Tag: Electricity
Residents appeal for electricity to enhance security
The about 200 residents at Mireku, an emerging settlement at Abesim in the Sunyani Municipality have appealed for electricity extension to enhance the security...
Nigerian labor union to stage strike over electricity tariff, fuel price hikes
Nigeria's organized labor is mobilizing for a general strike on Monday to protest over the federal government's refusal to reverse the hikes in...
ECOWAS gives Mali one week to form transitioning government
The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has given Mali a one-week period effective...
Kobi-Basinparu community in dire need of water, electricity
The people of Kobi-Basinparu community in the Lambussie District of the Upper West Region are in dire need of potable water and electricity to...
Assembly to supply 600,000 cashew seedlings to farmers
The Wa West District Assembly will distribute 600,000 cashew seedlings under the government’s flagship programme of Planting for Export and Rural Development (PERD) to...
NPP government’s economic management is superior – Veep
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says the Akufo-Addo led government has superior records in all sectors of the economy, comparable to the opposition National...
Two communities connected to electricity at West Gonja
Two communities; Sumpini and Kojokura in the West Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region have been connected to the national grid under the government's...
Benefits of using a grid-tied system during pandemic
Electricity continues to be a huge problem in our country during the pandemic, where further load shedding is being experienced due to cable theft....
Use water, electricity wisely to save national purse, Sunyani MCE appeals
Ghanaians have been urged to use water and electricity judiciously to save the national purse, as the government take measures to lessen the socio-economic...
Government extends free supply of water and electricity
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta on Thursday announced the extension of free water and electricity supplies to consumers.
The relief package was instituted by the government...
Power supply improves in Volta/Oti amid COVID-19
Power supply and its reliability in the Volta and Oti regions have improved significantly following intensified maintenance works, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG)...
Africa Requires Ethiopia Fill Its Dam
July 17, 2020
Ethiopia is entering a crucial period for the future of its nation, as we approach the second half of July. Ethiopia must...
Year-on-year inflation falls marginally to 11.2 percent in June
The year-on-year inflation rate was 11.2 percent in June 2020, which is 0.1 percentage points lower than the May record of 11.3 percent.
The monthly...
![Even before the impact studies have been started, officials say 50 percent of the dam's construction has been completed [Reuters]](https://i2.wp.com/newsghana.com.gh/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Nile-dam.jpg?resize=218%2C150&ssl=1 "Egypt rejects Ethiopia’s proposal to postpone discussions on filling, operating Nile dam")
Egypt rejects Ethiopia’s proposal to postpone discussions on filling, operating Nile dam
Egypt rejected on Friday an Ethiopian proposal to postpone tackling controversial points on the rules of filling and operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam...
Russia Bringing Nuclear Power to Rwanda and Other African Nations
Resolving Libya Crisis Requires New Thinking
Ignoring the geo-political overtones from Deutsche Welle (see link below), the article does discuss Russia’s role in helping Africa...
“Energy sector is gradually getting out of the woods” – Amewu
Ghana’s energy sector is gradually getting out of the woods, Mr John Peter Amewu, the Energy Minister, has said.
He said noted that at the...
May Day: Veep outlines 37 achievements of President Akufo-Addo’s government
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has extolled the hard work and unmatched record of President Akufo-Addo's Government as Ghana and the rest of...
Remove taxes and levies to make electricity affordable – CIPDiB CEO
Mr Elikplim Kwabla Apetorgbor, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Chamber of Independent Power Producers, Bulk Consumers and Distributors (CIPDiB), Ghana, has...
Coronavirus crisis highlights importance of electricity – Energy Agency boss
The huge disruption caused by the coronavirus crisis has highlighted how much modern society depends on electricity, the Executive Director of the International Energy...
Ahanta-Abasa CHPS Compound connected to national grid
The struggle to get connected to the national electricity grid to aid in efficient health care services at the Ahanta-Abasa CHPS Compound...
Residents advised to adopt the use of solar energy
Pure Power Solutions Limited , a solar energy installation company, has urged residents of the Sissala East Municipality to adapt solar energy as an...
ECG to deploy artificial intelligence to tackle power theft
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has hinted of plans by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to employ the use of Artificial Intelligence and...
Electricity connectivity drives ICT usage in Namibian city informal settlement
By Ndalimpinga Iita
At his shack made out of corrugated iron in Havana informal settlement in the Namibian capital, Windhoek, John Sheya,...
30,000 rural households in Zambia to be supplied with electricity from solar milling plants
As many as 30,000 households are expected to be supplied with electricity from solar-powered milling plants installed by a Chinese firm, Shandong Contractors, in...
Over 130 rural gold processing plants in Tanzania connected to electricity
Tanzanian Minister for Energy Medard Kalemani said on Sunday that 136 gold processing plants in rural areas across the country have been connected to...
Residents of Ahwerase appeal to government for social amenities
Nana Yaw Akotua, the Odikro of Ahwerase in the Eastern Region has appealed to the government for the provision of water, road and electricity...
New Eskom CEO urged to deal with electricity blackouts in South Africa
With the newly appointed power utility Eskom's CEO Andre de Ruyter starting his tenure on Monday, he is urged to urgently resolve rolling blackouts...
2019 – A Year Of Power System Collapses – Part I
Scores of ‘Total Grid System Collapses’ have occurred in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) in the recent past with the entire electricity grid...
VRA Academy joins elite association of corporate training institutions
The Volta River Authority (VRA) Academy has been granted accession to the African Network of Centres of Excellence in Electricity (ANCEE), becoming the eighth...
PURC engages stakeholders in Takoradi on 2019/2020 tarrifs
The Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC) has engaged stakeholders in Takoradi on its 2019/2020 major tariff decision.
The stakeholders engagement would expose the public to...