Ghana’s $1m ‘holy rain’ scandal: Who took the Aksa Energy bribes?
© Nipah Dennis/AFP Published on August 18, 2026 at 17:00 pm (GMT +1) A decade after Ghana rushed to secure emergency electricity during its debilitating dumsor (on and off in Akan) power crisis, one of the deals struck to keep the lights on has returned to haunt the country’s political establishment.
A New York jury on 6 August convicted former Goldman Sachs investment banker and Tema Oil Refinery boss Asante Kwaku Berko over a scheme to bribe GhanaianGhana’s President John Dramani Mahama in Accra.
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