Malawi hosting international forum on adapting to climate change hosts
Malawi is this week hosting representatives from twelve countries from across the world in the capital Lilongwe this for an international forum that will focus on best practices related to measuring...
View ArticleFarmers accuse Malawi govt of arm chair decisions on FISP
Officials of Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) have accused ministry of Agriculture staff of arm chair decisions after they said Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP) was a success this year. The president of...
View ArticleFace lift of Kamuzu International Airport to boost Malawi’s economy: APM...
President Peter Mutharika has expressed hopes of an upward spiral in the country’s economy and tourism industry when the face lift of Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) gets completed. The first...
View ArticleCouncillors threaten to take Council officials to court over missing K15mil
Councillors at Chiradzulu District Council have threatened to drag council officials to court over missing K15 million, forcing the council fail to pay contractors in the malata and cement subsidy...
View ArticleRumphi council irks market vendors on shoddy security, deplorable drainage...
Members of Rumphi Boma main market committee have expressed their displeasure with the district council’s failure to recruit additional security staff, following a spate of thefts at the market. The...
View ArticleTNM launches unlimited 4G/LTE Packages
Malawi’s integrated mobile network service and ICT service provider TNM is proud to announce another new innovation in its 4G/LTE internet revolution–the launch of Unlimited 4G/LTE packages that...
View ArticleShop workers shut down Limbe over low wages: Foreign investors exploiting...
Business came to a standstill in Limbe, a business hub in Malawi’s commercial city of Blantyre on Monday after shop assistants went berserk and forcibly closed shops demanding better wages from their...
View Article50 new Malawi radio stations get Macra licences
Director of Information Gideon Munthali has commended the Malawi Regulatory Authority (MACRA) for reviewing its broadcasting licensing framework, a development that has seen 50 radio stations getting...
View ArticleOxfam report faults govt on oil exploration deals on Lake Malawi
A damning consultancy report has faulted the government for questionable oil exploration contracts on Lake Malawi and its move to make the deals secret. The petroleum exploration on Lake Malawi report...
View ArticleMalawi lifts ban on Frozy drink of Mozambique
Standardization regulators, the Malawi Bureau of Standards (MSB) has lifted a ban on Frozy drink, a Mozambique drink which took the Malawi market by storm, threatening locally manufactured drinks...
View ArticleAirtel handovers K10mil to Malawi Red Cross for floods victims
Airtel Malawi has handed over K10 million to the Malawi Red Cross Society to assist in the resettlement of over 2,000 people displaced by the floods due to the heavy rains which have been pouring...
View ArticleMPs asks Minister Dausi to let phone service providers ‘sort’ network glitches
Member of Parliament (MPs) on Tuesday asked Minister of Information and Communication Technology Nicholas Dausi to consider requesting mobile phone service companies to sort out network glitches. There...
View ArticleIslamic banking in Malawi: Muslim Association to hold workshop Thursday
Muslim Association of Malawi (MAM) an umbrella organisation for Muslims in the country will this week hold a one day workshop on Islamic financial services on Thursday at Malawi Sun Hotel in Blantyre....
View ArticlePaladin’s Kayerekera uranium mine to resume operations in a month’s time,...
Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining Bright Msaka Wednesday told parliament that Kayerekera uranium mine which stopped its operations in 2015, will resume its operations in a month’s time....
View ArticleMalawi chefs prepare dishes as U.S. Embassy co-sponsors ‘culinary diplomacy’...
The Embassy of the United States of America has partnered with United Village Transformation (UVT), an American NGO, to present a “Culinary Diplomacy” program highlighting the orange-fleshed sweet...
View ArticleIslmic banking coming to Malawi: Muslim Association condemns high interest...
The Muslim Association of Malawi (MAM) has bemoaned high interest rates that Banks are offering saying this is fostering incidents of property repossession by banks and other lending agencies. MAM...
View ArticleMalawi’s Fredrick Matress wins NextGen Franchising Award in USA
Youthful entrepreneur and Honey Products Industries managing director, Fredrick Matress,has been decorated with the 2017 NextGen Franchising Award at the 57th Annual Convention of International...
View ArticleMalawi Revenue Authority surpasses target by MK37.7bn
The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) says as of January 31, 2017, it had collected MK449bn against the target of MK411.2bn, registering a surplus of MK37.77bn. MRA Deputy Commissioner General, Roza...
View ArticleMRA takes ‘everyone must pay tax’ campaign to CSOs
The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) Friday urged the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the country to be tax compliant first if they were to take the message to the masses. MRA Deputy Commissioner...
View ArticleIron sheet manufacturer Super Sakuwa opening regional factory in Blantyre
A local leading brand in iron sheets and roofing manufacturing, Super Sakuwa Steel Limited will soon open a new manufacturing plant in Blantyre in a bid to bring their products closer to customers in...
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