Monrovia – Visiting the TRANSCO CLSG’S substation in Yekepa, Nimba County, on the second stop of his nationwide tour this week, President George Manneh Weah expressed satisfaction with what he saw. “This is impressive,” the president said of the project using Côte d’Ivoire to distribute electricity to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. The Electricity AspectThe PPA signing is essential for the start of the project and requires TRANSCO CLSG to sign with the various CLSG national utilities, as the parties generating electricity. Like Sierra Leone, Guinea also reports a large number of power outages annually, at 1962 outages per year due to breakdowns. The CLSG countries are among the most fragile countries in the ECOWAS region and the economic development impact of this project is expected to be significant.

Source: Front Page Africa February 18, 2021 09:00 UTC