The Malawi government says it has put in place measures to attract independent power producers in its electricity sector, which is dominated by the State-owned Elec-tricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom). Finance Minister Ken Lipenga said when he presented the country’s 2012 Budget to Parliament last month that the measures included gradually removing subsidies on electricity supplied […]
Minister of Energy and Mining, on behalf of Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) Thursday apologized to all customers of the energy entity that were let down due to the institution’s poor services delivery. Chilumpha made the apology when he answered a supplementary question from MP for Rumphi North, Tasokwa Msiska. “I would like to […]
The country’s sole hydro power generator, Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom), says the pending interconnection deal with neighboring Mozambique would arrest the importunate power outage in the country. Escom Public Relations Manager Kitty Chingota told Nyasa Times in an exclusive interviewthat the power service provider has failed to live to its billing due to […]
The United States has restored a $350 million aid programme to overhaul Malawi’s decrepit electricity grid in recognition of the “sound economic policy” introduced since the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika in April. The U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) froze the donor agreement in July last year after 20 anti-Mutharika protesters were killed in […]
Malawi government is expected to be paying about $100 million every month to Mozambique once the interconnection electricity deal is in play, former deputy minister of energy and mines has revealed. Vera Faramenga Chelewani, who is also MP for Nsanje South, told Parliament on Wednesday that Malawi tends to lose out a lot on the electricity […]
The presidents of Mozambique and Malawi signed an electricity agreement Saturday in a first step to restore troubled relations between the two southern African neighbours. The heads of state agreed in the Mozambican capital Maputo to revive a plan to supply electricity from Mozambique’s Cahora Bassa hydroelectric dam to its energy-starved neighbour. “In Malawi we […]
Barely few days after the announcement of the devaluation of the local currency, Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) has announced the increase of fuel and electricity prices. According to a statement released by MERA, diesel will now be sold at K475.00 from K360.00 per litre. Petrol now costs K490.00 from K330.00 per litter. Paraffin will […]
Limbe Cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church, which hosted the Public Affairs Comnmitte (PAC) conference which, among others, proposed that President Bingu wa Mutharika should step down for “mismanaging the economy” has been experiencing unusual power black-out since hosting that high profile meeting last month. While some areas which tap power from the same transformer […]
The British Department for International Development (DfID) says it has decided to withdraw £50,000 from the Energy Server Light bulb Programme following the unexpected revocation of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Government of Malawi and the Consumer Association of Malawi (CAMA). CAMA was selected by the Government to prepare and implement a marketing […]
The US embassy in Malawi has announced that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) board meets this Thursday March 22 2012 in Washington to decide on the way forward for the Malawi Compact. Thus, the meeting this Thursday in Washington DC; is crucial for Malawi to know its future as regards this essential grant at the […]
Bharti Airtel, which is a parent company to Airtel Malawi Limited has announced significant milestones to build a ‘green’ environment friendly mobile network and reduce its carbon footprint in Africa. The telecommunications operator has undertaken a series of initiatives from last year like reducing the number of telecom sites running solely on diesel by more than […]
While Malawians are reeling in one of the worst ever socio-economic downturns, with persistent blackouts and dry water taps some Mozambicans in the Western Province of Tete are reportedly being smiled on by fortune for flocking for seeking some services in Malawi. Reports say Mozambican farmers particularly in the impoverished locality of Vila Nova da […]
The Scottish Government is to donate almost £2 million to a climate-change programme aimed at providing sustainable, reliable electricity supplies in rural areas of Malawi. The Scotland culture minister, Fiona Hyslop, said the Malawi Renewable Energy Acceleration Programme had been awarded more than £1.7m over three years to push forward the “climate justice” agenda by […]
Malawi Government has admitted the blame that it has failed all Malawians, the private sector and manufacturers on energy especially continued power failures and the never ending fuel shortages. Minister of Energy Goodall Gondwe said this Wednesday when he presided over the launch to distribute 1.3 million energy saver bulbs national wide for free to […]
In yet another display of the strained relations that exist between the Malawi and the Mozambican Governments, Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has been ordered to remove poles which it misguidedly planted on Mozambican soil. The poles are being erected from Mwanza headquarters to the border area of Thambani. ESCOM officials confirmed the development. This will […]
An 11-year-old boy drowned while searching for water in Lake Malawi in Karonga district, police confirmed to Nyasa Times. The border town has been experiencing serious water shortage for the past two weeks that have also slowed operations in most vital institutions including the Karonga District Hospital. The situation has forced residents to resort to […]
Exit IMF, MCC in. A delegation from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a US government agency that assists developing countries is in the country to get fact about Malawi’s progress to address US government concerns in order to resume the $350 million grant meant for the boosting electricity output and distribution. The delegation has already […]
In an unprecedented and unparalled development, staff at the Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH), the referral hospital for the Central region, are asking pregnant women due for delivery, to part with MK1,800 (about US$10) for five litres of diesel for a standby generator to mitigate against power supply failure. The Nation newspaper, which has broken the […]