The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have announced the temporary shutdown of the Mallam and Achimota primary substations following severe flooding caused by heavy rains in parts of the Greater Accra Region.
Mission 300 — the initiative led by the World Bank Group and the African Development Bank Group to connect 300 million people across Africa to electricity by 2030 — has just reached a remarkable milestone.
Dalian, People’s Republic of China// – The World Economic Forum released its annual Top 10 Emerging Technologies Report 2026 today, identifying breakthroughs poised to reshape economies and societies within the next three to five years.
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced planned power outages for Tuesday, June 16, 2026, affecting communities in the Accra East, Ashanti and Volta Regions as part of maintenance exercises to improve service delivery.
The Ghana Grid Company and the Electricity Company of Ghana have scheduled planned and emergency maintenance exercises across the Volta and Ashanti Regions for Friday, May 22, 2026, with engineers set to undertake critical infrastructure upgrades that will temporarily disrupt power supply to several communities.
Accra, Ghana//-Ghana’s government has laid out plans for a 1,000-megawatt (MW) nuclear power plant aimed at strengthening the country’s long-term energy security and supporting industrial growth.
Ghana’s Energy and Green Transition Minister, John Abdulai Jinapor, has announced the full restoration of all power generation units following a major system disruption that affected electricity supply across parts of the country.
Ghana’s Minister for Energy and Green Transition, Dr John Abdulai Jinapor, has announced a significant milestone in the recovery of the national power grid, confirming that two major generating units at Akosombo are now back in operation following a devastating substation fire.
Ghana’s Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has stated that there is no need for a formal load-shedding timetable despite recent power outages that have sparked public frustration across Ghana.
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has scheduled a major planned maintenance exercise in the Western Region for Monday, April 27, even as engineers continue to battle widespread power outages across the Central and Tema Regions.
