Category: Business

* Mpatamanga could transform Malawi’s electricity supply — but a project can be technically brilliant, environmentally ambitious and internationally supported * And still struggle if the economics underneath it do not work—environmentalist Ian Bartlett By Duncan Mlanjira When completed Mpatamanga hydropower project would certainly transform Malawi’s electricity supply, maintains environmentalist, Ian Bartlett, who is particularly interested in the development as he is directly affected by it. His Mpatamanga Wildlife Ranch sits within the hydropower project’s footprint and he stresses…

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* The interview may have given Malawians the President’s assessment of his first year * What it did not adequately provide was the rigorous examination of that assessment that citizens deserve * The harder questions remain, and Malawi deserves answers—economist and accountable governance advocate, Dr James Kadyampakeni By Duncan Mlanjira Canada-based Malawian economist and accountable governance advocate, Dr. James Kadyampakeni, has described President Arthur Peter Mutharika’s exclusive interview with MBC TV as a “staged Presidential Scorecard of his first…

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* Expected to be completed by end of this October when the unit is scheduled to return to service * The Unit has remained on forced outage to facilitate the replacement of worn-out thrust bearing pads and corrective maintenance on the turbine assembly By Duncan Mlanjira Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) has finally secured the critical shaft Nkula B Hydropower Station’s Unit 6 — which it sent to the original equipment manufacturer’s workshop in South Africa for repairs in August…

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* At it also highlights a shift in enforcement from announcing projects to engaging communities first * Citing the Malangalanga Area 1 redevelopment project where MHC engaged property owners by offering compensation and house swaps * Instead of issuing eviction notices, resulting in broad support for the project By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC) Chief Executive Officer, Bob Chimkango, maintains that the institution’s new direction rests on three pillars: urban renewal, partnerships with investors & developers, and transparency…

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The affected pipeline * Following attempted vandalism of main transmission pipeline from Walkers Ferry Pumping Station to Chileka * Whose chamber (pipe interconnection point) got burst that resulted in huge volumes of water gushing out * Vandalism and other malpractices affects water supply causing significant financial losses to Blantyre Water Board * As BWB collaborates with Malawi Police Service to sensitise the public on the repercussions of the vice By Duncan Mlanjira Blantyre Water Board (BWB) has finally repaired…

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