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Regional Power Experts Assess Progress Of ESCOM’s Phombeya Substation

By Cosmas Kaunga | ESCOM Outreach Officer Following a workshop in Blantyre, Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) Limited, in collaboration with the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP), toured the corporation’s Phombeya Substation in Balaka on Thursday, April 10, 2025. The visit aimed to assess progress on the Mozambique-Malawi (MOMA) Interconnection transmission line.   Phombeya Substation serves as the connection point for the 218-kilometre transmission line from Matambo Substation in Tete, Mozambique, which will enable Malawi to trade and import 50 megawatts of electricity.   Speaking during

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ESCOM Hosts SAPP Engineers to Prepare for MOMA Interconnector Operationalization

Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) Limited is hosting engineers from the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) from April 9 to 11, 2024, in Blantyre as part of its preparations for the operationalization of the Malawi-Mozambique (MOMA) Interconnector Project.  The workshop brings together key stakeholders to ensure ESCOM’s seamless integration into the regional power grid, marking a major step toward cross-border electricity trade and enhanced energy security. In his opening remarks, ESCOM Director of System Market Operator, Charles Kagona, highlighted the significance of this engagement, emphasizing that

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ESCOM LAUNCHES MEAP MBWEE! MBWEE! MBWEE! TO RAMP UP NEW CONNECTIONS

By Kelly Napolo | Public Relations Intern The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) Limited has ramped up new connections under the Malawi Electricity Access Project (MEAP) Mbwee! Mbwee! Mbwee!, a nationwide initiative to accelerate new electricity connections and spur economic development in the country.   ESCOM launched Mbwee! Mbwee! Mbwee! initiative at Chisiyo Primary School ground in Zamkutu, Lilongwe on Thursday, April 3, 2025, signalling that there is an abundance of connection materials hence people must seize the opportunity. The event marked the resumption of new

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Mbwee! Mbwee! Mbwee! ESCOM secures 92,000 meters to ramp up MEAP Connections

By Kelly Napolo—ESCOM Public Relations Intern Malawi’s electrification drive has received a major boost as the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) Limited has secured 92,000 electricity meters and other essential materials under the Malawi Electricity Access Project (MEAP). Speaking during a media tour on Monday, March 24, 2025, ESCOM Chief Operations Officer, Engineer Maxwell Mulimakwenda, said the materials will facilitate 82,000 new MEAP electricity connections across the country under Mbwee! Mbwee! Mbwee! moto signifying the availability of enough materials. Mulimakwenda assured customers that the corporation now

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2 Herbalists Arrested For Being Suspected of Using Transformer Oil to Cure Patients 

By Cosmas Kaunga, ESCOM Outreach Officer The fight against vandalism and theft of the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) Limited has taken a new twist following the arrest of two herbalists in Rumphi and Nkhata Bay, suspected of extracting oil from transformers for use in curing patients. Nkhata Bay Police Station Criminal Investigation Officer, Manuel Kafamveka, confirmed the arrest of 25-year-old Wale Nyirenda at a roadblock in Chiweta, Rumphi on Thursday, February 20, 2025, for allegedly being found in possession of five litres of transformer oil.

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3 Arrested in Connection with Transformer and Copper wire Vandalism in Mzimba

Police at Jenda in Mzimba arrested three individuals on Wednesday, March 5 2025, suspected of vandalising and stealing a transformer and a 19-metre copper wire for ESCOM Limited at Kavinkhama in the district. Jenda Police Station spokesperson, MacFarlane Maseteka, said the arrested suspects are Manyani Fagayi Shaba, who is charged with damaging the transformer and stealing the copper wire, Joel Joseph Zikiele, and Marko Banda, charged with receiving the stolen copper wire. “The arrests follow a complaint lodged by ESCOM officials. This led to an immediate investigation,

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ESCOM signs PPA with Aspin Energy amid calls for increased energy sector investments

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

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Man Sentenced to 12 Years for Vandalising ESCOM Infrastructure in Mzuzu

By Cosmas Kaunga—ESCOM Outreach Officer A man has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment in Mzuzu after being convicted of vandalism, impersonation, and theft offences involving Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) Limited assets in the Northern Region city. Mzuzu Senior Resident Magistrate Harawa handed 39-year-old Muloyiso Gondwe a sentence of 11 years imprisonment for vandalism and one year for impersonation and theft on Wednesday, February 19, 2025. “This court has repeatedly warned against vandalism of ESCOM infrastructure, which not only disrupts power supply but also endangers

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Man jailed for three years in Balaka for vandalism

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

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