Month: August 2022 Posts

Creation of more electricity companies has piled costs on consumers – ESCOM

Aug 23, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says there are many companies governing about 400 Megawatts in the electricity sector and this is pilling costs on the consumer. ESCOM officials led by Chief executive officer Kamkwamba… ...

EGENCO says blackouts will end in December

Aug 23, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) says it has a team "working 24/7" to make sure that blackouts end in Malawi by December 23 this year. EGENCO has also announced that it has instituted investigations into the… ...

Electricity woes worsen in Malawi

Aug 21, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) and Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) have come under fire from Malawians over extended hours of blackouts. Malawians have taken to social media to complain about blackouts which have worsened… ...

Kumwenda wabodza: ESCOM CEO bloated figures, says Parliament

Aug 20, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Kumwenda Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) chief executive officer Kamkwamba Kumwenda bloated figures when he claimed that ESCOM buys electricity at K140 per kilowatt hour (kwh). Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources and Climate Change… ...

Zobanduka! Plane fails to land due to blackout at Malawi airport

Aug 20, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A plane carrying passengers stayed in the air for over 40 minutes at Chileka International Airport but still failed to land due to power outage and it was forced to go back to Lilongwe. According… ...

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… ...

Tikudutsa muzowawa: Escom yapempha kukwezedwa mtengo kwa magetsi

Aug 09, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 1 &

Pamene anthu m'dziko muno akupitilira kudandaula za zikhomo pankhani ya zachuma, kampani yogulitsa magetsi ya Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) yati ikufuna mtengo wa magetsi ukwere apo bii kampaniyi itsekedwe kaye. Izi ndi malingana… ...