No Lights, No Internet, No Water. Really Ghana? (Dumsor, Submarine Cables, and More, LIVE)!

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[@user-tx3ju1li2l]

A GENERATOR AND SOLAR FOR ELECTRIC POWER AND STARLINK FOR THE INTERNET. From what I understand several countries lost internet due to severed cables. Get your solar, a generator and starlink and you will be set. Also there is a Black engineer names Moses west. He invented a unit that makes water out of air. He works through the Water Resource Foundation and the Moses West Foundation. Tony if you were able to get Mr. West 's machine in Ghana. you could become the Water Chief of Ghana.

[@rock-a-bye-baby3529]

How does the solar work during rainy season? I realized how important electricity is when we lost power for a few hours after a storm. I can't imagine the constant disruptions.

[@user-dq7xr6kc9b]

Yep, you need to plan and mitigate against predictable problems. Solar + batteries, or small wind turbines if you live on a hill or near the coast. But it costs $$$$. And to be honest while most Ghanaians will complain loudly ultimately Ghanaians are deferential and apathetic. No water, no electricity? They shrug and get on with it, and governments of every stripe know this.

[@user-tx3ju1li2l]

@@rock-a-bye-baby3529 You drain the solar batteries then switch to the generator as i stated.

[@user-tx3ju1li2l]

@@user-dq7xr6kc9b This seems like the perfect opening for a shrewd business Man/Woman. It would be so easy to start a solar farm. There are rooftops they can put them on and a lot of vacant land. Perhaps the Chiefs can combine some of their land for solar farms.

[@cynthiaowusu_ansah]

How do u get starlink internet in Ghana.Please share. Thx

[@itscyberqueen13]

I just bought land and I have always from day 1 said I was paying for SOLAR POWER AND BOREHOLE before even looking at a design for a house.

[@marissawalker2096]

I said the same thing

[@KimFert]

I did the same thing. All praises to the Most High Creator for that!

[@user-dq7xr6kc9b]

Im due in Accra soon to install solar on our home, Ive been planning for a while. I dislike generatora but Solar power is a BIG investment. Local companies have quoted us drom 400,000 cedis to 90,000 cedis for a 10/11kva hybrid inverter systems with high capacity lithium batteries. We did find Chinese suppliers on Ali Express, and while they are cheaper, shipping is $1500-2000 dollars from China to Tema, Ghana. You have to insulate yourself from the vagaries of Ghanaian institutions and it COSTS. Way beyond the reach of the average Ghanaians.

[@TheChariot99]

Find more people and you all split the shipping

[@RainStorm5i]

My advice is that. ?? You must Consider acquiring 1) Solar Panels Energy or Self Propelled Electric Generater. Or Wind / water Energy. 2) Dig a Bole Hole to have water in your House 🏠 Don't Depend Upon Government for anything. Thank you.

[@gailnedd8032]

Great advice.

[@tdon39]

How much does that cost? I’m sure installing Solar Panels in Ghana can be quite pricey.Thats not going to work for everyone.

[@RainStorm5i]

Not until Ghanaians Vote for a Government who would Put the People first and make the Right Priorities ?? We are All in the Same boat. They Don't even have the Time to think and Decide to Make Good use of Our God Given Massive Sunshine and Heat. It only takes the Political Will and Wisdom to Start A National Policy to make Ghana made Solar Energy Components Cheaper in Ghana. Free Duty on Solar Components ?? Tax Holidays for Solar Manufacturing Companies ?? Even Reasonable Government Grants and Back Up Loans ?? This would have the Potential for TVET Graduates 🎓 jobs to help fix Solar Panels in Old and New Buildings. As a Back up when The Electric Pawer Fails ?? For Now and more. This would help ease the Pressure On the Akosombo Power 🔋 to be used for Industries and for Exports to Neighbouring Countries. Until then if you have the Money and the Desire to Live Comfortably in Ghana and you Relie on The Ghana Electricity and Water Service ?? You know the Score ?? Don't you ??

