Monrovia, Liberia The Managing Director of the Liberia Electricity Corporation, Mohammed M. Sherif, says Liberia is making significant progress in expanding access to electricity. The country has set an ambitious target of connecting 75 percent of households and businesses by 2030. Mr. Sherif stated this in an address during Liberia’s second Annual Diaspora Conference held...
Month: September 2026
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Ghana risks EU gas market access over methane emissions – Expert warns
Ghana could risk access to European gas export markets if it does not strengthen measures to control methane emissions and eliminate routine gas flaring, Dr Kwame Sarkodie, a petroleum engineering expert, has cautioned. He said evolving methane regulations in international markets, particularly the European Union, were creating new requirements for oil and gas-producing countries and...
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Ghana Urged To Rethink Debt-Funded Energy Transition
Ghana’s push towards a cleaner energy system could create new fiscal pressures if the country relies too heavily on borrowing to finance the transition, stakeholders have cautioned, calling instead for greater use of grants, private capital and financing structures that limit long-term debt exposure. The concern emerged at a national policy dialogue on Ghana’s renewable...
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LERC Renews JEP’s Electricity Distribution License in Nimba
The Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission (LERC) has renewed Jungle Energy Power’s (JEP) Large Micro Utility Distribution License, authorizing the company to continue distributing electricity in Nimba County. The renewal ceremony brought together government officials, local authorities, community representatives, civil society organizations and other stakeholders, including representatives of LERC, the Ministry of Mines and Energy and...
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Liberia’s Electricity Access Hits 39 Percent
Monrovia Liberia’s electricity access rate has increased from 32 percent to 39 percent, according to the government, as the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) moves to expand power connections to more counties and underserved communities. Deputy Information Minister for Press and Public Affairs Daniel Sanoe disclosed the figures during the Ministry of Information’s regular press briefing...
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Gambian leader pledges halt to rolling blackouts as protests turn violent
Gambian leader pledges halt to rolling blackouts as protests turn violent Gambian President Adama Barrow has said the country will boost energy supplies by next month, hoping to quell violent protests over prolonged power outages as the premier stands for re-election. Protesters burned tyres and built barricades blocking traffic, demanding that Barrow resign, in The...
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South African Petroleum Minister wants R117 billion to revive a dead oil refinery
The Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, Gwede Mantashe, is seeking R117 billion in funding from the National Treasury to revive the Sapref oil refinery in Durban. Mantashe made this request in a Parliamentary meeting with the Portfolio Committee on Mineral and Petroleum Resources, which took place on 22 September. Once the largest crude oil...
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Ghana to sign agreement to build biggest thermal plant (1200MV) before end of 2026 – Mahama
Pacome Emmanuel Damalie Ghana is set to begin construction on a 1,200-megawatt (MW) state-owned gas-fired thermal power plant, a facility that will become the country’s biggest power plant, and officially surpassing the 1,020-MW Akosombo Hydroelectric Power Station. Speaking at a town hall meeting with the Ghanaian community in New York on Friday (Sept 25), President...
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LEC RECEIVES 14,500 SMART METERS, 60,000 MORE EXPECTED
MONROVIA, LIBERIA — SEPTEMBER 21, 2026: The Liberia Electricity Corporation, LEC, has received 14,500 smart meters as part of efforts to advance its Smart Metering Program. The meters are part of a pilot initiative being implemented in Paynesville and its feeders, aimed at improving electricity metering, distribution efficiency and consumption monitoring. LEC says an additional...
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Ten Years, 450MW and Counting: Karpowership’s Role in Ghana’s Evolving Power Story
Ask someone in Tema who ran a small business in 2014 what dumsor meant to them, and the answer rarely starts with megawatts. It starts with lost hours, spoiled stock, generators running on borrowed diesel. That year alone, the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) put the economic cost of the outages at...