Month: April 2020 Posts

Kapichira power generation machines to be offline during Easter

Apr 09, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) says power generation machines at Kapichira Power Station will not be in operation from Friday, 10 April to Monday, 13 April 2020. The company said in a statement today that it… ...

ESCOM says increase in demand has led to 7-hour blackouts

Mar 22, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 1 &

The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says power outages in the country are now lasting 7 hours due to a substantial increase in demand for electricity. In a statement on Saturday, the electricity supplier… ...

Power outages to end in March

Feb 26, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

The Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) says its full generation capacity will be restored by the end of March, 2020 following the breakdown of machines at Kapichira Power Station. In a statement on Tuesday, the company… ...

ESCOM to implement load shedding tomorrow

Dec 28, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says there will be power outage in several areas across the country on Sunday. According to the power supplier, this is because the Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) will… ...

The blacker the night, the merry the Christmas – Escom

Dec 17, 2019 Lonjezo Jamu 1 &

A day after Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) said water levels in the Shire River are now normalising, Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has announced that loadshedding has been extended. In a statement released today,… ...

6 EGENCO generators down

Nov 29, 2019 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Six of the ten Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) diesel generators in Blantyre are down and the company is failing to fix them due to lack of spare parts. This was revealed during a visit by… ...

Govt wants 50% of Malawians to have access to electricity by 2030

Nov 28, 2019 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Government says it wants to increase the electricity access rate to 50 percent from the current 11 percent by 2030. Minister of Natural Resources Energy and Mining Bintony Kutsaira said this on Wednesday during the… ...

Four children drown in Shire River

Oct 28, 2019 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Four children aged between two and four have died after drowning at the upstream side of the Tedzani Power Station Pond on the Shire River. According to the Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) which runs the… ...

EGENCO dresses Livilivi River

Feb 16, 2019 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) has planted 2000 trees along Balaka's Livilivi river bank. The tree planting exercise which was graced by minister of Environment, Energy and Mining, Aggrey Massi was held on Friday, in… ...

EGENCO to shut down Tedzani

Aug 19, 2018 Richard Jimu 0 &

The Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) will shut down Tedzani III unit 5 power station for five months starting from Monday. According to a statement released by the company on Friday, the shutdown will be done… ...

APM tells EGENCO, ESCOM to end blackouts by end-2018

May 26, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 2 &

President Peter Mutharika has told Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) and the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) to improve the country’s power situation before the end of the year. During a meeting with managements of… ...

EGENCO still need more rains

Apr 27, 2018 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) says there has not been enough rains for the company to generate enough power. EGENCO public relations officer Moses Gwaza told Malawi24 that the water level in Lake Malawi is still… ...

Nkula A rehabilitation to be completed August

Apr 26, 2018 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The modernisation of Malawi's main power production station Nkula A will be completed in August and is expected to add 12 Megawatts (MW) to the national grid. This is according to Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO)… ...

Malawians told to brace for severe blackouts during Easter

Mar 28, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says the blackouts which Malawians are experiencing will become more severe during the Easter period. The electricity supplier has asked Malawians to save power and industries to scale down… ...

ESCOM requests water from Govt

Mar 18, 2018 Luke Bisani 0 &

The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has requested government through the ministry of agriculture, irrigation and water development to increase the flow of water in the Shire River. In a letter dated March 15… ...