President Armando Emilio Guebuza of Mozambique arrived in Malawi on Wednesday on a three-day State visit . Besides President Joyce Banda, Guebuza was also welcomed by Malawi’s First Gentleman Retired Chief Justice Richard Banda, SC, State Vice President Khumbo Kachali, Army Commander, Inspector General of Police, cabinet ministers, diplomats and officials of the governing People’s […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a grant amounting to US $3.04 million to finance the Kholombidzo Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) Feasibility Studies in Malawi. The Government of Malawi will contribute US $0.23 million (7%) of the total study cost of US $3.27 million. The grant aims to produce a full bankable feasibility […]
President of Mozambique, Armando Guebuza, will visit Malawi next week, and is expected to seal the much awaited electricity tapping deal. Malawi Foreign Affairs Minister Ephraim Mganda Chiume told a Trade and Investment forum in London last week that the Mozambique leader will be on state visit to Malawion 03-05 April. Chiume said during the […]
Six men that were arrested for illegal connection of electricity contrary to section 45 subsections 1 and 2b of the electricity Act appeared in Lilongwe Chief Residence Magistrate court on Thursday. Mike Nyirongo 32, Amos Nkhoma 41, Martians Kamphinda 35 ,29 year old Macdonald Chilungo, Phillip Nelson 40and 37 year old George Mkumba are said […]
The United State of America Government has deployed two experts to Malawi to support the implementation of Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) multibillion energy grant which it is bankrolling. The two are Oliver Pierson, resident country director and Jenner Edelman, deputy resident country director. Pierson and Edelman already arrived in Malawi and have since assumed their […]
The government has officially apologised to the citizens for the countrywide power blackout on Tuesday night. Malawi’s Energy minister Ibrahim Matola said the power blackout was caused by “technical problem” that supplied power supply across the entire electrified part of the country. Matola said the government was “deeply sorry “ for the power outage. Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) said […]
Government work has stopped for two days in the commercial city of Blantyre because of power blackout whose cause is not explained. The new Government building in Blantyre which houses government departments has been without power from Wednesday and civil servants have since abandoned their offices. “We have had no power since yesterday [Wednesday] because […]
The Israeli Government has expressed willingness to assist Malawi to manage its water resources to enable the country to be food-secure. “Malawi receives a lot of rainfall and has plenty of water. What is required is for the nation to manage the water. It is my hope that our government will strive to assist Malawi […]
Some Members of Parliament (MPs) on Tuesday faulted government for adjusting electricity tariffs, saying this has resulted in more charcoal use among community dwellers in the country. Speaking on the sidelines of how Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has failed to provide electricity to households in the country, Lilongwe Msozi South parliamentarian Vitus Dzoole […]
Parliamentary proceedings were on Thursday interrupted due to electricity blackout. The electricity black out was a perfect reminder to the legislators some of the pertinent problems the country is going through to which they need the House to find a lasting solution. Darkness fell in the National Assembly chamber and members of parliament on the […]
It never rains but pours for the country’s consumers as they are, now, expected to dig deeper into their pockets for survival following the hiking up of electricity tariffs aside an increase in fuel pump prices by Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA). MERA on Thursday announced an increase in fuel pump prices with 12 and […]
Alghanim Group of Companies from Kuwait has shown interest to invest in Malawi in the areas of energy and infrastructure development, creating hope that the country’s energy problems will soon be over. This was disclosed when the company’s president, Tarek Issa, met with Malawi’s President, Joyce Banda, at the Grand Hayart Hotel in Dubai on […]
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) management have ruled out any possibility that power supply will be normalized after the modernization works of machine number 5 at Nkula B power station. Local media had recently quoted ESCOM senior power station manager Steven Kaira assuring Malawians that the exercise was aimed to “greatly improve power generation capacity and reduce load […]
Management at the Malawi’s sole supplier of electricity the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) are assuring Malawians that persistent power cut will soon be history. They are banking on the upgrading exercise of one of its plants which has outlived its lifespan, Nkula B power generation plant iwhich they say will end in December […]
The Chinese government is planning to invest a whooping $500 million in a thermal energy generation project in Malawi which if completed would produce 1,000 megawatts of electricity for the country. This will be a relief to Malawi as it is currently producing only 280 megawatts courtesy of Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) hydro […]
As the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi embarks on the revamping and upgrading of one of its plants which has outlived its lifespan at Nkula Hydro Electric Power Station, Malawians should brace for more power outages besides the normal power rationing. Said Kitty Chingota, ESCOM’sspokeswoman; “The revamping and upgrading exercise of Nkula will directly affect […]
Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has officially reinstated the country’s Compact US$350.7 million (K 97.8) billion for energy which was suspended in March this year following the then country’s bad governance. MCC Chief Executive Officer, Daniel Yohannes on Thursday in Lilongwe said the ongoing governance reform is the key as they now work on the reinstatement […]
The Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), Daniel W. Yohannes, met President Joyce Banda at the New State House in Lingwe, Malawi’s Capital on Thursday. He is also expected to hold a series of meetings with government officials and members of Malawi’s civil society and private sector. In June 2012, MCC reinstated […]