Cummins, Sapele Power plan 300MW plant

The move to ensure steady electricity supply in the country has received a boost as Cummins Cogeneration Limited and Sapele Power Plc have signed a Power Purchase Agreement in London, the United Kingdom.

 

The Chairman, Cummins Cogeneration Limited, Mr. Deepak Khilnani, said the pact was part of the company’s plans to build one of Africa’s largest gas-fired power plants of 300 megawatts capacity.

He said in a statement on Thursday that the partnership came just weeks after Cummins signed an agreement for a similar investment in Ghana.

Khilnani expressed hope that the synergy between the two firms had the capacities that would deliver a clean and sustainable long-term solution for Nigerians.

Ghanaian NITA says IT professionals to be licensed

The National Information Technology Agency (NITA) says plans are underway to license all information technology (IT) professionals in the country to bring sanity into the profession.

 

The Director-General of the Agency, Mr Atta-Boateng explained that just as the Ghana Medical Association issues licences to medical doctors before they could practice in the country, the Agency in collaboration with the IT Association of Ghana would issue licences to all IT professionals operating in the country.

COCOBOD to help Bridge Global Cocoa Neutralise deficit

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is confident measures put in place to raise national cocoa production figures will soon translate into increased output to bridge the global cocoa deficit. The deficit is expected to peak at one million tonnes by 2020, which, if not checked, could cause prices of the beans to skyrocket.
However, with special yield-boosting initiatives such as the free distribution of hybrid cocoa seedlings, luring of youth into cocoa farming and the free distribution of fertilisers and other inputs, COCOBOD, which regulates the country’s cocoa sector, said its estimates showed that Ghana’s annual figures would rise in the next few years and subsequently neutralise the deficit.

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