Category: MOMA Stories

The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi ESCOM on Tuesday officially handed over seven houses to households affected by construction activities related to the Mozambique-Malawi Interconnection Project (MOMA) in Mwanza district. The handover ceremony took place at Kagonamwake Village, under the jurisdiction of Traditional Authority Ntchache. In total, ESCOM has constructed 47 houses as part of the Resettlement Action Plan for MOMA. The project aims to enable Malawi to access an initial 50 megawatts of electricity from Mozambique. The MOMA project is scheduled to be commissioned later this

By Hopeson Kafumbwa, Public Relations Intern Some Mwanza and Neno communities have hailed the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) Limited for drilling four boreholes in the two districts thereby fighting waterborne diseases. The community members said this on November 15, 2024, when ESCOM officials handed over the boreholes to the communities courtesy of the Mozambique-Malawi Interconnection Project (MOMA) Resettlement Action Plan. The corporation handed over three boreholes in Group Village Head (GVH) Chimulango in Traditional Authority (T/A) Ntchache, Mwanza and one in GVH Msalawatha, T/A Mlauli

By Hopeson Kafumbwa, Public Relations Intern Chilimbira Village community under Senior Group Village Headman Mulongolora, Traditional Authority Kanduku in Mwanza erupted in celebration as ESCOM handed over a child-based-care school block in the area on Friday, November 17, 2024. ESCOM handed over the school block to the community as part of the Mozambique-Malawi Interconnection Project (MOMA)’s Resettlement Action Plan to empower people the project has displaced in Mwanza, Neno, and Balaka. Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Saidi, who represented Mwanza District Commissioner (DC), commended the chiefs and

A contractor for 400kV New Matambo Substation in Tete, Mozambique, has assured of its completion by December this year. The substation is the hub of the Mozambique-Malawi (MOMA) Power Transmission 400kV Interconnection Project involving Malawi’s implementers, ESCOM Limited and Mozambique’s Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM). Engineer Ju Dafei of JV Sinohydro gave an update when ESCOM Limited’s delegation toured MOMA project construction works on the Mozambique side from October 1 to 4 2024. “We hope to energise this substation by December. We are very optimistic,” Dafei told the

Minister of Energy Ibrahim Matola has said the Mozambique-Malawi (MOMA) Power Transmission 400kV Interconnection Project has the potential to become the country’s foreign exchange earner thereby spurring economic growth. Matola said this at Phombeya Power Substation on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, after a MOMA media tour that the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) Limited organized from Mwanza, Neno to Balaka. He said the power utility company invited the media to tour the 77-kilometre high voltage transmission line route from Mwanza Border to appreciate the progress of

The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) Limited has built 29 modern houses for some Mwanza and Neno communities displaced by the Mozambique-Malawi (MOMA) 400kv Power Transmission Project. ESCOM Limited Chief Executive Officer, Mr Kamkwamba Kumwenda, said the Malawi Government is funding the construction of the three-bedroom houses and other associated infrastructure such as health and school facilities to the tune of over K2.5 billion. He said the funding is part of the overall compensation package under a Resettlement Action Plan for MOMA that, overall, will see