Category: Electricity

The transition from darkness to light is rarely a matter of grand design; it is won or lost in the neglected trenches of the “last mile.” 

The Ghana Grid Company Limited has announced that a fire outbreak at the Akosombo Substation has disrupted operations and affected electricity supply in parts of the country.

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has unveiled a GHS 3.46 billion investment programme aimed at restoring reliability in power supply, following persistent outages and low voltage in parts of the country.

President John Dramani Mahama has said that the recent electricity outages in parts of Ghana are not a return of the prolonged power crisis known as “dumsor”, but are necessary to improve supply.

Ghana’s Minister for Energy and Green Transition, Dr John Jinapor, has cautioned that underperformance and poor customer service within district offices of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) could trigger a major organisational shake-up.

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is battling multiple network failures across three regions following a combination of technical faults and a heavy rainstorm that has left scores of communities without power over the weekend.

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced plans to undertake a major transformer replacement and upgrade exercise in selected parts of Accra as part of efforts to improve power supply reliability.

War-proofing wealth must be investors’ number one priority amid escalating tensions across the Middle East, warns the CEO of global financial advisory organisation deVere Group.

Over the years, the focus of Ghana’s electricity conversations has focused on tariffs, generation shortfalls, and power sector debt.