BY Daniel Bampoe
First Sky Group on Sunday, January 25, 2026, marked its 23rd anniversary with a thanksgiving service at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC), using the milestone not merely as a corporate celebration but as a moment of reflection on faith, national development, and Ghanaian enterprise.
The ceremony, attended by President John Dramani Mahama and a cross-section of political, religious, traditional, and business leaders, traced the company’s journey from modest beginnings into one of the diversified indigenous conglomerates.
Delivering the welcome address, Executive Chairman of First Sky Group, Eric Seddy Kutortse, framed the anniversary around the theme “Proclaiming the Mighty Deeds of the Lord” (Psalm 71:15–16), stressing that the Group’s survival and growth over the past two decades could only be attributed to divine sustenance.
He said the anniversary was not simply about longevity, but about pausing to acknowledge the role of faith in guiding the company through uncertainty, risk-taking, and expansion where he announced the construction of solar power in Yendi in the Northern region.
Kutortse paid special tribute to President Mahama for attending the event despite the demands of office, congratulating him on the completion of his first year in office and praying for continued wisdom and strength as he leads the country.
He described the relationship between public leadership and private enterprise as critical to Ghana’s progress, arguing that national development is strongest when both sectors work in synergy.
Providing background to the Group’s philosophy, Kutortse said First Sky was founded on Christian values, with a purpose that has remained unchanged since inception.
In outlining the company’s faith-driven investments, he reavealed that First Sky Group has, over the years, constructed more than 101 churches across Ghana.
From its origins as a single enterprise, First Sky Group has grown into a diversified Ghanaian-owned conglomerate with interests spanning construction, insurance, hospitality, commodities, bitumen processing, energy, and rural banking. Its subsidiaries include First Sky Construction, Serene Insurance, Volta Serene Hotel, Western Serene Atlantic Hotel, First Sky Commodities, First Sky Bitumen Processing, First Sky Energies, and FREROL Rural Bank.
Across these operations, the Group currently employs over 6,000 people nationwide, contributing to livelihoods and national development.
Kutortse attributed the Group’s growth to the willingness to trust local capacity, stressing that indigenous companies thrive when given fair opportunities to compete.
Looking ahead, the Executive Chairman highlighted sustainability as a central pillar of the Group’s future.
He announced that First Sky Energies is on track to complete a 50-megawatt solar photovoltaic power station by the end of March 2026 at Yendi in the Northern Region.
The project, which spans 140 acres, will supply power to the national grid and represents the first fully Ghanaian-owned utility-scale solar project of its kind. It will also be the second-largest solar installation in the country, complementing the 55MW Bui Solar Project.
Kutortse said the Yendi Solar PV project aligns with Ghana’s green energy transition agenda and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, particularly affordable and clean energy, decent work, economic growth, and climate action.
At full implementation, the project is expected to create over 300 additional jobs, especially benefiting communities in the Northern Region.
He formally invited President Mahama to inaugurate the facility upon completion.
He expressed appreciation to President Mahama for the government’s “Big Push” infrastructure vision, under which First Sky Construction has been selected as a partner based on capacity and competence.
According to him, the engagement is expanding the company’s workforce, facilitating skills transfer, and strengthening Ghanaian participation in large-scale national projects.
Beyond energy and infrastructure, Kutortse highlighted the Group’s long-standing commitment to social welfare, particularly in healthcare. Over the past eight years, First Sky Group has spent more than GH¢51 million providing free dialysis treatment to patients at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. With the introduction of the Mahama CARES initiative, which has absorbed dialysis costs nationwide, the Group has redirected its support toward kidney transplant services.
In 2025 alone, First Sky Group fully sponsored six successful kidney transplants performed in Ghana.
In concluding his address, Kutortse dedicated the 23rd anniversary to the staff of First Sky Group, acknowledging their role in sustaining the vision through difficult and uncertain periods.
He urged them to continue building with humility and excellence, as proof that Ghanaian businesses can be ethical, competitive, and globally relevant.
The thanksgiving service closed with prayers for national peace and prosperity, reinforcing the message that for First Sky Group, business growth, faith and national development remain inseparable after 23 years of operation.
The thanksgiving service drew a high-powered audience, including President Mahama; Chief of Staff at the Office of the President, Julius Debrah; Chairman of the Council of State, Doe Adjaho; a representative of the Speaker of Parliament, Kofi Attor; Chief of Staff at the Office of the Vice President, Alex Segbefia; National Security Advisor, Prosper Bani; Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Johnson Asiama; and retired Supreme Court Justice Jones Mawulorm Dotse.
Among religious leaders were also present, alongside 22 traditional paramount chiefs from the Volta Region led by Togbe Tepreh Hodo IV.
