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Ghana to Become a Power Hub, Will Soon Export Power – Mahama
President John Mahama says that the government is making strenuous efforts to making Ghana a power hub. Speaking at the...
Ghana’s Electricity Company Starts Nationwide Disconnection Exercise
The Electricity Company of Ghana will today, Monday, June 20, begin a nationwide disconnection exercise in a bid to...
Dumsor Returns as Aboadze Power Plant Shuts Down
Power providers have increased load-shedding as thermal plants in Aboadze are shut down. The plants have been shut down...
Rogue Monkey Causes Nationwide Blackout in Kenya
A single monkey caused a nationwide blackout in Kenya after falling on to a crucial piece of equipment. The monkey fell...
President Mahama Promises to Fix Errors in Power Billing
President John Dramani Mahama has assured Ghanaians that he will do everything possible to ensure that the errors that...
Seth Terkper Is the New Acting Power Minister – Jinapor Reveals
Deputy Energy minister John Jinapor has revealed that Finance minister Seth Terkper has been given the oversight...
69,000 Electricity Meters Disappears, Distributed through Political Influence
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) cannot currently account for more than 69,000 electricity meters believed to...
Ghana to Build a $1.5 Billion Coal Power Plant at Ekumfi Aboano in the Central Region
Ghana is to build a $1.5 billion coal power plant at Ekumfi Aboano, in the Ekumfi District of the Central Region,...
Resign or Be Sacked – Ghana Government to Power Minister
Power minister Dr. Kwabena Donkor has been given the option to resign from his post or be sacked by the President,...
No More Dumsor – Load Shedding Comes to an End in Ghana – Power Ministry
The Ministry of Power has announced an end to load shedding in a statement released on Wednesday December 30. The...
‘Dumsor’ to End as Power Barge Gets Connected to National Grid
The much awaited 225 Megawatt Karpower barge has been connected to the national grid, producing 220 megawatts of...
Ghana’s Minister of Power Signed a $510 Million Deal with an Alleged International Criminal Wanted by Interpol
Ghana's Minister of Power, Kwabena Donkor signed a deal with Umar Farooq Zahoor from Oslo who is wanted by Norwegian,...
Dumsor Gets Worse – VRA Shuts down Power Plants over GHC1.3Billion Debt
The Volta River Authority (VRA) has shut down all of its thermal plants at Tema due to the company’s inability to buy...
Power Crisis ‘Dumsor’ Will End before 2016 Elections – President Mahama
A month to end the power crisis as Ghanaians were promised, President John Mahama appears to have shifted the goal post...
“Dead Goat Budget” – Minority Mocks 2016 Budget
The Minority in Parliament has mocked the 2016 budget delivered in Parliament on Friday by the Minister of Finance, Mr...
Power Barge to ‘Drink’ $9m Oil Every Month
The 125-megawatts power barge is expected to consume about 30,000 metric tonnes of Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) every month at...
My Country Has Run out of Power – Mahama Admits in France
President John Mahama has said that Ghana has run out of power and the country is facing a reduced economic growth rate...
Power Minister, Dr Kwabena Donkor Defends 100% Tariff Increment
The Minister of Power, Dr Kwabena Donkor has justified the need to increase electricity tariffs. According to him,...
President Mahama Receives Honorary Doctorate Degree and Made Chancellor of Ilorin University in Nigeria
Ghana’s president John Dramani Mahama and the Emir of Katsina, Dr. Abdulmumini Kabir Usman, have been installed the...