Author: peter Kanjere

Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) Limited Board Chairperson, Honourable Gospel Kazako, has called for increased investments in energy, describing the sector as critical to the implementation of the Government’s Agriculture Tourism and Ministry (ATM) strategy. Kazako said this during the signing ceremony for a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) between ESCOM and Aspin Energy Limited, with the independent power producer (IPP) set to build, own and operate a 142 Megawatts LNG Gas Powered Generation Plant at Phalula in Balaka. “Energy is very key. As you know the

By Hopeson Kafumbwa—ESCOM Public Relations Intern Balaka Senior Grade Magistrate’s Court has jailed Osman Wisiki to three years imprisonment with hard labour for vandalizing and stealing ESCOM aluminium conductors worth K3 million in the district. Balaka Police Public Relations Officer, Inspector Gladson M’bumpha, confirmed that the court passed the judgment on Osman on February 13, 2025, for the offences involving the 600-metre aluminium. M’bumpha said community policing members caught Osman after stopping him on his bicycle while carrying a bag of the conductors on his way to

The Malawi government has signed a 250.8 million USD grant with the World Bank under the Accelerating Sustainable & Clean Energy Access Transformation (ASCENT) initiative. Minister of Finance Simplex Chithyola Banda, who signed on behalf of the Malawi government, said the grant will assist in increasing electricity access from 25 to 70 percent by 2030. President Dr Lazarus Chakwera witnessed the event Monday evening at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre on the sidelines of the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit. World Bank Managing Director (Operations), Anna

By Hopeson Kafumbwa, Public Relations Intern Police in Chikwawa have arrested Lyford Godoyi and Alex Snart in the district for allegedly vandalising and stealing the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) electrical conductor. Chikwawa Police Station spokesperson, Dickson Matemba, said the law enforcers arrested Godoyi and Snart on Monday, January 20, 2025, when they wanted to sell the 200-meter conductor at the Boma. He urged community members to refrain from stealing Escom assets as it affect service delivery such as for the health, education, and business sectors.

By Cosmas Kaunga, ESCOM Outreach Officer Lilongwe Chief Resident Magistrate, Rodrick, Michongwe, ordered the remand of Chinese national Xu Hongxiang and two Malawians, Eliko Frackson and Frezer Crement, to Maula Prison for 14 days on Monday, 20th January 2025. The trio is accused of possessing stolen items and theft of assets suspected to belong to Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) Limited. The court, however, granted bail to another suspect, Yamala Lameck. Director of Prosecutions at Malawi Police Service, Reve Mangani, who stood in as the State