Severe fire Thursday night burnt down another family house at Manja Township in Malawi’s commercial city of Blantyre damaging property worth unspecified sum of money. The house, located a few meters away from Manja Primary School, belongs to Mr. and Mrs. Tembo. According to eye witnesses who spoke to Nyasa Times, the blaze was spotted […]
The Consumers Association of Malawi (CAMA) says there economic benefits for consumers to start demanding energy saver bulbs claiming they have been proven to reduce electricity bills and have a long life-span. CAMA has been conducting awareness campaigns on the use of energy saver bulbs and energy efficiency with more emphasis at promoting the use […]
Malawi Government says it is committed to increasing the country’s reliance on cleaner and greener forms of energy that are environmental friendly. Minister of Energy, Ibrahim Matola, made these remarks on Monday during the handover ceremony where he received a Solar Power Plant on behalf of Malawi Government from the Japanese government at Kamuzu International […]
In my other article over a month ago, on this very platform, I discussed the topic, “Malawi, the peaceful country, still the poorest nation in the world” where I pointed out many issues which have been a deterrent to Malawi’s progress in development with some suggested solutions. In case you missed it here is the […]
Malawians will break from persistent power blackouts that have rocked the country for more than a week now from next Sunday, Electricity Supply Commission of Malawi (ESCOM) has said. ESCOM announced Wednesday – during a tour of journalists to one of its generation plants at Kapichira Falls in Chikhwawa – amidst threats from a group calling itself concerned […]
A group calling themselves concerned consumers of the Electricity Supply Commission of Malawi (Escom) has warned of nationwide demonstrations over the parastatal’s “insensitivity to customer’s needs” among others. The concerned electricity users also observe that the load-shedding programme has deteriorated to intolerable levels, thereby affecting the economy in light of the government’s touted Economic Recovery […]
The directive by Energy Minister Ibrahim Matola at public power generating firm Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) to keep the country’s capital city, Lilongwe, alight during the Sadc summit has hit hard productivity of the industrial sector and led to dry taps across the country. Matola strongly warned Escom last week to see to […]
Malawi’s minister of energy, Ibrahim Matola, who on Monday made a surprise visit to Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) offices in Blantyre, has called on the corporation to see to it that the country does not experience blackouts during the forthcoming Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Heads of State and Government summit. The summit will run […]
The Consumer Association of Malawi (Cama) has appealed to authorities to urgently assess ordinary people’s welfare and reverse some hardships which have come because of adopting to every governance proposals made by Western countries. Cama said this in reaction to a newspaper revelation that household in Malawi have been hit hard by skyrocketing electricity tariffs. […]
President Joyce Banda says she will commission the first 32 mega watts (MW) machine rehabilitated at Kapichira in August. The President was saying this during a rally in Salima on Tuesday while assuring the private sector that her government is doing everything possible to improve the business environment. “We want the private sector to operate without […]
Malawi government says the power interconnection project with Mozambique is awaiting sealing of approvals with financiers and its legislation in Parliament. Malawi and Mozambique formally signed the project in April after years of a stand-off between the two governments which will allow Malawi to have access to the Sapp market through Mozambique interconnected grid with Zimbabwe […]
Malawi Government has backed the current water and electricity tariff hike saying it is the only way that will allow Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) and Water Boards to maintain machinery used in their service delivery. Speaking during a speech Friday in Parliament, Minister of Finance, Dr. Ken Lipenga said the aim of the […]
The World Bank US $84.7 million (K34.7 billion) project will not even make the persistent electricity blackouts go away completely, the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM). Escom said the World Bank initiative ‘Energy Sector Support Project’ which rolled out in December 2011 and will be winding up in October 2016and “will only mitigate and […]
Malawi Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has said the country’s electricity tariff will keep rising until the parastatal starts profiting from the production and distribution of electricity. Escom recently raised the electricity charges by 29 percent to the surprise of users who to the contrary were of the view that the price would go […]
Increased prospects in the mining sector has brought a skyrocketing demand for electricity in Malawi leading to the almost doubling of power projections up to 2020, a United Nations (UN) report has said. The Malawi government 2012 Annual Economic Report forecasted that power demand was estimated at 408 (mega watts) MW in 2010, 603MW in […]
Malawians are expected to dig deeper into their pockets following the hiking up of electricity tariffs by Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) but have a relief with the reduction of fuel prices. The energy regulation body in its statement released to newsrooms that it has increased the electricity price from an average of K22.78 per […]
Malawi government says the installation of Kapichira Hydro Power Plant in Chikhwawa which is expected to add 64 megawatts to the national grid is expected to be completed in December this year and not October as anticipated. Minister of Energy Ibrahim Matola said in an interview with Nyasa Times said the project worth $55 million […]
President Joyce Banda has said it is her government’s determination to resolve power supply issues in the country, saying the signing of the Malawi-Mozambique power interconnection agreement is a big step towards having uninterrupted power supply. Banda noted that globalization has taught Malawi that the world is like a small village separated by seas, mountains and […]