Ghana: Kadijah Amoah, a well-connected lawyer to reinvigorate Aker Energy’s projects
A former member of the Ghanaian Vice President’s cabinet, Kadijah Amoah became country director for the subsidiary of the Norwegian company Aker at a time when the massive oil project Pecan has barely taken shape.
07/02/2020 at 18h10, by Pierre-Olivier Rouaud
Since 1 February, Kadijah Amoah is the new CEO of Aker Energy, the Ghanaian subsidiary of the large Norwegian industrial and maritime conglomerate Aker ASA. The group is spearheading the offshore oil mega-project Pecan (Deepwater Tano Cape Three Points) in Ghana with more than 450 million barrels of reserves. The project was just about to be launched according to the initial calendar, but it was ultimately delayed in the second half of 2019 because of its poor design and heated discussions with the Ghanaian government on taxation and local procurement.