Escom was founded in 1991 in Germany by Manfred Schmitt. Early on, the company sold Commodore 64 computers, but it quickly branched out into its own line of IBM PC clones.

Escom declared itself insolvent in July after making heavy losses in the first half of 1996, and cutting almost half its staff of 4,400. Slowing growth in its main European markets, particularly ...

The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has started laying fiber-optic cables that will connect Mozambique with the Zambian border town of Mchinji to ease communication problems.