National Bank of Malawi donates K1m to Escom for international power meetings
National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc on Thursday donated K1 million to Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) which is hosting international power meetings which starts on Tuesday (March 3, 2020) in Lilongwe.
Presenting the donation, NBM plc Head of Operations Brian Boby said the Bank decided to contribute towards the 54th Southern Africa Power Pool (SAPP) meetings because supply of power drives economic growth and would benefit the Bank and businesses operating in the country.
“Looking at the significance of power supply in this country in general as well as to us as consumers, we thought it wise as a bank to sponsor the conference. We hope that this will provide an opportunity for ESCOM to learn from counterparts in the SADC region on how best to improve power supply to consumers,” said Boby.
Escom Director of Systems and Marketing Operations Patrick Kadewa thanked NBM plc for the donation saying it will significantly contribute to the success of the meetings.
“We are grateful to NBM plc for this timely donation. The meetings we are hosting are very important as we will be discussing the pool of power resources within the SADC region and how we can address the problem of power shortages,” said Kadewa.
He outlined that the meetings shall attract approximately 150 delegates drawn from the 12 SADC countries.
The meetings will be held from March 3 to 5, 2020 at the Bingu International Conference Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe.
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You National Bank behave like Pilatus, cleaning your hands with money, you give to ESCOM, playing in the same League when it comes to Customer Service!
Wasting time financing underperfoming Escom. Give the money to the poor and let escom concentrate on load shedding. Usawi chichi?
Thank you Boby
If DPP was not looting at Escom, there would be enough money power Malawi, not just merely hosting a conference