Electricity Archives

“Energy sector is gradually getting out of the woods” – Amewu

Ghana News Agency - May 19, 2020 0

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

Ghana News Agency - May 1, 2020 0

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

Ghana News Agency - Apr 18, 2020 0

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

Ghana News Agency - Mar 25, 2020 0

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

Ike Dzokpo - Mar 18, 2020 0

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

Ghana News Agency - Mar 9, 2020 0

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

Ghana News Agency - Feb 18, 2020 0

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

xinhuanet.com - Feb 16, 2020 0

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

xinhuanet.com - Jan 28, 2020 0

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

xinhuanet.com - Jan 27, 2020 0

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

Ghana News Agency - Jan 23, 2020 0

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

xinhuanet.com - Jan 6, 2020 0

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

Idowu Oyebanjo - Dec 24, 2019 0

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

Ghana News Agency - Dec 11, 2019 0

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

Ghana News Agency - Dec 1, 2019 0

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...

Ethiopia Launches New Economic Reform Agenda

Lawrence Freeman - Nov 23, 2019 0

Ethiopia Launches New Initiatives To Expand Its Economy In the last decade, Ethiopia, the second most populated nation in Africa with over 100 million people,...

Ghanaians mention infrastructure, bad roads as their major problem- Afrobarometer report

Ike Dzokpo - Nov 21, 2019 0

A new Afrobarometer survey has revealed that infrastructure and roads are the most frequently cited problem that Ghanaians want the government to address. ...

Upgrading of five-kilometre Dormaa-Ahenkro town roads on course

Ghana News Agency - Nov 20, 2019 0

The upgrading of Dormaa-Ahenkro town roads in the Dormaa Central Municipality of the Bono Region under the Ghana Integrated Infrastructure Development Programme is on...

Tanzania has potential to generate 1,000 MW electricity from solar energy

xinhuanet.com - Nov 18, 2019 0

Tanzanian authorities said on Friday the east African nation has potential to generate 1,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity from solar energy. Medard...

ECG appointed as operator of electricity distribution and retail sales

Ghana News Agency - Oct 30, 2019 0

The Electricity Brokerage Licence No. EC/EBL/02-19-001 issued to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to enable it sell electricity in bulk...

Ghana loses US$190 million MCC funding over PDS

Ghana News Agency - Oct 23, 2019 0

Ghana has lost an amount of $190 million granted it from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), following the termination of the concession agreement between...

Ghana raises utility tariffs for Quarter 4

xinhuanet.com - Oct 2, 2019 0

Ghanaian consumers would pay more for the electricity and water they consume from Tuesday following an increase in tariff levels by the regulatory authority. ...

Ghana to announce electricity and water tariffs today

Ghana News Agency - Oct 1, 2019 0

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) Monday announced that electricity tariffs will go up by 5.94 per cent from Tuesday, October 1. Water tariffs...

Kenyan electricity firm mulls energy loss reduction measures

xinhuanet.com - Sep 18, 2019 0

Electricity distributor, Kenya Power on Tuesday confirmed ongoing initiatives to enhance power system loss reduction measures in its electricity distribution network countrywide. ...

Mozambique to sell 50 MW of electricity to Zimbabwe

xinhuanet.com - Sep 15, 2019 0

Mozambique's national electricity firm will sell 50 megawatts of electricity to Zimbabwe, it was announced in Maputo on Thursday. A memorandum on...

Ghana to miss 2020 deadline for universal access to electricity – Mohammed Amin

xinhuanet.com - Jul 2, 2019 0

Ghana is set to miss the target of universal access to electricity by 2020, Deputy Minister for Energy, Mohammed Amin Adam disclosed here on...

Ghana ups energy tariffs by 11 percent

xinhuanet.com - Jun 25, 2019 0

Consumers in Ghana will pay 11.17 percent more for their electricity use from Monday (July 1), the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced. ...

Mozambique exports electricity to Botswana

xinhuanet.com - May 31, 2019 0

The national electricity company of Mozambique EDM announced on Wednesday that it is selling 70 megawatts of power to Botswana under a five-month contract,...

Rosatom moves to address Africa’s energy crisis.

Ike Dzokpo - May 21, 2019 0

Reliable and affordable energy solutions require a mix of sources from renewables to nuclear, which may include inland and offshore small modular reactor solutions. Speaking...

Zimbabwean power utility begins load shedding to manage power shortfall

xinhuanet.com - May 13, 2019 0

Power utility Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) began load shedding Monday to manage a power shortfall caused by limited generation and reduced...

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