National Bank of Malawi donates K20m items to flood victims
National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc has donated various items worth K20 million towards flash floods victims in the 12 districts affected by the recent Cyclone Idai. Minister of Homeland Security...
View ArticleMalawi overgrows tobacco as markets open
Malawi has this year produced 205 million kilograms of tobacco against the market need of 101 million kilograms, triggering fears of low prices. Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) chief executive officer...
View ArticleDedza communities restore 50 hacters of forest
Communities in group village headmen (GVHs) Makankhula and Chimamba in Traditional Authority (T/A) Kaphuka in Dedza have restored forest on nearly 50 hacters of land through natural regeneration of...
View ArticleCall it MyBucks Banking Corporation: New entity after Finance Bank merges...
Its now official, New Finance Bank (NFB) Malawi and GetBucks Malawi have merged and the new entity will now be called MyBucks Banking Corporation. Making announcement in Lilongwe on Wednesday during...
View ArticleJTI Leaf Malawi confident of successful tobacco marketing season
One of Malawi’s leading tobacco buyers, JTI Leaf Malawi says it is very hopeful the country will have a successful tobacco marketing season where its contracted growers will deliver the best quality...
View ArticleCotton market opens in Malawi
Cotton farmers are now to smile all the way to the bank whilst the country’s forex is to be boosted with the opening of cotton market whuch will run for 90 calendar days, Cotton Council... The post...
View ArticleMalawi set to lose K100bn in post crop harvest losses
Malawi is set to lose K100 billion in post crop harvest, according to some experts. Farmers Organisation Limited sales and marketing manager Ronald Chilumpha said a recently done survey by agricultural...
View ArticleMalawian Airlines starts direct flights between Blantyre to Johannesburg
Malawian Airlines will between April 24 start direct flights from Blantyre to Johannesburg after leasing an additional aircraft Bombardier Q400. Chief executive officer for Malawian Airlines...
View ArticleZomba City Council introduces parking fees
Zomba City Council has introduced parking fees in what officials is aimed at boosting its revenue and curb illegal parking in the country’s old capital city. Acting chief executive officer Mussa Mwale...
View ArticleMalawi gets K61bn World Bank loan to commercialize agricultural sector
Government has secured a K61 billion loan from World Bank to finance an Agricultural Commercialization Project (AGCOM) which will transform Malawi’s agriculture sector from predominantly peasant...
View ArticleKFC restaurant reopens in Lilongwe after City Council inspections
Lilongwe City Council has reopened a popular City Mall KFC fast food restaurant, two days after it was closed due to sanitation and hygiene problems. Authorities sealed the popular fried chicken...
View ArticleChombe Tea of Malawi officially attains international standards
The Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) has accredited Chombe Tea in accordance to international standards. Speaking at a news briefing in Blantyre, Chombe foods General Manager Forbes Muzamhindo said the...
View ArticleMalawi government sets minimum prices for tobacco
Government has finally set minimum prices for tobacco ahead of the opening of the marketing season on April 25. However, Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) chief executive officer Kaisi Sadala could not...
View ArticleFire guts Chipiku stores as looters empty shop
Fire has razed down Chipiku stores wholesale in Kasungu as looters took advantage of the situation to loot goods in the adjacent Chipiku local shop. All the goods and property in the wholesale shop...
View ArticleTobacco Processors Association donates K43 million items to flood victims
Tobacco Processors Association (TPA), a grouping of four tobacco buying companies in the country has donated relief items worth K43 million which will help people affected by floods on Chisi Island in...
View ArticleFire, looting cost Chipiku stores K450 million
At least K450 million worth of goods have been burnt in the fire that gutted Chipiku stores in Kasungu on Sunday, an official has said. Chipiku stores regional manager for the centre Denis Kamnyamata...
View ArticleNational Bank of Malawi gives Rotary Club K1m for International Conference
National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc has donated K1 million towards the Rotary Club International conference which started in Mangochi on Wednesday. Presenting the cheque in Blantyre, NBM plc Enterprise...
View ArticleMagufuli opens Malawi tobacco market: Mutharika orders tax exemption for...
President Peter Mutharika says tobacco small-scale farmers will be exempted from tax from their first ten bales of the leaf with immediate effect. Mutharika was speaking Thursday at the opening of...
View ArticleMtumbuka lands CEO job at UbuntuNet Alliance
Celebrated Malawian engineer and scholar, Dr. Matthews Mtumbuka, has been appointed new chief executive officer (CEO) of the Eastern and Southern African Research and Education Network, UbuntuNet...
View ArticleReserve Bank of Malawi set for pension funds ‘investment in infrastructure’...
The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has announced it will on Tuesday hold a symposium in the commercial capital Blantyre whose aim is to discuss pension funds investment in infrastructural development. In...
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