Ghanaian term for unpredictable electric power outage
Dumsor
In Ghana, dumsor (Akan pronunciation:[dumsɔ] 'off and on') is a persistent, irregular, and unpredictable electric power outage.[1] It is usually caused by a power supply shortage.
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In Ghana, dumsor (Akan pronunciation: [dum sɔ] 'off and on') is a persistent, irregular, and unpredictable electric power outage. It is usually caused...
as caretaker ministers until new ones had been confirmed in their place. Dumsor is the frequent, persistent and irregular system of electrical power outage...
and can effect the expectations of communities. For example, in Ghana dumsor describes the widespread expectations for intermittent unexpected power...
increase government revenue. "Shortages" of electricity in 2015 & 2016 led to dumsor ("persistent, irregular and unpredictable" electric power outages), increasing...
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regarding the recent surge in intermittent power outages popularly known as dumsor. While the ECG attributes these outages to overloaded and faulty transformers...
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in recent times, and gained traction in popular culture under the term dumsor. Ownership was eventually reverted back to the ECG. The Controversy The...
which does not contain a liquid consonant in Korean. The English spelling dumsor for the Akan term dumsɔ. English-language vowel changes before historic...
office as minister due to failure to end load shedding popularity known as Dumsor, having promised to resign if he did not solve this before the end of 2015...
against the energy crisis in her country. She led a peaceful vigil called DumsorMustStop on May 16, 2015. The hashtag #dumsormuststop is currently used on...
265 kilowatts per capita in 2009. Shortages of electricity have led to dumsor (blackouts), increasing the interest in renewables. Ghana has 5 billion...
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com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-05. "#Dumsor: Edward Kuffour says Ghanaians must be patient with President Mahama and...
uncertainty to a power grid already experiencing frequent outages (known as dumsor). Some estimates suggest that capacity could fall by as much as 50% for...
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