Month: August 2022 Posts

ESCOM wants 99 percent electricity tariff hike

Aug 15, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has proposed that electricity tariff should be hiked from the  current  K104 per kilowatt hour (kwh) to K207 per kwh. The electricity supplier has submitted the proposal to… ...

ESCOM experiences another system shutdown

Jun 24, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) and Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) say there was a system shutdown this morning which resulted in loss of power in most parts of the country. The two companies have… ...

Malawi experiences national power outage

May 13, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says its system shut down this morning resulting in loss of power countrywide. In a statement this afternoon, ESCOM has said that it is yet to establish the cause… ...

EGENCO distances itself from ESCOM’s units syndicate

Mar 31, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) has rejected claims by Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) that the electricity supplier loses billions of Kwachas on electricity units which are given to EGENCO employees. This comes as… ...

ESCOM prepaid units worth K60 billion sold on black market

Mar 29, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has lost K60 billion since 2018 due to a syndicate involving employees who have been selling prepaid units to companies and individuals in the country through parallel structures. ESCOM… ...

Angry residents storm ESCOM offices over power outage

Mar 09, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Residents of Gong'onda, Magombo and Madulira villages in Machinjiri today stormed Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) offices in Blantyre to show their anger over the electricity supplier's failure to fix a faulty transformer. The… ...

Two ESCOM employees and two villagers still missing in Shire River

Feb 19, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Rescue operations are continuing for two ESCOM employees and two villagers who are missing after the boat they were in capsized in Shire River on Thursday evening at Kasisi in Chikwawa. The four were among… ...