Malawi: Malawi's Power Crisis Deepens As Mozambique Lifeline Misses Third Deadline

Malawi: Malawi's Power Crisis Deepens As Mozambique Lifeline Misses Third Deadline

Malawi is entering yet another dark chapter in its electricity crisis. The much-touted Mozambique-Malawi Interconnection Project, meant to inject urgently needed power into the national grid, has missed its third commissioning deadline.

Plug Malawi in: We cannot negotiate in the dark

In the grand, dimly lit theatre of Malawian infrastructure, a new tragi-comedy has taken centre-stage: ‘The case of the missing megawatts’. For months, Malawi has stood with its metaphorical three-pin plug in hand, staring across the border at Mozambique. We are waiting to connect to the regional electricity grid. Yet the much-anticipated commissioning of the electricity interconnector remains trapped in bureaucratic purgatory. Of course, we are…

Malawi’s power crisis deepens as Mozambique lifeline misses third deadline - National News Malawi

Malawi is entering yet another dark chapter in its electricity crisis. The much-touted Mozambique-Malawi Interconnection Project, meant to inject urgently ne... Read the latest breaking news on Nyasa Times.

Long way to Mozambique power

By Justin Mkweu: Malawians will have to wait a little longer before they start having stabilised electricity emanating from an energy purchase deal with Mozambique as the commissioning of the Mozam…