Malawi has signed a carbon trading bilateral agreement with Switzerland to facilitate the implementation of projects that will contribute to […]
Can we get serious on Kapichira rehab, energy?
From the word go, I had reservations with the handling of the rehabilitation works at Kapichira Hydropower Station in Chikwawa […]
Escom looks to east for power interconnection
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has unveiled plans to tap power from the 11-country Eastern Africa Power Pool (Eapp) […]
Power plant works set to miss deadline
Malawians will have to wait longer before electricity supply normalises as rehabilitation works to restore the 129.6 megawatts (MW) Kapichira […]
$150 million electricity access project rolls out December
Kamkwamba Kumwenda The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has said it intends to roll out electricity connections under the […]
Climate change to hurt Malawi’s future growth
GEARED—Experts discuss possible solutions Eisenhower Mkaka The new World Bank Country Climate and Development Report for Malawi has said climate […]
MDF, forestry arrest charcoal traffickers
Blantyre Senior Resident Magistrate’s Court on Thursday convicted and fined seven charcoal traffickers apprehended last week in a joint Forestry […]
Power woes cost dairy industry K1.32 billion
Malawi Milk Producers Association(MMPA), a dairy farmers representative group, has said the industry lost about six million litres of milk […]
Power outages hit hard dairy farmers
Prolonged power outages continue to negatively impact milk producers, with Mangunda Milk Bulking Group in Thyolo District indicating that it […]
Escom needs K5 billion a year for free connections
John Kapito CHINGOTA—The actual number will depend on funding State-run power utility supplier Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has […]