This May, in Kampala, Uganda, Revenue Watch will begin our third class for African journalists seeking new expertise in reporting on oil, gas and minerals. Without an informed, responsive media community providing oversight of the money from these industries, governance weakens, corruption rises and citizens lack the knowledge to hold their governments accountable and the opportunity to benefit fully from their... Read more

Participants began by appraising their professional growth as industry specialists. Lorrencia Adam, a reporter with Choice FM in Accra, was candid while reflecting on the support she received from facilitator Nicholas Phythian, a former Reuters news agency journalist. “Sometimes he sounds brutal,” said Adam in describing her learning journey while taking advice from Phythian, who is now a trainer withThomson Reuters... Read more

Cameroun is set to benefit from its vast gas reserves, as the government readies to commission the first gas plant in the country. UK company, Victoria Oil and Gas, through a local company has constructed the first gas plant to process Cameroun’s gas for industrial use. The gas plant is seen as one of the biggest gas processing... Read more

Cameroon has built the first gas plant to feed industrial energy requirements in sub-Sahara Africa. The country has invested $90 million into the project. There is huge potential market for gas usage by some industries in Duoala – Cameroon and Rodoe Development Limited has built the first sub-Saharan gas and condensate field at Logbaba to produce safe and reliable natural gas... Read more

A LECTURER at the  Department of the Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the College of the Engineering of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology  (KNUST) has acknowledged  the huge potentials of Ghana’s oil find. Dr. Stephen Kudom Donyinah says the quality of Ghana’s oil is unique and, therefore, Ghana cannot fail with the discovery. He was sharing his views... Read more

In the first year of RWI’s oil, gas and mining media training program, Revenue Watch and Ghana program partner Penplusbytes have focused mainly on journalists and media organizations working in the capital city, Accra.  On 23 November, Penplusbytes introduced the program to Ghana’s “second city,” Kumasi, in the gold-rich Ashanti region. During a launch meeting with... Read more

Revenue Watch Institute in conjunction with The International Institute for ICT Journalism (Penplusbytes) today launched the “Strengthening Media Oversight of the Extractive Sectors Pilot Program” in Kumasi with Revenue Watch Africa Director Emmanuel Kuyole delivering the keynote. During the launch Dr. S.K Doyina of the Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Department of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science... Read more

On Monday, a group of African journalists arrived in Accra, Ghana for a 10-day Revenue Watch workshop to strengthen their knowledge and skills for reporting on oil, gas and mining. The participants, seven Ghanaians and seven Ugandans, working for newspapers, magazines, radio and TV, are the second class in RWI’s media training program. They were selected for their track record as journalists... Read more

Sylvanus Nana Kumi of the Ghana Business Guide emerged the first recipient of the prestigious Ghana Journalists Association “Oil and Gas reporting” award 2011. The award is sponsored by Revenue Watch Institute (RWI) through its Ghanaian partner Penplusbytes (PPB) under the “Strengthening Media Oversight of the Extractive Sectors Pilot Program”. The “Strengthening Media Oversight of the Extractive Sectors Pilot Program” is... Read more

Revenue Watch Institute working with Penplusbytes is sponsoring the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Award for best reporter in “Oil and Gas” category taking place on Friday September 9th, at the Banquet Hall, State House, Accra Ghana.  This award comes at a time Ghana is producing oil and gas in commercial quantities and the media is expected to play a watch dog... Read more