Like many locations in Mzimba, Mateyo Ndhlovu Village is named after the Inkosana, the Ngoni traditional leader of the community on the outskirts of Ekwendeni Trading Centre. The village sits within a kilometre of Lunyangwa River, the main source of raw water for Ekwendeni and Mzuzu City. Until 2022, the rural community drank raw water
RIC Energy has built a 1.3 MW PV array and a 4.5 MWh battery system for two water treatment plants and five water pumping stations in Malawi. The hybrid system will treat enough water to supply more than 200,000 people.