{"id":779256,"date":"2020-01-09T12:37:17","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T12:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2020\/01\/09\/vra-to-export-power-to-mali-other-west-african-countries-by-2023\/"},"modified":"2020-01-09T12:37:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T12:37:17","slug":"vra-to-export-power-to-mali-other-west-african-countries-by-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/09\/vra-to-export-power-to-mali-other-west-african-countries-by-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"VRA to export power to Mali, other West African countries by 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Thursday,  9 January 2020<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2020-01-09<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/91533554.295.jpg\" alt=\"File photo\" title=\"File photo\" width=\"295\" height=\"192\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>File photo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\" id=\"article-123\"> The Chief Executive of Volta River Authority (VRA), Emmanuel Antwi-Darkwa, has announced that VRA will supply power to Mali and other West African countries by 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have the resources to supply power beyond our jurisdiction and dominate the sub-region. We have reasons to believe that we will be dominant because we are efficient compared to our colleagues in the sub-region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have better indigenous resources required for efficient power generation; we are not that bad. We are a very sophisticated energy sector comparable to the industrialised countries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The chief executive of VRA made this known during a ceremony organised by the Africa Centre for Integrity and Development (ACiD) on Friday, December 20 in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>Award ceremony<\/p>\n<p>The award ceremony was organised to honour Mr Antwi-Darkwa for his hard work and integrity in the energy sector.<\/p>\n<p>The event was attended by ACiD staff, including the Executive Director, Mr Ibrahim Isshaq Tahir, and his Deputy, Ms Priscilla Serwah.<\/p>\n<p>Prosperity<\/p>\n<p>The Marketing and Sponsorship Manager of ACiD-Africa, Mr Francis Anane, commended Mr Antwi-Darkwa for his outstanding achievements.<\/p>\n<p>He said it was important to acknowledge the hard work and integrity that individuals exhibited in the discharge of their duties to serve as an example to others, especially the youth.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cit is for the sake of prosperity that we are doing all these things so that others will see and scale-up\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Anane revealed that ACiD had begun another search for outstanding organisations which would be acknowledged duly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are doing a background check for other organisations so that we can reward those who are doing the hard and honest work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe search for public sector organisations that portray fairness in their procedures, procurements, as well as those who fight against corruption and help with the<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business News of Thursday, 9 January 2020 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2020-01-09 File photo The Chief Executive of Volta River Authority (VRA), Emmanuel Antwi-Darkwa, has announced that VRA will supply power to Mali and other West African countries by 2023. \u201cWe have the resources to supply power beyond our jurisdiction and dominate the sub-region. We have reasons [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":779257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-779256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>VRA to export power to Mali, other West African countries by 2023 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/09\/vra-to-export-power-to-mali-other-west-african-countries-by-2023\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"VRA to export power to Mali, other West African countries by 2023 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Business News of Thursday, 9 January 2020 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2020-01-09 File photo The Chief Executive of Volta River Authority (VRA), Emmanuel Antwi-Darkwa, has announced that VRA will supply power to Mali and other West African countries by 2023. \u201cWe have the resources to supply power beyond our jurisdiction and dominate the sub-region. We have reasons [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/91533554.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/09\\\/vra-to-export-power-to-mali-other-west-african-countries-by-2023\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/09\\\/vra-to-export-power-to-mali-other-west-african-countries-by-2023\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\"},\"headline\":\"VRA to export power to Mali, other West African countries by 2023\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-09T12:37:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/09\\\/vra-to-export-power-to-mali-other-west-african-countries-by-2023\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":317,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/09\\\/vra-to-export-power-to-mali-other-west-african-countries-by-2023\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/91533554.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/09\\\/vra-to-export-power-to-mali-other-west-african-countries-by-2023\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/09\\\/vra-to-export-power-to-mali-other-west-african-countries-by-2023\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/09\\\/vra-to-export-power-to-mali-other-west-african-countries-by-2023\\\/\",\"name\":\"VRA to export power to Mali, other West African countries by 2023 - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/09\\\/vra-to-export-power-to-mali-other-west-african-countries-by-2023\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/09\\\/vra-to-export-power-to-mali-other-west-african-countries-by-2023\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/91533554.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-09T12:37:17+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/09\\\/vra-to-export-power-to-mali-other-west-african-countries-by-2023\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/09\\\/vra-to-export-power-to-mali-other-west-african-countries-by-2023\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/91533554.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/91533554.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":390},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"VRA to export power to Mali, other West African countries by 2023 - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/09\/vra-to-export-power-to-mali-other-west-african-countries-by-2023\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"VRA to export power to Mali, other West African countries by 2023 - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"Business News of Thursday, 9 January 2020 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2020-01-09 File photo The Chief Executive of Volta River Authority (VRA), Emmanuel Antwi-Darkwa, has announced that VRA will supply power to Mali and other West African countries by 2023. \u201cWe have the resources to supply power beyond our jurisdiction and dominate the sub-region. We have reasons [&hellip;]","twitter_image":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/91533554.jpg","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/09\/vra-to-export-power-to-mali-other-west-african-countries-by-2023\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/09\/vra-to-export-power-to-mali-other-west-african-countries-by-2023\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036"},"headline":"VRA to export power to Mali, other West African countries by 2023","datePublished":"2020-01-09T12:37:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/09\/vra-to-export-power-to-mali-other-west-african-countries-by-2023\/"},"wordCount":317,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/09\/vra-to-export-power-to-mali-other-west-african-countries-by-2023\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/91533554.jpg","articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/09\/vra-to-export-power-to-mali-other-west-african-countries-by-2023\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/09\/vra-to-export-power-to-mali-other-west-african-countries-by-2023\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/09\/vra-to-export-power-to-mali-other-west-african-countries-by-2023\/","name":"VRA to export power to Mali, other West African countries by 2023 - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/09\/vra-to-export-power-to-mali-other-west-african-countries-by-2023\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/09\/vra-to-export-power-to-mali-other-west-african-countries-by-2023\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/91533554.jpg","datePublished":"2020-01-09T12:37:17+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/09\/vra-to-export-power-to-mali-other-west-african-countries-by-2023\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/09\/vra-to-export-power-to-mali-other-west-african-countries-by-2023\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/91533554.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/91533554.jpg","width":600,"height":390},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}