Ghana’s Electricity Crisis Is Holding the Country Back – How It Got Here

For well over a decade Ghana was exalted as one of the most promising and fastest growing economies on the continent.

But recent reports of the country’s steep economic dip, high inflation and rolling blackouts, popularly referred to as “dumsor”, suggest the era of inconsistent electricity between 2012 and 2016 is back.

The west African nation is experiencing power rationing and electricity cuts. It has lost 10% of its total electricity generation capacity. Not only is the supply of clean energy…