Month: April 2023 Posts

EGENCO restores Kapichira Power Station

Apr 06, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) Malawi Limited says it has restored Kapichira Power Station which was damaged by floods last year. In an interview with this publication, EGENCO public relations officer Moses Gwaza said the development… ...

DoDMA hails EGENCO for donating relief items worth MK10 Million 

Mar 19, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) has commended Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) for donating relief items to Cyclone Freddy affected households. Fedson Chikuse, DoDMA’s Deputy Director responsible for Preparedness made the remarks on… ...

EGENCO resumes power generation

Mar 14, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) says it has now resumed power generation at both Nkula and Tedzani Power stations. Yesterday, the power generating company said it was experiencing unstable generation system following heavy… ...

EGENCO shuts down all power stations

Mar 13, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Electricity Generation Company Limited (EGENCO) has shut down all power stations due to Cyclone Freddy which has hit the Southern Region of Malawi. The electricity company has confirmed in a statement that it is experiencing… ...

Malawians to experience 15 hours of blackout on Sunday

Feb 18, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Nkula Power plant The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says domestic users in most parts of the country, will this Sunday 19th February be subjected to 15 hours of blackout as the whole country… ...

ESCOM says power outage will last about 10 hours today

Jan 29, 2023 Shorai Mopiwa 0 &

The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says it will implement prolonged loadshedding lasting about 10 hours today due to a further reduction in power supply. According to ESCOM, hydro-power supplier, EGENCO, will undertake maintenance… ...

Repairs at Nkula completed — EGENCO

Dec 17, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) says it has completed the repairs which led to the shutdown of Nkula B Power Station and blackouts lasting over 17 hours a day. The maintenance works of a damaged bypass… ...