[@tdon39]

@@RainStorm5i Madness

[@RainStorm5i]

@tdon39 , If you are Civilised. ?? You would Understand that. ?? There should be no Insults in a Debate. ?? Besides you are entitled to your Own Opinion. Get it. Grow Up ?? May the Lord Forgive you 🙏

[@hybridinfodesk409]

Watching from Egypt as a black American expat with lights, internet, and water running fine. Occasionally, the internet goes out crappie router or grid upgrades. But water, lol, that works. I have rain showers in my bathrooms. I love my showers and flushing the tiolets. I stockpile bottled water for drinking and cooking. The power goes out during the summer late nite. They yell you, there is a schedule 😊.

[@user-tx3ju1li2l]

Here in California internet goes out whenever and they do maintenance at 1 am thinking nobody is watching.

[@user-nv4yo3it6q]

I feel you guys. I'm in Acimota, moved from Pokuase. Dumsor hit us once this month for less than 5 minutes. But in Pokuase it was no water, dumsor, no internet for hours. I love Ghana, but am returning stateside in June.

[@user-nv4yo3it6q]

Been stateside for a few weeks now and was very lucky to leave before the heavy rainfall a couple of weeks ago. Natural disasters are simply that, natural disasters. They can happen anytime or anywhere. What's so unfortunate besides the destruction and trauma they cause, is human complicity wrapped up in climate control, poor maintenance controls, and garbage in open drains and sewers. Until Ghana addresses these factors, the yearly floods will continue to wreck havoc.

[@billybethel]

simple solutions. Solar panels and a battery bank, drill a well and get starlink. No problems, only solutions...

[@billybethel]

Here in Maine we have off grid locations and we also experience massive cold. If we can deal, so can you...

[@maformbone8459]

Ghana has no shortage of Water..Respectfully, why not install a catch water system? Harvest the water from the roof, gather it in polytanks.

[@SherrieBumbray]

I have finally had my Ghana wake up call. In the three years that I've lived here I haven't dealt with power outages for more than a couple of hours, until recently. The lights have gone out in my part of Spintex every day this month. Sometimes for as much as 10 hours.

[@Smerzone]

wow

[@annhan7542]

Oh my goodness!! Texas here, literally laughing out loud. You two are so hilarious.😅🤣😂

[@donnaking7902]

The president and government needs checking ✔️ ✅️. Ghana president said in a conversation on a video I'm still trying to find again, that he has to buy 3m or 3b$ in wheat from the US every year. As I am researching, I see that the US doesn't sell Ghana wheat at all. The person in the video ask Addo, why do he continue to buy wheat if Ghana can't afford it. Addo looked at him really sad and said, if I don't they will kill me. I believe he lied. This makes me wonder where is the money for the fake wheat purchases for all these years. The people need to investigate this. There is no reason for the power to go out when there is enough money for sufficient electricity. 🎉

[@TheChariot99]

V8

[@deboraha4908]

It’s west Africa. You need a generator. You have to be self sufficient!!!

[@mrw1762]

Following news reports and all in Ghana, I get the impression that the blackouts are mainly a cause of money owed the suppliers. They need to find a solution which doesn't necessarily have to be solely on the government. Some politician suggested opening the supply chain to private concerns instead. It will raise the price but service will definitely be better. I also consider the social consequences of handing electricity service to private concerns.

[@NanaKwekuNyarko]

Changing of 630 transformers nationwide.

[@johnnyjustcome638]

Has Ghana paid the accumulated natural gas supply bill owned Nigeria yet?

[@NanaKwekuNyarko]

@@johnnyjustcome638 where from this?

[@ajwatson9974]

The electricity goes off in Barbados 🇧🇧 sometimes awhile and sometimes for hours!! Not the water as much but never experienced at the same time

[@user-jy4np7nw1n]

Electricity going off in Barbados is a new phenomenon since a Canadian company bought the Barbados Light and Power Company.

[@jenetwaldenmills8643]

Absolutely love you all 💯. Hang in there, hopefully, things will improve quickly.

[@winluvwinluv3734]

Good to see you guys. I love Tony shirt.

[@kennethroberts8448]

You both are so cool. I'm old enough to remember all those outages. Stay strong and keep sharing.

