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Ghana Power Compact Closeout

  • Andrew Ladson, MCC

    Black Star Gate, situated on Independence Square. The gate and other monuments on the square commemorate Ghana's March 6, 1957 independence from Great Britain.

  • Molly Lynn Westrate, MCC

    Energy efficient LED street lights installed along Independence Road in Accra as part of the $316 million MCC-Ghana Power Compact.

  • Molly Lynn Westrate, MCC

    Power transmission lines at the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo). MCC investments have improved GRIDCo's ability to provide stable, reliable power to energy customers.

  • Molly Lynn Westrate, MCC

    A student at Gbgegbeyise Basic School in Accra, Ghana pauses for a portrait during a class on energy efficiency. Students learned a variety of topics on energy efficiency and conservation and how it impacts everyone's lives as part of MCC's $316 Ghana Power Compact.

  • Andrew Ladson, MCC

    Christina Lisa Oku poses with her class at Gbgegbeyise Basic School in Accra, Ghana. Students at Gbgegbeyise learned a variety of topics on energy efficiency and conservation and how it impacts everyone's lives as part of MCC's Ghana Power Compact.

  • Molly Lynn Westrate, MCC

    Daniel Mensa, the owner of First Choice Bar in the Apaapa Labodi neighborhood in Accra, can now keep his business open longer and generate more income thanks to the installation of over 14,000 streetlights through the MCC-Ghana Power Compact.

  • Andrew Ladson, MCC

    The UMGC 52 mega volts amperes Substation—constructed as part of MCC's Ghana Power Compact—supplies reliable, 24/7 power to the state-of-the-art University of Ghana Medical Centre, the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, and serves as an alternative source of supply to the University of Ghana, the Ghana Institute of Public Administration, the Ghana Standards Authority and the surrounding communities.

  • Molly Lynn Westrate, MCC

    Electrical Engineer, Dorothy Bidinpom Napor helped to construct the University of Ghana Medical Center Primary Substation as Ghana Power Compact intern. "Science is not an abstract thing that girls cannot do. You can actually do it."

  • Reliable electricity supply is essential to power lifesaving medical equipment. MCC investments constructed four power substations ensuring patients and 37 military hospitals and the University of Ghana Medical Center receive the treatment they need.

  • Andrew Ladson, MCC

    A vendor prepares items for sale at Makola Market, Accra’s largest. Antiquated and unsafe wiring is being replaced, and new LED security lighting installed, at Makola Market as part of the $316 million MCC Ghana Power Compact.

  • Molly Lynn Westrate, MCC

    A Ghanian woman working in the fabric hub of Makola Market, one of Africa's largest urban, outdoor trading centers, where women make up the majority of business owners and workers.

  • Andrew Ladson, MCC

    The Air Conditioner and Refrigeration Test Laboratory constructed for the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) as part MCC’s Ghana Power Compact. The laboratory will enable the GSA to test and ensure that all air
    conditioners and refrigerators imported into Ghana meet the Minimum Energy Performance Standard (MEPS) set out in the Energy Commission’s Energy Efficiency Regulations.

MCC's $316 million Ghana Power Compact has helped the Government of Ghana to improve the country's power sector through investments that provided more reliable and affordable electricity to Ghana's businesses, households and institutions.