Month: January 2018 Posts

Kapito hails new Escom load shedding schedule

Jan 09, 2018 Archangel Nzangaya 36 &

The country's well known consumer rights activist John Kapito has hailed the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) for the new load shedding schedule. Earlier this week, Escom published a new load shedding programme that… ...

Electricity improving: Malawians to have 14 hours of power

Jan 08, 2018 Archangel Nzangaya 86 &

After supplying power for 8 hours a day in the last months of 2017, the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has revised the load shedding program from 8 hours of electricity to 14 hours… ...

Government told to address electricity problems in hospitals

Dec 31, 2017 Martha Chikoti 8 &

The Malawi Health Equity Network (MHEN) has called upon government to address electricity problems which are costing lives of patients and frustrating efforts of health workers in the country's hospitals. The call has been made… ...

Santa ESCOM: Keeps the switch on for Christmas

Dec 26, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 84 &

Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) provided electricity to Malawians on Christmas Day. Malawians have for the past months been experiencing blackouts lasting over 24 hours. But on Christmas Day ESCOM managed to provide power… ...

Escom lies on Malawi’s improved blackout situation

Dec 19, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 81 &

The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has cheated Malawians by saying the blackout situation in the country has improved lately. As monitored by Malawi24, the blackout situation has still stuck to the 24 hour… ...

‘Give us power enough for the country’: This should be Malawi prayer on electricity

Dec 17, 2017 Luke Bisani 24 &

A news story claiming that Malawi will be exporting electricity soon shocked Malawians. The story that was covered by the state broadcaster in Malawi on electricity raised eyebrows among citizens with one Journalist Upile Kaisi… ...

Electricity supply improving in Malawi

Dec 15, 2017 Lyonike Mughogho 111 &

Malawi is slowly getting past the dark age as electricity supply is improving with the increase in generation capacity. The year 2017 has been a year to forget with almost every area in Malawi having… ...