[@thenatureways]

i love this man he is so patiënte en positif with Africa is what we need with ower people from dispora

[@shellyowusu8869]

Happ Friday, during my recent stay in Ghana, in March, I made the best of my stay with the family, my lights went out, in the house, no internet at least 2 x in a day. My husband wants to focus on installing solar panel, instead of maintaining a generator. Good seeing Tony , Ayo

[@MsArtelia]

Thank you for the information

[@kenya9540]

No water is a big problem.

[@wheatie83]

I’m with tony. Need to start the gas stove to heat water for your tea

[@jenetwaldenmills8643]

You all look great 💯

[@solaadekoya9836]

welcome to Africa!!!

[@Cynthia-fj6dv]

I absolutely love you guys, such good uplifting energy. Liked DMX energy, "up in here", lol.

[@ektorkornoo8806]

Get backup / alternative / reserve systems, like many (not all) locals do. WATER: Smart water tanks for regular water, rainwater collection with above- and under-ground tanks, etc. Borehole well with water pump provides additional water supply where your location allows. ELECTRIC POWER: get solar for QUIET regular and backup QUIET POWER. Gas-fuelled generators are an expensive source of block-buster NOISY POWER. INTERNET: Explore using multiple ISPs as many do beyond the current crisis occasioned by substance cable cuts affecting multiple countries. GO LOCAL: As the old maxim goes. Do what locals do (up to a point) to manage. Learn and ADAPT. You'll last longer that way. Best wishes, y'all.

[@pearlraji4392]

In 1978 we had no power cuts in Accra Ghana

[@kumoji1]

The hosts and audience don’t know 1978 so what are you talking about?

[@thekorsh4230]

What was so special in 1978

[@gmo1203]

Texas had a major blackout during the winter for about a week.

[@beatriceowusuachaw6210]

I saw you at Royal Kingdom Estate I thank God you have seen them still water problems God have:mercy O God will mercy a,nd thing s will be. Ok

[@maformbone8459]

Afrika has no shortage of sunlight! Go Solar!

[@addosolar537]

People do not have the money for the up front costs for solar. That is the issue. The government has to fund solar lantern distribution.

[@sya2693]

When we lived there, we installed solar, and it was very expensive. And we still had issues with the solar company maintaining it. The generators are so bad for the environment though , they’re loud and toxic.

[@emmaattivie850]

When i came for visit in 2005 i went through that (dumsor)😂😂😂 you will survive that too not funny but be patience 🎉🎉

[@Lady_Clare4]

Hello. Sorry you’re going through this.

[@Lady_Clare4]

They call them brown outs in Illinois when they plan it. (Happens sometimes in the summer.)

[@emmaattivie850]

Now hopefully solar will be part of the backups we have soo much sunlight lets brainstorm in it

[@kostak8175]

Light and internet no big deal, but water would be a big problem.

[@HughJass-jv2lt]

As a Network Engineer... Im amused how regular people dont know _WHAT_ the internet is & _HOW_ it really works 😜

[@kws1704]

In the 60’s and 70’s and early 80’s, there was rarely any power cuts. It’s lack of foresight for infrastructure.

[@DBLACK-vo3pm]

They're upgrading the system, be patient - please! Thanks

[@hybridinfodesk409]

The Chinese loans are due. They probably owe the IMF, too😂. When you don't pay bills as a country, stuff gets cut off. Ask Venezuela 😅.

[@NanaKwekuNyarko]

You are talking like uneducated.

[@MM-fl6vn]

I'm looking at Namibia. This is nuts.

[@a2theb46]

Hey Family

[@jenetwaldenmills8643]

Jealous. How cute ❤

[@gmo1203]

"That's how it starts" 😅😅😅

[@imasummergirl]

😂😂😂. The look he gave Ayo.

[@TheChariot99]

Then all of a sudden she’s gone grocery shopping in West hills mall for too long 🤔

[@thato596]

" next week they going to take the air " 😅 Lol

[@elayhohnson2536]

why in 2024 can't African countries have reliable water, electricty, sanitation ???

[@c1kaj]

Look into an awg for home (alternative water generator )

[@iseeyoublessed...8806]

🤣🤣🤣 "That's how it start.."

[@imasummergirl]

😂😂😂. The look he gave Ayo.😅😅

[@marissawalker2096]

Both your skin is glowing tho...😂

[@CReidKIN]

How much is Skywell in Ghana? Is the technology for generating your own water available? What about the plastic drums (1000) using the drip system, are those available?

