{"id":444970,"date":"2017-12-08T08:51:34","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T08:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/08\/ecg-to-commence-online-sale-of-prepaid-credit\/"},"modified":"2017-12-08T08:51:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T08:51:34","slug":"ecg-to-commence-online-sale-of-prepaid-credit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/08\/ecg-to-commence-online-sale-of-prepaid-credit\/","title":{"rendered":"ECG to commence online sale of prepaid credit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Friday,  8 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-08<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/50934318.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ecg Smartcashmain\" title=\"Ecg Smartcashmain\" width=\"295\" height=\"364\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Power consumers in parts of Accra have not been able to recharge their prepaid meters<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512723094_609_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), will soon commence the sale of prepaid electricity credit online through its yet-to-be-launched mobile application.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Managing Director of the company, Samuel Appiah, who said this at a news conference, said the project will be piloted before being rolled out officially for public use.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the technology will help avoid a recurrence of the current troubles the company is having with some of its prepared systems in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoing forward, the company intends to ensure that all ECG payment metering system will be smart devoid of customers visiting vending points, but instead utilizing a mobile application to purchase credit online,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that \u201csome of our customers on credit meters can also receive their bills and pay their bills through the mobile application.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over 30,000 ECG customers in some parts of Accra have been without power for days following what the ECG calls a technical hitch.<\/p>\n<p>In the past two days, hundreds of ECG customers converged on the company\u2019s office at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, in a desperate attempt to purchase unit.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThis has again brought to the fore discussions about the limited application of technology in service delivery in some state agencies, leading to tiresome and ineffective service delivery.<\/p>\n<p>The ECG, which is a major utility company in the country, serves millions of customers in the Southern part of the country.<\/p>\n<p>The company, however, still performs some of its operations manually.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nIssuing and payment of bills is done manually, while customers with technical problems are expected to queue at its district officers to have their complaints heard and resolved.<\/p>\n<p>But Mr. Appiah believes that the decision to introduce the official mobile app, will help address these challenges.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>ECG privatization<\/p>\n<p>This is happening at a time when the government is preparing to cede 50% of the company to a private investor for some 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