Month: December 2020 Posts

EGENCO cancels tender process for construction of three houses worth K707 million

Dec 19, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) has withdrawn a notice to award contracts which would have seen the electricity company spending K707 million for construction of three houses. The government owned company issued a notice last week… ...

EGENCO to construct three houses worth K707 million

Dec 12, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) plans to construct three houses worth over K707 million, with the cheapest house costing about K223 million. This is revealed in a notification of intention to award contract procurement which the… ...

Chilima tells ESCOM to stop buying fuel for Aggreko

Aug 07, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Vice President Saulos Chilima has told Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) to stop buying fuel for Aggreko’s generators and he has also helped end a dispute involving Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) and ESCOM. Chilima… ...

Coronavirus blamed for power outages

May 21, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

The Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) and Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) say they are unable to end power outages in the country because of the coronavirus pandemic. All areas in the country have been… ...

Three of four machines back online at Kapichira Power Station

Mar 30, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

… One machine awaits spare parts, experts from Germany The Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) says it has added 32.4MW to its system and now a total of 97.2MW is being generated from three of the… ...

Malawi to experience over 4hrs of loadshedding

Feb 24, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) limited has said that from today, many areas in Malawi will experience a four and half hour (4.5) emergency loadshedding a day. ESCOM's Management has said in a… ...

EGENCO officials, pilot survive plane accident

Oct 24, 2019 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

A pilot and two Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) employees survived with minor injuries after their plane failed to stop on the runway in Likoma. The three are a pilot for Ulendo Airlink, EGENCO spokesperson Moses… ...