[@hybridinfodesk409]

The cell service doesn't work if the landline internet goes off? When the lights go off cause they have a maintenance schedule. We get forewarnings. I'm still on the internet. I have 2 cellphones with different numbers and carriers. One takes a double sim. Two tablets and two laptops i keep charged and 2 smartwatches. I can at least listen to my play lists from my watches, and one is LTE. I'm on the 9th floor so i can look out the window. Or stay inside i use the flashlight on one of my cellphones placed on a slanted vertical charging stand with the light hitting the ceiling. Lights the room. I also have a bright ring light for cellphones and tablets i can turn on in an outage. Lightweight so i can carry it to find and use the bathroom. 😊

[@cldavis1117]

Sounds like Nigeria 🇳🇬..that happens quite often

[@tdon39]

Sounds like it’s too many problems over there.Nah I’m good.

[@nelliestaley7733]

Hello from Ohio

[@southafricaismyhome814]

RE/MAX IS AMERICAN REAL ESTATE BRAND IN SOUTHAFRICA, YOU BUY REAL ESTATE IN YOUR NAME SAME LIKE IN USA, YOU BUY TO LEASE FOR 100 YEARS IN GHANA WE DONT PLAY THAT GAME IN SOUTHAFRICA 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦 GOOD LUCK BLACK AMERICANS 😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦😂😜😜😜🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@dandiablo3809]

Yeh but you play the Xenophobic game tho. Oh yeh the whites control your country tho..Th Good luck buddy!!!

[@yaadapaah887]

Domsor means lights off and on .

[@MrMisszouk]

We have the same situation in the drc and it's a poor government sign.

[@FreedomQuests]

Ive got a quote cheaper than that for solor

[@Iamempressnae]

I am over ghana! lol I have developed a love/ hate relationships!

[@jaymng4977]

Same here

[@TheChariot99]

For real. The country is frustrating but I still like it 😂

[@user-ce3ke7wc9m]

Dum Sue means on and off

[@gdotone1]

Ghana homes could do with battery backups? an asside: hey the homes people are building are so big, are the families really big? are generations living together under the same roof? do wives move in to husband's family home? or is it the other way around? or do people just like really big houses? it seems like a lost to me to build on leased land, but many countries have such land law, uk. yeah people have to live somewhere. 50 years, 99 years... I guess it boils down to what you can live with and are use to. I mean the king and his family wealth grows for he once just had land now he has a house and land. no wonder the British crown is so wealthy.

[@philipofori1692]

Ghana is just like the west. If the woman married, they move to husband house or build together if they are renting. Also 99 years lease is not a waste. It renews automatically every 99 years. Plus renew few is less to nothing. Also People that can afford mansions will build it.

[@gdotone1]

is that a free renew. who do you new with. so your family never owns the land? and therefore not the house? I'm asking not judging.

[@user-dq7xr6kc9b]

I get you, land =security. However, the leasehold system means the land ultimately always belongs to the nation. Another nation (Brits, Chinese, Americans) cannot come in and buy up all the choice land plots and lock them up in perpetuity. Watch some videos about Chinese prospectors buying up land to mine for gold, or real estate vids in PramPram and Ada and see how retired Americans have bought up those beach front towns. In 100 years their descendents will get to renew the leases or it returns to the Chief/clan it was leased from.

[@gdotone1]

makes good sense for the nation. I do understand why they would do such.

[@user-dq1dg8kh5m]

Sound like Freetown 😢

[@FreedomQuests]

Albuquerque New Mexico is a dusty place too and they just deal with it

[@NanaKNOwusu]

Ghana produces excess electricity and exports it to sister countries Togo, Benin, and the Ivory Coast. The Electricity Corporation of Ghana owes the power generators. The power companies are independent although the government owns large shares. To stay viable, the power companies sell their power to neighboring countries who pay top dollar. Meanwhile, ECG is not paying them because government units, businesses, and individuals owe ECG billions of dollars. You heard me, billions of dollars. Ghanaians should pay their bills and taxes. It is not a demand issue with new construction. There is excess supply. ECG is indebted to the power suppliers so they are selling the power to neighboring countries for top dollars.

