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( Gem Diamonds or the Company ) Johnny Velloza steps off Gem Diamonds Board and assumes key consulting oversight role and Rosalind Kainyah MBE joins the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director Gem Diamonds (LSE: GEMD) announces that in order to meet UK corporate governance independence expectations, the Company announces that one of its non-executive directors, Johnny Velloza (previously deputy CEO) will be stepping down from the Board with effect from 1 May 2021 and will be assuming an important technical consulting role in the Company. The Board is grateful to Johnny for the invaluable service he has given to the Company over 5 years both as COO and then deputy CEO and lately as a non-executive director. We are therefore delighted that Johnny has agreed to continue to work with the Company as a technical advisory consultant where his knowledge and experience will continue to be applied to all operational aspects of the business.
Gaia Says No! – Africa: Episode 2. Challenges
Welcome to our new podcast series, where we will explore the role the continent has to play in delivering net zero
Welcome to our new podcast series, Gaia Says No! – Africa, where we will explore the role the continent has to play in delivering net zero, as well as investigate the impacts of human behaviours upon the region.
In this series, I will be accompanied by William Pollen, Director of Invest in Africa, in each episode of the series.
In the second episode, we look at the challenges facing the continent and how policy and business innovation and practice can overcome them. Once again we will hear from Reshma Shah, CEO of InteStrat Services Ltd and Partner at Kina Advisory Ltd. We are also joined by Stanley Nyoni, Sustainability and Leadership Advisor who is based in Sweden and has vast experience working with policy makers in various nations.
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Stage one of the project took place in April 2017. Credit: Office of the President, the Republic of Ghana.
The first stage of the 400MW Bridge Power project will be installed with five GE TM2500+ gas turbines. Credit: GE.
Stage two of the project will add 206MW of capacity. Credit: GE.
Bridge Power project is a 400MW liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)-fuelled combined-cycle power plant being developed in Tema, Ghana. The project is the first of its kind to be undertaken in Africa.
The $953m power plant is being built in two phases with the first stage with a capacity of 194MW and the second with a capacity of 206MW.