Representing the SADC
Cape Town — Joshua Volz, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe, Eurasia, Africa, Middle East in the US Department of Energy, is in Cape Town, South Africa, for Africa Energy Week, and his first stop is Critical Minerals Africa 2023. allAfrica‘s Juanita Williams finds out how Volz and the department mean to partner with Africa’s leaders, … Read More “Africa: U.S. Wants to Support Decarbonisation and New Energy Access in Africa – US Dept Energy’s Volz” »
The new pipeline is expected to receive 6.5 million litres of fuel from the Tanzania-Zambia Mafuta pipeline, built 54 years ago. Analysts say the cost of fuel will reduce when the new pipeline becomes operational. Zambia’s heavy reliance on fuel is clearly evident on any given day, as thousands of wheels criss-cross the country’s busy … Read More “Zambia Set for a Fuel Pipeline Upgrade” »
Petroleum Importers Limited (PIL) has moved to scale up the importation of fuel in the country through rail with 11 wagons of petrol offloaded in Blantyre yesterday. The 11 wagons carried 466,000 litres of petrol and the company says it is expecting another 255,000 litres of the commodity to arrive through rail any day this … Read More “Malawi: PIL Moves to Scale Up Fuel Supply” »
Maputo — The company Nacala Logistics, which operates the northern Mozambican port of Nacala and the rail corridors from the port, has just started sending liquid fuels from Nacala to Malawi, by rail. The first operation, according to Thursday’s issue of the Maputo daily “Notícias’, consists of 29 tanker wagons containing 1.1 million litres of … Read More “Mozambique: – Fuel to Malawi Transported By Rail From Nacala” »
Malawian citizens, in random interviews at filling stations in the Capital, Lilongwe, have described oil marketing companies, commercial banks and Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) as the “biggest culprits” perpetrating the perennial problem of fuel stock-outs in the country. The sentiments by the citizens come amid the resurgence of petrol stock-outs in some parts of … Read More “Malawians Blame Mera, Oil Companies, Banks for Fuel Shortages” »
Blantyre, Malawi — Fuel stations in Malawi’s economic capital, Blantyre, are running on empty after a fresh, nationwide fuel shortage this week. Long lines of motorists are waiting for hours, sometimes overnight, in hopes of fueling their vehicles, while public transport fares have doubled. Malawi’s energy regulator says the country has depleted its fuel reserves, … Read More “Malawi Faces Another Nationwide Fuel Shortage” »
Government has assured motorists in Malawi that there will be enough fuel in the country from Saturday this week. This follows sporadic availability of fuel on most fuel pumps for the past weeks due to what fuel companies said was scarcity of forex. Minister of Information Moses Kunkuyu said on Friday in Blantyre that the … Read More “Malawi: Govt Assures Motorists of Availability of Fuel” »
ILLEGAL fuel vending has continued to be rampant countrywide especially along major highways. While the trade has created job opportunities for many people, especially the youth, the manner in which fuel is stored poses a great risk to traders, their families and people in communities. On February 25, 2023, several people escaped with multiple injuries … Read More “Zambia: Illegal Fuel Vending Continues to Cause Headaches” »
Shortage of fuel has hit the southern regions of Zomba and Blantyre. Motorists in the two cities are confirming of long queues on filling stations. Motorists in Zomba city are being forced to be on long queues to access fuel as most pump stations have run out of both petrol and diesel Zodiak online has … Read More “Malawi: Zomba, Blantyre Run Out of Fuel” »
Lusaka, Zambia — Without adequate rain, farmers must turn to irrigation. But without fuel to power the pumps, there’s only so much they can grow. In 2021, Patrick Kasoka had a devastating harvest of maize, Zambia’s staple food. Parts of Chongwe district, a rural area east of Lusaka, had experienced a long dry spell. As … Read More “Zambia: Food Production Dwindles As Fuel Costs Skyrocket” »
