Month: April 2022 Posts

Malawians to experience more blackouts

Apr 19, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi is set to lose 78 Megawatts of electricity this week and power outages in the country will be lasting 8 hours per day, up from the current 6 hours. This is the case because… ...

Man found with stolen ESCOM equipment worth K30 million

Apr 09, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police in Blantyre have arrested a Lunzu resident identified as John Nyalama, 43, for being found with Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) equipment valued at around K30 million. He was arrested on Friday April… ...

IPPs to benefit from Malawi, ATI agreement

Apr 03, 2022 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

The addendum to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which the Malawi Government signed with African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) will benefit Independent Power Producers (IPPs) that enter into Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with Power Market… ...

Grouping threatens legal action against ESCOM over electricity units scandal

Apr 02, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

A civil society grouping has threatened legal action against Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) if the electricity supplier goes ahead with plans to claim payments from individuals and companies which bought prepaid units illegally… ...

Electricity connection fee already low in Malawi – ESCOM

Mar 23, 2022 Russell Kondowe 1 &

Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says the K93,200 electricity connection fee which customers pay is already lower than the actual average cost of K365,000 which is required for each new connection. The electricity supplier… ...

Malawi Energy Minister threatens to name MPs accused of siphoning fuel from ESCOM

Mar 10, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Minister of Energy Ibrahim Matola says some Members of Parliament (MPs) were part of a cartel that was illegally drawing fuel from Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM). He made the allegations today in Parliament… ...

Four arrested over vandalism of ESCOM transformer in Balaka

Mar 07, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Malawi Police Service (MPS) has arrested four people suspected of vandalising an ESCOM transformer and stealing its copper wire at Andiamo in Balaka District. The theft of the copper wire occurred on February 25,… ...