Power crisis in Ghana: the past, present and the way forward Photo credit: medium.com On Sunday 7th of March 2021 when Ghanaians were still celebrating the 64th anniversary of independence, the country experienced a sudden total power shutdown throughout the country. This prompted the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), the sole transmission company in Ghana to immediately release a press informing Ghanaians of the challenges it is facing. Part of the statement read " a challenge in the power system led to total system shutdown leading to an interruption in the power to all parts of the country". A challenge they could not immediately ascertain the cause of the unfortunate total system shutdown in the country. However, on the 8th of March 2021 GRIDCo released another press statement this time around to explain to the public the cause of the system shut down on the 7th. It indicated that " a technical fault on one of the major transmission lines between Prestea and Obuasi which led to an overload on other adjacent transmission lines, leading to a sequence of trips and an eventual power system shutdown in the country". The transmission Company assured Ghanaians that whiles they are working on the challenges, there are enough generating capacities to meet the demands of the country and therefore no need to worry about. It is unfortunate for this occurrence, and it tells us how vulnerable our grid is. This is a security threat for a fault to shut down the entire country and steps need to be taken to build a more robust system to withstand unexpected shutdowns.