Malawi to face massive power load shedding during Easter -ESCOM

The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM), the southern African nation’s sole supplier of power has announced it will implement massive load shedding during Easter season from 28th March to 1st April, 2013 where some parts of Malawi will have no power. The Corporation’s statement released on Monday said this will be subject to inadequate […]

America deploys experts to Malawi for MCC energy project

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 […]

Scotland to boost Malawi’s rural electricity

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 […]