electricity Archives

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… ...

Mutharika’s speech disrupted by power outage

Nov 08, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

Power outage disrupted President Peter Mutharika’s speech at the University of Malawi Graduation ceremony in Zomba on Friday. Mutharika was delivering his speech at Chancellor College when the hall was hit by power failure, forcing… ...

Power cuts hit small businesses hard

Oct 17, 2019 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Operators of small businesses in Lilongwe say their businesses are being heavily affected by frequent blackouts the country is experiencing. During interviews, the businesspersons said it is difficult now to make profits because during the… ...

More blackouts as ESCOM implements rotational load-shedding

Oct 02, 2019 Richard Jimu 1 &

The Electricity Supply Commission Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has implemented rotational load-shedding with customers now getting six hours of electricity a day. The power supplier says this is due to failure of two machines at… ...

Power supply has returned to normal – ESCOM

Sep 21, 2019 Richard Jimu 0 &

The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says power supply has returned to normal following restoration of three faulty machines at Kapichira Power Station that led to the return of blackouts over the past two… ...

World Bank gives Malawi, Mozambique K42 billion

Sep 20, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The World Bank has given Malawi and Mozambique U$57 million (about K42 billion) for the Mozambique-Malawi Regional Interconnector Project which will improve access to reliable electricity for Malawians. Out of the total amount, Malawi will… ...