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...
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ECG unions to protest on September 29 over privatisation
The Senior Staff Union (SSU) and Junior Staff Union (JSU) of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) are set to stage a nationwide demonstration on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, to protest the proposed private sector participation (PSP) in the company. The unions said the peaceful demonstration will take place across all ECG operational regions and...
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Tema Oil Refinery Receives 950,000 Barrels of Sankofa Crude in Landmark GNPC Partnership
The Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) has received 950,000 barrels of light sweet crude oil from Ghana’s Sankofa-Gye Nyame Field in a landmark supply arrangement with the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC). The crude, produced from the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) block and supplied through GNPC, is expected to be processed at TOR into petroleum...
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Iran-US Conflict Raises Power Cost Concerns as IBEDC Says Domestic Funding, Not Crude Prices, Remains Key
By Energy Crossroad correspondent Jeremiah Aderibigbe: The Iran-US conflict and its potential impact on international crude oil and gas prices have raised questions about the cost and availability of fuel for electricity generation in Nigeria, but the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) says the more immediate challenge facing the domestic power sector is the flow...
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Ghana Reconsiders Dollar Rules For Local Refining
Ghana’s attempt to build a stronger domestic refining industry is bringing an often-overlooked part of the petroleum value chain into sharper focus: how local refineries finance the crude they process. The issue surfaced during Parliament’s Energy Committee’s engagement with Sentuo Oil Refinery in Tema, where lawmakers examined the refinery’s operations, expansion plans and contribution to...
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PARLIAMENT’S ENERGY COMMITTEE VISITS GOIL PLC
The Parliamentary Select Committee on Energy has paid a working visit to GOIL PLC as part of its oversight responsibilities. Led by Group CEO & Managing Director, Mr Edward Abambire Bawa, GOIL Management engaged the Committee on the Company’s operations, strategic investments, fuel security role, ongoing expansion projects and key industry challenges. Albert Tetteh Nyakotey,...