Ghana Faces Return To Blackout, Energy Debt Dispute Worsens

Ghana, which has finally made progress on restructuring its external debt, is still in dispute with two of its electricity suppliers over arrears. Minister of Finance Mohammed Amin Adam said earlier this month that the nation owes its power producers $1 billion, of which deals have been reached to restructure much of that debt. But the head of an energy lobby group said the right figure was $2.2 billion. “We don’t simply count our monthly invoices and deduct what payments have been made,” said Elikplim Apetorgbor, chief executive officer of…

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