“The real tariff question in Africa is not simply whether electricity is expensive. It is whether consumers are paying for efficient power supply — or for losses, debt, weak governance and poor planning.”
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The Africa Energy Technology Centre (AETC) has unveiled an ambitious agenda to transform Africa into a global producer of energy technologies, securing the backing of President John Dramani Mahama for its flagship Africa Energy Technology Conference.
Government’s planned commercial paper programme for the cocoa sector is expected to attract strong domestic and offshore demand, although analysts say its success will depend on competitive pricing and renewed investor confidence in COCOBOD.
COCOBOD is preparing to tap into the domestic bond market and raise up to US$1billion equivalent in cedi-denominated bonds annually, a shift from its decades-long reliance on dollar denominated syndicated loans from foreign banks and offtakers.
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