The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says its nationwide project to migrate postpaid electricity customers to prepaid metering has reached more than 99 percent. ESCOM Public Relations Officer Pilirani Phiri said the Meter Migration Project had made significant progress, with completion rates nearing 100 percent in all regions. He said: “The Meter Migration Project […]
Traditional leaders in Kasungu have called for community-led security patrols to protect electricity infrastructure, following a wave of transformer vandalism that has left several local communities without power in recent weeks. Four transformers have been vandalised in the district within weeks, according to the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM), prompting the utility to launch […]
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has raised expectations for a more stable power supply following the commissioning of a 20MW/40MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), a project the utility hopes will begin addressing the country’s chronic electricity shortfalls. ESCOM spokesperson Pilirani Phiri said the system would work by capturing surplus power during periods of […]
Vice President Salous Chilima’s press officer Pililani Phiri has been awarded as Public Relations Professional of the year by Public Relations Society of Malawi (PRSM). The award was announced on Friday night February 26, 2021 during a virtual conference and general meeting of the PRSM which also ushered in new office bearers for the society. […]
Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima has donated a brand new kit worth K400,000 to Lilongwe Media Stars soccer team which has been playing using borrowed uniform. The uniform was handed over to the journalists’ team over the weekend by the Vice President’s Press aide Pilirani Phiri who accompanied the scribes to collect the new kit […]
Editor for private Zodiak Broadcasting Services, Pilirani Phiri, has been appointed press officer in the office of the vice president occupied by Saulos Chilima, Nyasa Times understands. Office of President and Cabinet and Phirir himself confirmed the appointment. “Yes it is true I have resigned from Zodiak and I am prepared to continue serving my country […]
Exercising freedom of expression and that of the media , journalists on Wednesday excited Malawians when they posed probing questions to President Joyce Banda at a news conference she held at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre on her arrival from New York, the United States of America. Reporters from private media, notably Matindi FM, MIJ FM […]
Malawians have bashed the much touted first ever live presidential programme aired on Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) claiming President Joyce Banda’s lecture offered no hope to the citizenry. Snap interviews Nyasa Times conducted immediately after the programme, revealed that most people who listened to the President were not satisfied with her speech. They observed that […]
The inaugural Talk Show Host of the Year in the 2012 Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Media Awards on Saturday went to Pilirani Phiri, who hosts Tiuzeni Zoona on Zodiak radio beating another favourite Brian Banda who anchors Straight Talk on Capital Radio. Ironically, Pilirani and Brian were sitting on the same table and […]