Illovo Sugar Malawi engages ESCOM on power utilization

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Illovo Sugar Malawi engages ESCOM on power utilization

Illovo Sugar Malawi company has embarked on an initiative to reduce its peak time power requirements from Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) thereby enabling ESCOM to provide increased access to power for other customers in the country. In a statement, Illovo Managing Lekani Katandula said that their decision to work with ESCOM on this […]

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