• CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Hon. John Peter Amewu

Ministry of Energy, Ghana

Minister of Energy

Hon. John-Peter Amewu is the current Minister for Energy in Ghana and the immediate past Minister of Lands and Natural Resources. Hon. Amewu, an international consultant in the mining and natural resources sector, is a cost engineer by profession with deep knowledge in the energy and mining industry. He is a Co-Founder of Africa Centre for Energy Policy, where he also worked as the Director of Policy and Research. In that role, he provided proactive and comprehensive policy-related advice to support a variety of government and private sector projects. He is also a past Lecturer of Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration. Hon. Amewu has over 20 years’ experience in government, private sector, civil society, and international development organizations. Hon. Amewu also chairs boards of major private institutions in Ghana and contributes to providing solutions to the problems in the energy, lands, and natural resources sectors in Ghana.He holds both a master’s degree in petroleum law and policy and an Executive MBA in international energy industry management from the University of Dundee (United Kingdom) as well as an MBA in finance from University of Ghana.

Sessions With Hon. John Peter Amewu

Thursday, 12 March

  • 07:30am - 08:40am (CST) / -

    Electrifying Africa: Where are the opportunities?

    Power & Renewables

    Sub-Saharan Africa faces challenges of electricity supply access, availability, and affordability. The solutions rely on earning a return on investment for private investors or government institutions. Problems with subsidy constraints, payment defaults or proposed renegotiations of contracts, and financing have raised barriers to investment in traditional power infrastructure in some parts of Africa, and innovative, new off-grid or captive schemes often face regulatory uncertainty. What models can fast-track needed investment and deliver power at the prices and levels of reliability that African economies need for growth? What changes will stakeholders need to make to established business models? Will the prize be worthwhile?