MIGA TO COMMIT US$50M TOWARDS MPATAMANGA HYDROPOWER PROJECT IN MALAWI

Posted on April 19, 2024 by Gambeta News

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) is set to commit $US50m towards Mpatamanga hydropower project in Malawi. MIGA is an arm of the World Bank that offers guarantees. The funds will help the project which has stalled due to financial issues is one of many project the Malawian government hopes will help increase the country’s power generation capacity to meet the ever-increasing energy demands. Speaking during the 2024 IMF/World bank Group Spring Meetings in Washington, Multilateral…

MPATAMANGA HYDROELECTRIC POWER PROJECT SEEKS CONTRACTORS IN MALAWI

Posted on January 22, 2024 by Gambeta News

Contracting firms have until 9 February to submit prequalification applications to build the Mpatamanga hydroelectric power project (MHPP) on the Shire River in southern Malawi. The MHPP entails the construction of two cascading generating stations 6 km apart, with a combined capacity of 361MW, along with substations and transmission lines. The upper main generating station will house four Francis turbines with a combined capacity of 309MW. The RCC gravity dam will have a crest of…

HOW SOME MALAWIANS NEWLY CONSTRUCTED ROAD ARE SERIOULY BAD

Posted on January 9, 2024 by Gambeta News

Malawians have taken up in various social media platforms to condemn Blantyre City Council (BCC) for substandard works on the construction of some roads which is costing the country billions of money. This comes after some sections of newly-constructed roads in Blantyre have been already damaged, a few months after being opened for public. Some of the roads include Chipatala Avenue to Kamba and Lali Lubani, which are yet to be officially opened. Blantyre City…

EGENCO ROLL OUT CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR 10 MEGA POWER PLANT IN MALAWI

Posted on November 27, 2023 by Gambeta News

Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) has rolled out the construction of a 10Megawatt Solar Power Project in Salima. The project, which is expected to take 18 months, is the first phase of scalable 20MW solar power plant that will be implemented in two phases of 10MW each. Speaking when he presided over the ground-breaking of the plant at Nanjoka site in Salima on Wednesday, Minister of Energy, Ibrahim Matola, said the government is committed…

MALAWI ENGINEERS TO FOCUS ON NATION INFRASTRUCTURE DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE

Posted on November 1, 2023 by Gambeta News

In order to mitigate the effects of climate change, that the country has experienced in recent years due to tropical cyclones Idai, Ana, Gombe and Freddy — that devastated public and private infrastructure — Malawi engineers are now focused to “build back better”. This is the theme of the 2023 conference & annual general meeting for the Malawi Engineering Institute to be held on November 9-10 at Sunbird Livingstonia in Salima, whose emphasis it to…

MUZUZU AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION: DONORS UNHAPPY WITH LACK OF ACTIVITIES IN MALAWI

Posted on October 17, 2023 by Gambeta News

Donors are furious with the Malawi government over delays to kick start construction of Mzuzu Airport despite feasibility study funds being made available. Officials from OPEC Fund for International Development (Ofid) are accusing the government of failing to utilise a K350 million (US$350,000) grant for Mzuzu airport feasibility study. Ofid assistant director general for Public Sector Operations, Fuad Albassam has told the new minister of Finance Simplex Chithyola Banda that Fund officials are not amused…

IMF WARNED NEGATIVE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE TO AFFECT MALAWI GDP

Posted on September 7, 2023 by Gambeta News

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that the negative impact of climate change could affect Malawi’s growth prospects, and gross domestic product (GDP) per capita and worsen the country’s development challenges. In a paper published on the IMF website www.imf.org titled ‘Climate challenges in fragile and conflict-affected areas, the global lender says that persistent changes in climate change have long-term negative effects on the country’s economic growth, as such, there is a need for authorities to…

MALAWI PRESIDENT SECURE US$2.6BILLION FUNDS FOR SEVERAL INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS AFTER GHANA VISIT

Posted on June 21, 2023 by Gambeta News

President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera arrives home from Ghana with US$2.6 billion (K2.6 trillion) which he has successfully secured from Afrexim Bank to finance the construction of mega-farms, industrial parks, and special economic zones. This follows the signing of memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Government of Malawi and the bank which President Dr Chakwera witnessed on Monday in Accra, Ghana. In an interview with the Malawi media on Monday evening, President Dr. Chakwera was…

MALAWI’s FORMER PRESIDENTS LAUNCH HOUSING CONSTRUCTION WORK FOR PHALOMBE CYCLONE VICTIMS

Posted on June 8, 2023 by Gambeta News

Former presidents Dr. Bakili Muluzi and Dr. Joyce Banda on Wednesday launched construction works of houses for survivors of Tropical Cyclone Freddy in the area of Sub Traditional Authority (ST/A) Phelemwe in Phalombe. The houses will be constructed under the Tigwirane Manja Campaign, which President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera launched in March this year as a tool to mobilize resources for the rebuilding process. Chakwera later appointed Muluzi and Banda as Goodwill Ambassadors on Cyclone…

HOW ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER IS VITAL FOR MALAWI INFRASTRUCTURE

Posted on May 30, 2023 by Gambeta News

Access to clean water is one of the basic human needs. This is why there are concerted efforts by both State and non-State actors to ensure that everyone has access to safe water supply. Such initiatives are also being implemented in line with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number six, which calls for ensuring universal access to safe and affordable drinking water for all. Apart from access to a clean water supply, the SDG goal also…