[@gmeshell7]

What made you take off and move to Ghana instead of a visit.

[@rock-a-bye-baby3529]

Why can't you have beef brisket in Accra?

[@TheChariot99]

Beef brisket? In Ghavamian? 😂 They don’t know what that is. They can barely spell their own name.

[@jenetwaldenmills8643]

,🤣🤣😂

[@Spinnallsingclass]

Do you dont have enough money to fix sun panels so you can get electricity all the time

[@MOLLQUE63]

How do you cope with all that traffic and no traffic ligjts

[@TheChariot99]

For real! There’s no traffic lights in most places.

[@highwayta3696]

This is a bit worrisome considering the fact that it’s going to cost me over $7k to bring my family there at the beginning of May for a vacation 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@TheChariot99]

😂 You’re going to visit an over hyped country. Well I’ll let you go see for yourself. Kenya is far better for vacation. There’s barely traffic lights IN ACCRA, the major city. Enjoy your vacation 😂

[@highwayta3696]

@@TheChariot99 it’s not about vacation as much as it is about the history of slavery that I wouldn’t find in kenya, SA, Egypt etc. History i want my kids to experience as well as myself.

[@TheChariot99]

@@highwayta3696 I don’t care for any of that. I care about how far my dollars can be stretched in Africa and bang for buck. Not Ghana that’s a big village with backwards mindset.

[@Ishejones]

This is so refreshing to listen to you two speak maturely about the situation in Ghana. Especially after listening to this older women in her 60s tear down and bash the whole country and African continent. SMH Africa is not for the weak. Great video!

[@deborahterry6942]

My cousin is in Ghana , he said he overstay on his visa. Can you guys talk about that on your next topic?

[@TheChariot99]

Give the imigration officer ¢200 avd you’re good lol

[@kevinmaden5572]

Is this happening in Accra ?

[@TheChariot99]

YES! In wealthy areas too!

[@rebewash9580]

You need some of those big windmills Obama got for Honolulu Hawaii, power forever!

[@kevinmaden5572]

Load shading ?

[@Maggies-Crochet-Boutique]

The first time for me. But wifey is weird

[@PJFord-hy1nm]

Any thoughts on using solar or wind generators.

[@kenya9540]

Solar panels would be a be a great idea.

[@kenya9540]

Ayo is so over living in Ghana.😂😂😂

[@bozoclown2098]

It need gentrification ?

[@rosemariegray-olabiran7991]

You fell for the hype of Ghana.

[@dariens.927]

## seems suspicious

[@imasummergirl]

Seems😏😒😑😐

[@MeandYou0822]

Do you not buy bottle water

[@user-dq7xr6kc9b]

To shower? To flush toilets? To run washing machine and dishwasher?

[@HughJass-jv2lt]

​@@user-dq7xr6kc9b 😂😂

[@user-hm1zb1uw4e]

What else to expect when you are in a 3rd world country. I’m from one and that’s normal

[@Kwaku-jb4un]

Please understand that your view of Ghana must be changed. United States is not heaven as every country has their own challenges. The water in United States in Flint Michigan and other places are toxic. You couldn’t afford what you have acquired in Ghana in the United States so cheaply. I think you didn’t know what has been going on in the U.S. There are many people living living under the bridge, tent houses in downtown LA, come to Washington D.C. and see where black people live. I hope you had time to whine and complain about how things are done in the U.S. No country in the world would ever be perfect, including United States you were born and grew up. Come to Washington D.C. and you discover window mount air conditioners all over the city, so if Ghanaians are building with no air conditioners, please that’s what they can afford. In the United States people don’t own anything without a credit, you buy all things with credit you sign a promissory note. Please like it or leave it, African Americans in the United States lives in poor neighborhoods throughout the country. Their neighborhoods don’t have street light, no restaurants lacking basic community services so stop this childish whining. As United is not perfect, no country in the world is perfect. I guess you were not in Texas when Houston flooded, maybe you were sleeping when Katrina hit Louisiana. If you decide to come back to U.S please tour the country. Peace

[@TheChariot99]

Ghana is over hyped and not that great. Food is just ok. The people are slow as f** and that’s slow minded too. I can keep going