Day: December 18, 2023

By Peter Kanjere, ESCOM PRO Vandalism of two towers on Kapichira to Nchalo 132kv overhead line at Kasinthula in Chikwawa District earlier this week has compromised health service delivery in Lower Shire thereby putting lives at risk and bringing businesses to a halt. Vandals descended on the towers for Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) Limited line—which feeds Nsanje and Chikwawa—by cutting off its members. The line eventually came tumbling down on Monday, November 13 2023 at around 3:40pm. As the towers fell down, so did service

By Peter Kanjere, ESCOM PRO Malawi energy sector got a boost on November 8 2023 with the launch of a first-ever Automatic Generation Control (AGC) to improve electricity system stability. The launch of AGC took place in Blantyre courtesy of collaboration among Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) Limited, Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) Malawi Limited and Power Africa. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded SAEP to implement AGC whose end-users are ESCOM and EGENCO. In his speech marking AGC launch, Minister of Energy, Ibrahim

By Cosmas Kaunga, ESCOM Outreach Officer Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) Limited Officer in-Charge (OIC) for Dowa, Amon Chirwa, says all employees for the power utility company must strive to serve customers better as they are the life-blood of the company. Chirwa said this on Monday, 27th November 2023, at an event which his office organised to honour Osman Baibulo and Menard Chizonda as the best performing employees for the district this month. Chirwa said he was moved by the unwavering commitment and dedication of the

  By Peter Kanjere, ESCOM PRO Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) Limited Wednesday rewarded its four standout employees in Mangochi for averting a potential fire accident in the lakeshore district on October 17 2023. ESCOM Chief Executive Officer, Kamkwamba Kumwenda and Director of Human Resources and Administration, Chrispin Banda, presented the awards to the general workers—Mussa Dickson, Andrew Chipinga, Thom Kaulembe and Gift Saidi—at the power utility company’s office in Mangochi. In his speech at the awards ceremony, Kumwenda hailed the linespersons for not only averted