Amazing! Ghana to Supply Electricity to Nigeria As It Pushes to Become Africa’s Energy Hub, Video

• Energy Minister John Abdulai Jinapor announced Ghana's plans to begin supplying electricity to Nigeria as part of a broader regional ambition
• Ghana already exports power to Togo, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso, with Nigeria representing a major new target market
• The government's energy mix plan combines natural gas, renewables and nuclear power to support Mahama's 24-Hour Economy initiative

Ghana is moving to add Nigeria to its growing list of electricity export partners, with Energy and Green Transition Minister John Abdulai Jinapor saying the country aims to become a reliable power supplier for the wider West African sub-region.

Speaking on the matter, Jinapor said Ghana's goal is to build enough generation and transmission capacity to meet domestic demand while also serving neighbouring economies.

Ghana already has active cross-border electricity arrangements with Togo, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso through the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), whose transmission network is physically interconnected with those countries.

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Nigeria as Ghana's next power market

Nigeria presents a particularly significant opportunity. With a population of over 200 million people, it is one of Africa's largest electricity markets.

However, Jinapor acknowledged that reaching Nigeria would require expanding transmission infrastructure to handle the volume of power trade involved.

“...power required to support Ghana’s ambition to become the energy hub in West Africa. And already, Ghana is exporting power to Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo, Côte d’Ivoire, and we are working to export power to Nigeria," Ghana’s Minister for Energy and Green Transition, Dr John Abdulai Jinapor, shared these remarks during a public event on August 21, 2026.

"So clearly, this falls in line with our vision, and we believe that if we can achieve this, Ghana can become an energy hub for the whole of the West African region in the shortest possible time,” he added.

Nuclear power and the 24-Hour economy

Beyond regional exports, the minister also outlined Ghana's long-term energy mix strategy.

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said the country intends to combine natural gas, renewable energy and nuclear power, with nuclear serving as a source of stable, low-carbon electricity.

That reliability, Jinapor argued, is critical to President John Dramani Mahama's 24-Hour Economy initiative, a policy designed to encourage businesses and industries to extend their operating hours beyond the conventional working day.

The minister said nuclear power in particular, alongside gas and renewables, would provide the consistent electricity supply needed to sustain industrial activity at that scale.

The X post below has a video in which Ghana’s Energy Minister shared plans to expand power exports to Nigeria.

Ghanaians react to power exports to Nigeria

The announcement drew sharp responses online, with some Ghanaians expressing scepticism given the country's own recent power challenges.

@UnCasa_ wrote:

"Green transition with galamsey."

@kusi_williams10 added:

"While we sleep in darkness."

Appiah Stadium hails Energy Minister John Jinapor

YEN.com.gh earlier reported that social commentator and political activist Frank Kweku Appiah, popularly known as Appiah Stadium, heaped praises on John Abdulai Jinapor, the Minister of Energy and Green Transition of Ghana.

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The Minister paid a working visit to the staff of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Ashanti Region on Friday, May 8, 2026.

Addressing the staff, John Jinapor indicated that Kumasi is on course to become a major industrial energy hub as the government pushes ahead with plans to generate more than 1,000 megawatts of power in the middle belt

Source: YEN.com.gh