Mr Samuel Kofi Dzamesi, Chief Executive Officer of Bui Power Authority, Ghana.

The Bui Power Authority (BPA) has been inaugurated as an active member of the Association of Power Utilities of Africa (APUA).

The inauguration took place at the recent 57th Annual Meeting Of COEs of power utilities in Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi.

In Ghana, power sector agencies that are active members of APUA are the Volta River Authority (VRA), the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo).

APUA is a continental, non-profit organisation that brings together power utilities in Africa, as well as African or foreign organisations whose activities contribute to the development of the African electricity sector.

Created in 1970 and headquartered in Cote d’Ivoire, APUA currently has about 58 members.

The mission of APUA is to bring together all of Africa’s power utilities and all stakeholders to make electricity more accessible, reliable and affordable for people.

The Director for Renewable Energy at Bui Power Authority (BPA), Wisdom Ahiataku -Togobo who represented the CEO, Samuel Kofi Dzamesi, at the annual meeting of APUA made an inaugural speech and presentation on the theme: ‘The Energy Transition: Expectations and Realities in Africa’.

Justice Barnor Kyere (Left), Deputy Director for Power Operations, Mr. Pascal Kanbonnabah (Middle), Director for commercial Services and Wisdom Ahiataku-Togobo (Right), Director for Renewable Energy, Bui Power Authority. This photograph was taking during the 57th Annual Meeting of APUA in Malawi.

 

 

Source: https://energynewsafrica.com