Kofi Ahovi

  Engen and Vivo Energy have merged their respective African businesses in a bid to create one of Africa’s largest energy distribution companies. The combined group will have over 3,900 service stations and more than two billion litres of storage capacity across 27 African countries. Engen is the clear market leader in South Africa with about 1,300 service stations across seven African countries while Vivo Energy on the other hand is a major pan-African retailer and distributor of fuels and lubricants to retail and commercial customers, with over 2,600 service stations across 23 African countries using the Engen and Shell brands. A release issued yesterday from Cape Town, South Africa and copied to GraphicOnline further noted that “PETRONAS will sell its 74 per cent shareholding in Engen to Vivo Energy at completion. The Phembani Group, PETRONAS’ long-standing partner in Africa and Engen’s B-BBEE shareholder, is continuing its strong association with Engen and will remain invested ...

Vivo Energy, the pan-African retailer and marketer of Shell and Engen-branded fuels and lubricants, has held its annual Safety Day across the whole company, reinforcing the importance of Health, Safety, Security, Environment & Quality (HSSEQ) at Vivo Energy. Safety Day is an opportunity for all employees and contractors at Vivo Energy to refocus on the importance of HSSEQ. This year’s Safety Day theme is Learning to be Safer and focuses on how a combination of commitment and competency in safety helps create empowerment, allowing us to strengthen our safety culture even further. As part of Safety Day, we invited colleagues, contractors and partners to share examples of how they are Learning to be Safer , to encourage replication of best practice. Commenting on Safety Day, Grant Bairstow, Head of HSSEQ for the Vivo Energy Group said: “Safety is integral to our business and Vivo Energy’s long-term success in Africa.  We must all continue to learn to be safer and close any HSSEQ ...

 Vivo Energy Ghana, the exclusive marketer, and distributor of Shell branded fuels and lubricants has renovated a three-unit classroom block for the St Peter’s Primary School, at Poasi-New Takoradi, in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis, of the Western Region. In addition to the renovation, the energy company furnished the school block with dual classroom desks, teachers’ desks, bookshelves, white boards, and ceiling fans. Other existing classroom blocks were also repainted to give the school a face-lift.  The company believes the new classroom block will provide a safe shelter and a conducive environment for academic excellence to thrive. In line with the company’s environmental sustainability programme dubbed ‘Cyclean,’ Vivo Energy Ghana donated waste bins to encourage waste segregation in the school and inculcate the habit of recycling amongst the school children. Speaking at the handing over ceremony, the Commercial Manager of Vivo Energy Ghana, Bernard Bosompem who spoke on ...

 Vivo Energy Ghana, the exclusive marketer, and distributor of Shell branded fuels and lubricants has launched the second phase of its Community Digital Literacy Project in the Tamale Metropolitan area to expand the scope and reach out to more school children with relevant educational content and improve their reading skills. This is in line with the company’s commitment to fuelling the growth of its operational areas and playing its part as a responsible corporate entity in complementing the government’s efforts towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Four which aims to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.” The second phase of the project was launched in collaboration with the implementing partners, Worldreader Ghana and the Northern Regional Library. Under the phase one, twenty-five (25) households within the Tamale Metropolis were selected trained and assigned BookSmart Tablets which provided the ...

Vivo Energy, the pan-African retailer and marketer of Shell and Engen-branded fuels and lubricants, has marked the first decade of the Group’s formation with local celebrations across its 23 operating countries and support teams. The company was formed on 1 December 2011, initially with seven Shell-branded countries, and a further eight Shell-branded countries being added to the Group within two years.  In 2019, eight more countries were added, this time under the Engen-brand. Vivo Energy Ghana joined the group in 2013. In its first decade, the Vivo Energy story has been one of growth, nearly doubling the size of its Retail network.  Other highlights include creation of a non-fuel retail offer, development of the Commercial offer, adding alternative Power solutions, and growth of the Lubricants business. Commenting on the milestone, Group CEO, Christian Chammas said: “1 st December marks a special day in the history of Vivo Energy, and I am very proud of the immense achieveme...

  Vivo Energy Ghana, the marketer and distributor of Shell branded fuels and lubricants has appointed Kader Maiga as its new Managing Director following Ben Hassan Ouattara’s end of tenure. Maiga comes on board with over 20 years’ experience in the energy sector, including senior management positions with Shell and Vivo Energy. He holds a Master’s degree in Economic Science from the University of Wuppertal in Germany. Maiga’s career started in Shell as retail manager for Guinea and Mali where he changed the face of retail business with his innovative and leadership approach to selling fuels and lubricants, progressing to become the Country Chairman for Mali. Following the transition from Shell to Vivo Energy in 2011, Maiga was appointed Managing Director of Vivo Energy Mali. He subsequently became the Managing Director for Guinea, before becoming Managing Director Madagascar in 2016 and Managing Director Senegal in 2019.  In each of the countries he has led, he has built very ...

  Vivo Energy, the pan-African retailer and marketer of Shell and Engen-branded fuels and lubricants, has held its annual Safety Day across the whole company, reinforcing the importance of Health, Safety, Security, Environment & Quality (HSSEQ) at Vivo Energy. Safety Day is an opportunity for all employees and contractors at Vivo Energy to refocus on the importance of HSSEQ. This year’s event ─ “Competent + Prepared = Safer” ─ invited colleagues to record examples of visible safety leadership they had experienced across the business. Over 1,200 entries were submitted, across a range of categories including the environment, health, product quality, reputation, safety and security. The leading examples of safety improvement in each of these categories have been showcased and shared across to Group, to encourage replication of this best practice. Commenting on Safety Day, Grant Bairstow, Head of HSSEQ for the Vivo Energy Group said: “Safety is integral to our business and Vivo Ene...

  Vivo Energy Ghana, the exclusive distributors and marketers of Shell-branded fuels and lubricants in Ghana has launched the ‘ Vivo Energy Community Digital Literacy Project ’ to increase access to relevant educational content through technology among schoolchildren. The pilot project is in partnership with Worldreader and the Northern Regional Library Authority and seeks to reinforce schoolchildren’s reading skills and help to mitigate the learning loss caused by the schools’ closure during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana. Shirley Tony Kum, the Corporate Communications Manager at Vivo Energy Ghana, speaking at the launch, said the project would promote Sustainable Development Goal 4, of ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education within the implementing area. She said the project, in its first phase, would reach children in over 25 households within the Tamale Metropolis with ‘BookSmart Tablets’, trained home facilitators, and guided lesson plans to create an e...

  Vivo Energy Ghana, the Shell licensee, in partnership with its fuel retailers, have constructed and handed over a 10-seater water closet toilet facility, with an overhead water tank to the Ahinsan Camp Prison in the Adansi District of the Ashanti Region. This timely intervention by Vivo Energy Ghana and its retailers means that the personal health and safety of inmates is now improved. The initiative forms part of Vivo Energy Ghana’s Retailer Sustainability Programme, launched to complement the government’s efforts in combating COVID-19 from Ghana and ensuring the decentralisation of developmental support to communities where it operates. Speaking on behalf of the Managing Director, the Corporate Communications Manager, Shirley Tony Kum, reiterated the company’s commitment to its communities as a partner in sustainable development. “Following an engagement and needs assessment with authorities of the prison, it became evident that the inmates needed a decent place of convenience...