$95m agricultural commercialization project to capacitate 650 000 Malawi farmers
Malawi government has rolled out a six year Agricultural Commercialization (AGCOM) project which aims at increasing the capacity of 650,000 farming households to improve production and marketing of...
View ArticleMinister Nankhumwa anounces suspension of 75% penalty on tobacco quotas
Minister of Agriculture Irrigation and water Development Kondwani Nankhumwa on Tuesday announced the suspension of fines and penalties imposed on tobacco farmers in the new Tobacco Law. Nankhumwa made...
View Article8 candidates vie for council posts at Malawi’s Accountants Institute’s...
There are four vacancies to be filled for the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Malawi (ICAM) Council to its elective annual general meeting and conference to be held from Thursday, September 19-21...
View ArticleNICO Group supports ICAM, IPPM annual conferences
NICO group of companies has contributed K 5 million and K3 Million towards the annual conferences of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Malawi (ICAM) and the Institute of People Management...
View ArticleIMF offers hope for Malawi: ‘Economic performance has been favourable’
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has given Malawi a flicker of hope for continued Extended Credit Facility (ECF) programme, saying the recent economic performance has been favourable and the...
View ArticleAccountant General casts doubt over Malawi rolling new Ifms
Accountant General Sungani Mandala has cast doubt that the government will roll out a new integrated financial management systems (ifms) package due to low funding. Mandala said this Tuesday when he...
View ArticleNankhumwa bemoans ‘exploitive’ Malawi tea prices, vows to resuscitate banana...
Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Minister, Kondwani Nankhumwa, has said he is personally committed to ensuring that Malawian smallholder tea farmers earn better prices than what they are...
View ArticleMinistry implements revised National Housing Policy
Government through Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development will soon start implementing its revised National Housing Policy for a period of five years from 2019 to 2024. The policy seeks to...
View ArticleMalawi joins UN convention for protecting migratory species
Malawi has taken a significant step forward in its conservation efforts by joining the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS). Part of the United Nations Environment...
View ArticleMinister assures speedy fixing of Malawi Road Traffic Management System
Minister of Transport and Public Works, Ralph Jooma says Malawians must be patient before the Malawi Road Traffic Management System (Maltis) which is currently down is fixed for them to get relevant...
View ArticleCisaNet challenges Malawi MPs to transform agricultural sector
Civil Society Agriculture Network (CisaNet) has urged Members of Parliament (MP) to be vigilant in lobbying for the development of the agriculture sector in Malawi. The organization made the call in...
View ArticleMalawi police arrest Mozambican couple for marketing albino child
A couple from Mozambique is in police custody in Malawi for allegedly trying to find a market for their four-year child with albinism. Ntcheu police spokesperson Hastings Chigaru said Juwao Biziwick...
View ArticleIllovo Malawi ‘Zikutheka’ promo excite customers
Illovo Sugar Malawi continues to splash out cash in Zikutheka ndi Illovo promotion creating excitement among customers with a total of K10 million won by 100 lucky customers during a second monthly...
View ArticleJudge Ntaba says professionals key ingredient to development in Malawi
In her key note address at the opening ceremony of the 2019 Institute of Chartered Accountants of Malawi (ICAM) conference at Sun ