Category: Projects

The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) Limited’s efforts to ensure reliable power supply to the Central and Northern regions have been boosted after the European Union (EU) committed to fund the Eastern Backbone Transmission Line project. EU Ambassador to Malawi, Rune Skinnebach, committed to fund the project after signing a K174 billion (€85 million) agreement with the Minister of Finance, Simplex Chithyola Banda, in Lilongwe on Monday, 29th July 2024. A statement from the EU Malawi website says they will fund the project because it responds

The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has handed over the Project for Improvement of Substations in Lilongwe, a development the Malawi government has described as a game-changer to the country’s energy sector. The project has made it possible for the substations of Lilongwe Old Town and Kanengo to accommodate 79,000 new electricity connections following the increase in the former’s capacity from 37.5MVA to 50MVA and the latter from 83MVA to 158MVA. Speaking when he graced the handover ceremony in Lilongwe on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, Energy Minister,