great enthusiasm and a strong sense of solidarity, members of the GRIDCo Senior Staff Association (SSA) and Divisional Union gathered at the Independence Square, alongside other worker groups to observe the 2024 May Day Celebrations. The Union's presence highlighted their commitment to emphasising the role of workers in Ghana.This year's celebration was themed: "The
Representatives from the Board and Management of GRIDCo, the Volta River Authority (VRA) and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) attended an interactive session with the Council of State last week, following an invitation.The Council of State requested further information and clarification on the current state of the power sector to enhance its advisory role
The KNUST branch of “Engineering Without Borders” organised a Career Fair on April 5, 2024, at the KNUST campus, Kumasi, hosting professional engineers to inspire and engage young engineering students. Themed “Bridging Academia with Industry: Empowering Future Engineers,” the fair aimed to encourage students to address local challenges by leveraging their education to create location-specific
The Government has praised the efforts to enhance power generation in Ghana's middle belt with the re-commissioning of VRA's Ameri Plant, now named, the Anwomaso Thermal Power Plant (ATPP).A delegation from GRIDCo, including Board Chairman Amb. Kabral Blay-Amihere, Board Member F.F. Antoh, Chief Executive Ing. Ebenezer Kofi Essienyi, Director of the Northern Network Department Ing.
As a follow-up to the recent Management Team’s visits to some GRIDCo project sites in the Upper East and Bono Regions, we present an update on two (2) Substations and Transmission Line projects, which GRIDCo is executing in the Kumasi Operational Area in the Ashanti Region. GRIDCo’s 161kV Konongo-Kumasi (J2K) Transmission Line project, which
Mr. John Boadu, the recently appointed Director General of the State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA) paid a working visit to GRIDCo on Friday, March 22, 2024. Ing. Mark Baah, Director, Corporate Strategy Department & Advisor to the Chief Executive on the Implementation of the Ghana Wholesale Electricity Market (GWEM), welcomed Mr. Boadu on
The Northern Network Department (NND) and the Operational Team at the Anwomaso Substation, Kumasi, hosted some two hundred and eighty (280) second year Electrical/Electronic Engineering students from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) at the transmission facility, earlier in the month of March 2024.The students, who toured both the 161 and the
During Management’s recent tours of GRIDCo’s Operational Areas, they took some time off to undertake site visits to apprise themselves of the progress of works on some ongoing Substation and Transmission Line Projects. The Substation and Transmission Line projects of interest are:• Construction of 161kV HV Powerline and Substation; Newmont Ahafo North, Bono Region. •
GRIDCo’s Chairman Amb. Kabral Blay-Amihere undertook an informal meet-and-greet session, with staff of the Tema Operational Area during a health screening session on Monday 4th March, 2024. The Board Chairman was accompanied by Company Secretary, Ama Haywood-Dadzie while Director, Corporate Strategy, Mark Baah was in attendance.
