Aware of the links between sustainable economic development, widespread electrification and a reliable electricity supply, the government set up the National Electrification Scheme (NES) in 1989. This project was intended to improve the country’s electricity access rate (15–20% at the time) through the NES Master Plan, ultimately reaching an electricity access rate of 100% by 2020.13Overall, the NES has been successful and the electricity access rate in Ghana has improved significantly. However, the project has not achieved its end goal of universal electricity access.