HOW ENHANCING SOLAR ENERGY IN MALAWI NEEDS TO BE UTILIZIED

Posted on May 17, 2023 by Gambeta News

It has become a common practice for Malawians to own a solar power system for household, institutional, and commercial use. However, the utilization of solar energy has come with numerous problems, including the low quality of systems consumers use. Substandard systems come in two ways: low-quality system components and poor design of the system installation, including installation procedure. Many users are complaining about the underperformance of the systems because they are not aware of the…

CONSTRUCTION OF AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION FACILITY TO BEGIN IN MALAWI

Posted on April 24, 2023April 25, 2023 by Gambeta News

Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) handed over the land to SR Nicholas Building Contracting Company for the construction of the Centre for Agricultural Transformation (CAT) facility at the Natural Resources College (NRC) campus in the capital Lilongwe. CAT facility which is 20km from Lilongwe town, will be built with funding from a grant from the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World and the support of the Agricultural Transformation Initiative (ATI). Designed to be…

MALAWI HYDRO POWER STATION DESTROYED AFTER CYCLONE CHALLENGES

Posted on April 5, 2023 by Gambeta News

The effects of a cyclone have once again incapacitated the energy sector as Freddy destroyed infrastructure for Muloza Hydro Power Station which was supplying 3.4 megawatts (MW) of power catering for over 2,800 rural households in Phalombe, Mulanje, and Thyolo. The plant was commissioned by the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) on April 17, 2022, by Minister of Energy, Ibrahim Matola after he witnessed the signing ceremony of the Transmission Connection Agreement at Sukasanje,…

HOW STRUCTURAL CHALLENGES IS AFFECTING MALAWI DIGITALIZATION

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Gambeta News

Minister of Gender, Community Development, and Social Welfare, Jean Muonaowauza Sendeza, has disclosed that structural challenges continue to hamper digitalization in Malawi. Sendeza highlighted access to electricity, internet connectivity, poor or weak telecommunications infrastructure, low access to gadgets or high cost of electronic gadgets, and the limited ability of individuals to use digital solutions as some of the challenges hindering the digitalization drive. The minister made the remarks in New York in the United States…

LILONGWE CITY COUNCIL OUTLINE INFRASTRUCTURAL PLANS IN MALAWI

Posted on March 6, 2023 by Gambeta News

Mayor for the City of Lilongwe, Councilor Richard Banda says the council is committed in making infrastructural advancements in the Capital in a bid to improve its outlook. He pledged in Lilongwe during a press briefing where he said among other things the Council intends to complete the construction as well as rehabilitation of the roads in some parts of the Capital City. “As we are going towards the end of the financial year, the…

TRAIN WHISTLES AGAIN AFTER 37 YEARS WAIT ALONG MOZAMBIQUE-MALAWI RAILWAY

Posted on February 9, 2023 by Gambeta News

Ports and Railways of Mozambique (CFM) has announced that it has successfully run the first official railway journey from Vila Nova da Fronteira in Mozambique to Malawi – a train transporting material for the reconstruction of the Malawian railway line. The cargo of cement, belonging to the Chinese Company CR20, which is responsible for rebuilding the line in the neighbouring country, left Porto da Beira. CR20 judges that most of the material used in the…

MALAWI GOVT. DEMAND WATER ACCESS INFORMATION AFTER CHOLERA OUTBREAK

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Gambeta News

Water and Sanitation Minister Abida Mia has asked water and sanitation experts to provide accurate and honest information on water access rates in the country. Mia said the cholera outbreak has exposed gaps in the management of water issues in the country. “We need to determine the exact rates of water coverage, not only water but sanitation, too. For instance, in Lilongwe, people are drawing water from shallow wells close to toilets. We need to…

MALAWI WORKS MINISTERS SAYS ROAD CONSTRUCTION TO RESUME AFTER RAINNY SEASONS

Posted on January 27, 2023 by Gambeta News

Minister of Transport and Public Works, Jacob Hara, has said road construction works by government will resume when the rains the country is experiencing subside. Hara said all the resources are available and that roads like the M1 and M5, the six-lane Kenyatta Drive and the dual-carriage way from Crossroads to Kanengo in Lilongwe will all be constructed as soon as the rains are over. He added that in a drive to have forex available…

MALAWI GOVT. LAUNCH JAPAN 5S KAIZEN FOR HEALTHCARE SECTOR

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Gambeta News

Malawi’s government through the Ministry of Health has embarked on the implementation of the 5s Kaizen approach for quality improvement of the physical working environment in the country’s health facilities. Launching the Seminar in Lilongwe, Minister of Health, Khumbize Kandodo the aid 5s approach optimizer empowers organizations to provide high-quality healthcare services through harmonizing the quality of products, processes, and resources among the departments and sections. She said the country has four Kaizen benchmark hospitals…

MALAWI PRESIDENT TO SIGN US$350M INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT DEAL WITH US GOVT.

Posted on September 29, 2022 by Gambeta News

President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has arrived in Washington DC, US to sign the much-awaited US$350 million Millennium Challenge Corporation compact which is to give a facelift to the country’s infrastructure development. The US embassy says the US ambassador to Malawi, ambassador Young met President Chakwera in Washington DC on Tuesday to discuss the MCC compact signing and the important progress being made toward reaching an IMF agreement. “This is great news on the MCC compact…

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