Month: April 2023 Posts

ESCOM prepaid system down since yesterday

Apr 17, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says it is working to restore its prepaid vending system which has been down since Sunday. In a statement yesterday, ESCOM said a technical problem has resulted in failure… ...

Malawi Energy Minister assures of minimal load shedding

Apr 14, 2023 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Minister of Energy Ibrahim Matola has assured the general public that the available electricity generation capacity in Malawi is sufficient to meet the country’s power demand. Speaking when the Ministry, Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) and… ...

Man jailed 3 years for vandalizing ESCOM property

Apr 12, 2023 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

The Senior Resident Magistrate Court in Lilongwe on Tuesday sentenced a 26-year-old man to three years and four months imprisonment for being found guilty of vandalizing property belonging to the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi… ...

Mdima tathana nawo, magetsi akusefukira – yatero EGENCO

Apr 12, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Kampani yopanga magetsi ya Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) yatsimikizira mtundu wa aMalawi kuti ayiwale zakuthimathima kwa magetsi ponena kuti magetsi achuluka ndipo akuchita kusefukira. Izi ndi malingana ndi mkulu wa EGENCO a William Liabunya omwe… ...

EGENCO restores Kapichira Power Station

Apr 06, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) Malawi Limited says it has restored Kapichira Power Station which was damaged by floods last year. In an interview with this publication, EGENCO public relations officer Moses Gwaza said the development… ...

Globe Internet employee dies after being electrocuted in Lilongwe

Mar 24, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

A 26-year-old Globe Internet employee died yesterday at Area 10 in Lilongwe after getting into contact with a power line while connecting fibre cables. Assistant Public Relation Officer for Lingadzi Police Station Constable Maria Kumwenda… ...

Four arrested over illegal electricity connections

Mar 22, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Four people have been arrested in Lilongwe for impersonating Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) employees and conducting illegal electricity connections. The four are Dick Paul, Davi Nyirenda, Kelgon Phonela and Maluwa Mzumala They were… ...