The President of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, is calling for an end to loans given in exchange for the continent’s rich supplies of oil or critical minerals used in smartphones and electric car batteries, deals that have helped China gain control over mineral mining in places like Congo and have left some […]
Category: Electricity
LIVING UNDER THE POWR OF DEATH
An Investigative piece by Kwabena Adu Koranteng Every human being deserves a comfortable living under a decent shelter and that is a right under Ghana’s 1992 constitution. Ironically, people living under the highly powered electric transmission lines in Accra and other parts of Ghana cannot be described as having decent shelter though they claim to […]
New Study Reveals The Top 10 African Nations With The Most Business Power Outages and Their Monetary Losses
Nearly 2 billion people worldwide watched the Africa Cup of Nations over the past month, and last Sunday’s final will have tested the resolve of many power networks.
Ghana: Govt Yields to Pressure, Suspends Controversial 15% VAT on Electricity
Accra, Ghana//-The Government of Ghana has yielded intense pressure leading to the suspension of the planned implementation of the 15 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) on domestic consumption of electricity.
Ghana: Only a Withdrawal of 15% VAT Directive Can Stop Us From Demonstrating – CLOGSAG
The Executive Secretary of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG), Isaac Bampoe-Addo, has asserted that the planned nationwide demonstration by Organised Labour is inevitable unless the government takes prompt action to withdraw a directive.
VAT on Power Consumption: We Can’t Implement a Directive That Has Bottlenecks – ECG MD
Accra, Ghana//-In the wake of disagreements about the government’s decision to impose a new Value Added Tax (VAT) on electricity consumers beyond the lifeline threshold, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), the implementing agency, has raised concerns about the law imposing the tax.
We Fixed Dumsor – Mahama Slams Government Over Power Cuts; VAT on Electricity
The Flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for election 2024, John Dramani Mahama, has said the government is returning the country to the days of severe power crisis christened “dumsor.”
Economist Slams Govt’s Decision to Impose VAT on Power Consumption
Accra, Ghana//-Economist and former Board Chair of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Prof. Stephen Adei, is kicking against the newly introduced VAT on electricity consumption.
Ghana: Sunon Asogli Reverts Plant Shutdown after Finance Minister’s Intervention
Accra, Ghana//-Independent power producer, Sunon Asogli Power (Ghana) Limited, has said it has suspended for one more week the decision to shut down its plant.
Nokia Deploys AVA Energy Efficiency for Safaricom Kenya to Drive Network Energy Savings
Nokia has announced that it has deployed its AVA Energy Efficiency software for Safaricom Kenya to help the operator achieve lower power consumption and costs over its 5G, 4G, and 3G networks.