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Power Generation Update

Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to update all stakeholders and the public on the status of hydropower generation. As of 6 May 2025, the status is as follows Nkula Power Stations All units at Nkula A and Nkula B are operational, except for one 20MW unit at Nkula B, which is currently experiencing a technical fault. Our teams are...

EGENCO EMPOWERS MUBAS STUDENTS

The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) has donated laptops to female students under its scholarship programme at the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS) and has given the university a shot it the arm by donating MK20 million towards its endowment fund for supporting financially challenged students. Speaking during the donation handover ceremony, EGENCO Chief Executive Officer,...

EGENCO EXCITED TO BUILD THE NEXT GENERATION OF ENGINEERS

The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) says it is excited to collaborate with Universities in Malawi in building the next generation of engineers. This was said by EGENCO’s Chief Maintenance Engineer for Tedzani Power Station, Benard Kanyika, during the 2025 Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) Annual Engineering Symposium that was held on 12th April at Lotus...

COMPLETION OF MAINTENANCE WORKS AT NKULA POWER STATION

Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to update the public and all stakeholders that it has successfully completed the maintenance works that it was undertaking at Nkula Power Station during the easter holidays from 22:00 hours on Thursday, 17 April 2025. The maintenance work involved demolishing a wall of concrete piles at Nkula A intake that was affecting power...

NOTICE OF PLANNED OUTAGE AT NKULA POWER STATIONS DURING EASTER HOLIDAYS

The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Ltd (EGENCO) wishes to inform the public of a planned maintenance outage at Nkula A and B Power Stations. This maintenance work is scheduled to take place from 22:00 hours on Thursday, April 17, 2025, to 17:00 hours on Monday, April 21, 2025. The maintenance work will involve the removal of remnant coffer dam secant...

LIKOMA AND CHIZUMULU LINESMEN TRAINED IN DISTRIBUTION NETWORK OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

Linesmen from Likoma and Chizumulu Islands on Friday, 28 March 2025 concluded a 10-day refresher training aimed at enhancing their knowledge and skills in operating and maintaining the electricity distribution network on the Islands to ensure efficient and reliable power supply. One of the linesmen from Likoma and Chizumulu conducts maintenance works on a power line during the training. Martin Kamaliza,...

TEAMS BATTLE IT OUT IN EGENCO DOUBLES DARTS TOURNAMENT FINALS

Eight darts teams from the Southern Region on Saturday 15 March 2025 battled it out at Tedzani Power Station for the Champion of the EGENCO Doubles Darts Tournament in which Malawi School of Government (MSG) emerged winners, for the third time in a row. EGENCO’s Tedzani Power Station Manager, Ben Chisuse congratulated MSG for winning the tournament saying the Company...

EGENCO SPONSORS 10 FEMALE STUDENTS FROM CHIKWAWA SECONDARY SCHOOL

On Thursday, March 20, 2025, the Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) presented a sponsorship of MK2, 500, 000.00 to Chikwawa Secondary School towards tuition and upkeep allowances for 10 female students selected as beneficiaries of EGENCO’s scholarship of female secondary school students. Lucy Semphere, Acting Gender and Social Inclusion Manager at EGENCO said this is part of the Company’s...

10MW SALIMA SOLAR POWER PROJECT TO BE READY BY DECEMBER 2025

The first 10 megawatts of EGENCO’s 50 megawatts Salima Solar Power Plant will be commissioned in December this year, according to EGENCO’s Civil Engineer, Alexis Ali. Ali revealed this during a briefing with members of parliament from a joint parliamentary committee on Agriculture & Food Security and Natural Resources & Climate Change when they visited the project site at Nanjoka...

EGENCO TO PLANT 14, OOO TREES

The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) on Wednesday 5 March 2025, launched its tree planting activities for the 2024 / 2025 rainfall season by planting 1, 000 tree seedlings at Ntherechere hills in Kapichira, Chikwawa. Speaking during the launch ceremony at the Kapichira football ground, Minister of Energy, Honorable Ibrahim Matola, who was also the Guest of Honor, highlighted...