Tobacco earns Malawi K13.3bn in two weeks
Tobacco has brought in forex amounting to $17, 979, 266 (about K13.3 billion) in just two weeks of sales. Auction Holdings Limited’s published figures show that over 12 million kilograms of tobacco had...
View ArticleFarmers Organisation urges Dowa farmers to adopt modern technologies
Farmers Organisation Limited (FOL), an agriculture business entity, has asked farmers in Dowa district to adopt modern technologies such as use of weed chemicals and processed seeds if they are to...
View ArticleMalawi to review Mines and Minerals Act, President Mutharika says in Sona
Government is in the process of reviewing the Mines and Minerals Act of 1981 and the Petroleum Act of 1983 in order to improve the legal environment of the mining industry. The review of the... The...
View ArticleMwanamveka in surprise visits, says Malawi to attain food security soon
Minister responsible for agriculture and water development, Joseph Mwanamveka, has said policies government has put in place will make the country attain food security “soon.” Mwanamveka made the...
View ArticleMalawi Stock Exchange to automate trading process
The Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE) in collaboration with the Reserve Bank of Malawi says will automate its trading processes and replace the manual system currently in use with the modern system to...
View ArticleActionAid Malawi bemoans ‘stubborn’ poverty levels
ActionAid Malawi (AAM) says poverty remains stubbornly pervasive in most communities in the country. Speaking in Lilongwe on Monday when the organisation courted donors, partners and individuals of...
View ArticleUN Women delegation impressed with economic, women and gender projects in Malawi
The Executive Board of United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women says it is impressed with women economic empowerment and gender projects supported by United Nations in the...
View ArticleHapuwani Hotel owner Arthur Chilewe promises more infrastructure development
Malawi’s Mulanje-based business tycoon, Arthur Ken Chilewe, has promised more infrastructure development, especially in the tourism sector. Chilewe, who owns Hapuwani Hotel in Mulanje and several...
View ArticleMRA launches ‘Lisiti Langa’ EFD Raffle Draw
The country’s tax collecting body, Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has launched a three month ‘Lisiti Langa’ Electronic Fiscal Device (EFD) Raffle Draw promotion campaign in Blantyre. The campaign,...
View ArticleAlliance One rewards IPS tobacco farmers
One of the country’s tobacco buying and processing companies Alliance One Tobacco Malawi Limited has donated 71 bicycles worth over K4.7 million to some 71tobacco growers who are cultivating the crop...
View ArticleVP Chilima advises Malawi commercial banks to strike balance between services...
Vice President Dr Saulos Chilima has urged commercial banks in the country to strike a balance between provision of better banking services and bank service charges. He was speaking when he officially...
View ArticleMalawi’s Maestros Leadership Team named among top global social enterprises
Charles Lipenga’s Maestros Leadership Team has been named as one of the top global social enterprises by UK-based ‘The Collective Foundation, and Lipenga will be amongst those that will attend this...
View ArticleFacebook to invest in ICT infrastructure in Malawi
Facebook has expressed commitment to improving Malawi Government capabilities in information and communication technology (ICT) through investment as well as addressing social media abuse. The...
View ArticlePress Corporation buys stake in Malawi Sunbird Tourism
Dual-listed conglomerate Press Corporation plc has confirmed that it has acquired a 10% stake in Sunbird Tourism plc, extending its investment interests into the tourism sector. PCL Group Chief...
View ArticleMalawi tobacco rakes in US$52 million
Officials from Tobacco Control Commission say tobacco has already earned the nation US $52million, US $16million more than last year same time. Chief executive officer for the TCC Kaisi Sadala said...
View ArticleMalawi’s Globe Group of Companies to launch cruise Vessel Mangunda
In a bid to change the landscape of tourism in the country, Globe Group of Companies will introduce a daily dinner cruise excursion for the first time in Malawi from Salima by 15th June 2018.... The...
View ArticleMalawi govt shocked with murder of tobacco farmer Yiannakis, says Minister...
Government Friday expressed deep regard to the ultimately death of a long time tobacco farmer in Namwera in Mangochi, who was shot at his estate on Wednesday. Minister Agriculture, Irrigation and...
View ArticleMalawi tobacco volumes increases at auction floors
Minister of Agriculture Irrigation and Water Development, Joseph Mwanamvekha has been impressed with increased volumes of tobacco at Auction floors as compared to last year’s marketing season. He said...
View ArticleCotton farmers smile all the way to the bank
Cotton farmers are smiling from cheek to cheek following a surprise upsurge of cotton prices from the initial K370 per kilogram to a whopping K500 per kilogram in most cases. Cotton Council of Malawi...
View ArticleMalawi inflation rate eases to 9.7% on falling maize prices
Falling maize – Malawi’s staple grain – and non-food itemd prices hs contributed to a drop in Malawi consumer price inflation during April, National Statistical Office (NSO) in Zomba has indicated....
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