Aker Energy to launch 2018 Scholars Programme

Accra, Aug. 30, GNA – One Hundred and fifty
academically promising students from low-income backgrounds will be awarded
scholarship packages through the 2018 Aker Energy-GNPC Scholarship Programme.

The selection process for talents will open at
a launch in Takoradi on September 5.

The scholarship will cater for the full cost
of tuition and boarding for the 150 promising students and also provide
students with provisions, pocket money, school items, as well as additional
scholastic materials for study at both the Senior High School (SHS) and nursing
training levels.

“We are pleased to launch the 2018 scholars
programme together with GNPC. Stakeholder dialogues have shown us that
education stands out as one of the highest priorities in the communities.

We are proud to provide a full academic
scholarship to promising students from communities in the Western Region,” said
Mr. Jan Arve Haugan, CEO of Aker Energy.

Norwegian-based Aker Energy is, through its
subsidiary, Aker Energy Ghana AS, the operator of the Deepwater Tano Cape Three
Points block (“DWT/CTP”) offshore Ghana and is currently working to submit a
Plan of Development for the block.

“In the scholarship programme, we also
emphasize mentorship and followership for all beneficiaries, as well as career
and university guidance,” said Mr. Jan Helge Skogen, Country Manager of
Aker Energy in Ghana.

The Aker Energy-GNPC Scholarship Programme
partners with government certified academic institutions based within the
Western Region from which selected scholars may make their own choices.

To date, 646 students have benefitted from the
program. 271 students have graduated from the program throughout its first
three years and additional 125 students graduated in May this year.

Formerlly, referred to as the Hess-GNPC
Scholars Programme, the Aker Energy-GNPC Scholarship Programme was launched in
2012 following an extensive needs assessment carried out in the six coastal
districts of the Western Region.

In these stakeholder dialogues, education and
health were highlighted as the highest priorities for the local communities.

“Local talent from the six coastal districts
of Western Region face challenges when pursuing higher education after Senior
High School. To help the students to move on, the Aker Energy-GNPC Scholars
Programme now ensures that qualified beneficiaries can have their university
application forms purchased for them. In addition, practical assistance is
offered to students in the completion of the entire application process,” said
Mr. Skogen.

A total of 45 university application forms and
15 entry application forms for nursing training institutions were purchased for
prospective beneficiaries this year and consultations are already underway to
place the students who gain admission into their academic institution of choice

under the sponsorship of the GNPC University
Scholarship Programme

Aker Energy Ghana AS, a subsidiary of
Norwegian-based oil exploration and production firm, Aker Energy AS, is the
operator of the Deepwater Tano Cape Three Points block (“DWT/CTP”) with a 50
percent participating interest in the license.

GNA

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