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My Rollercoaster Journey with ECG: From Lost Cards to Smart Meters and Finally, Power! Part 2

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If you have not read Part 1, check it out and come and continue. Let’s go back to that fateful Friday night. Me, I had planned to go out and chill because I suspected I would not have electricity. So I went out, chilled with a chilled Orijin in tow. The next day, Saturday, we had an #AccraKonnect Meetup at Barcelos, Accra Mall . I had another Orijin , finishing my quota for January in 2 days , thanks to the bulk of spending the month in Yankee . At the meetup on goal setting for 2026 , I bought a book from Dreamlite Books and was given a number of books to be handed to Bright on Monday. So on that bright Monday, February 2, 2026 , I headed to the ECG office in Amrahia once again. I was wearing a tshirt branded with Ashesi , Mastercard Foundation & McGill. I had to wait for an important Monday meeting there to finish. I got to speak to Bright’s boss in the Mappers & Estimators room (213) . Moses had reported to him that the relay on the old meter was faulty—”opening an...

My Rollercoaster Journey with ECG: From Lost Cards to Smart Meters and Finally, Power! Part 1

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Hey everyone, it's me again, the #MightyAfrican , blogging from Accra . If you've ever dealt with ECG #inGhana , you would know they routinely underperform. In fact, I cannot count more worse companies in Ghana on one finger. I am sorry, but it is true. At the National Economic Dialogues in 2025 for which the President’s Office invited me, ECG was brainstormed and discussed as a company to draw solutions for, from the great men and women the Ghana government had assembled to avenge GH's major problems. I have navigated a full-blown saga with ECG over a number of days. Buckle up as I break it down step by step. Who knows, this might help you in a similar scenario! This story all began on December 19, 2025 when I realized I couldn't find my old ECG prepaid meter card. No card meant no way to top up credit, and with power already running on empty. Earlier that day, I had gone to the Channel1TV studios to be interviewed on the #BreakfastDaily . Chris Kata interviewed...