Energy in Malawi
Power plants and lines being built, how far the grid reaches, how reliable supply is and what energy costs.
Exports of the pillar's goods, 2024US$395k
Deals in the last 12 months3
Access to electricity: Malawi against SADC
Access to electricity, % of population, latest year for each country. Click a bar for that country's energy page.
Malawi's trade in energy goods since 2012
Exports and imports of the products in this pillar's subsectors, each product counted once, US$
Subsectors
9 in this pillarUtility-scale generation in Malawi
- Tracks
- Capacity by technology and status, owners, expected commissioning dates and how far projects slip, procurement rounds and licences.
- Signals ahead
- Licences issued, financial close, grid connection approvals.
Select a figure for its trend. Source: dotzedw deals tracker.
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What Malawi sells abroad across energy
Malawi's exports by subsector, 2024, US$, with its share of SADC's exports. A product can count in two subsectors.
Who is moving
Open in the deals tracker3 deals in the last 12 months involving Malawi, placed in subsectors by what they say.
- 2026-07-23 · Malawi, Zambia · Development finance · Approved · Transmission and distributionWorld Bank approves RETRADE-SA MPA Phase 4: Zambia - Malawi Interconnector Project
- 2026-06-15 · Malawi · Bank financing · Announced · Fuel supplyNocma, Afreximbank talk $120m fuel loan | The Daily Times (Malawi)
- 2025-11-12 · Malawi · Development finance · Approved · Hydropower and water for powerAfrican Development Bank finances Malawi – Rehabilitation of the Kapichira and Nkula Hydropower Plants
- 2025-07-17 · Malawi · M&A · Announced · Utility-scale generationASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF 25% MINORITY SHARES FROM INFRACO AFRICA LIMITED IN GOLOMOTI JCM SOLAR CORPORATION LIMITED BY OLD MUTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT FUND
- 2024-12-20 · Malawi · Development finance · Approved · Not yet placedWorld Bank approves Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation in Malawi
- 2023-12-12 · Malawi · Development finance · Approved · Not yet placedWorld Bank approves Malawi First Growth and Resilience DPO with a Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown Option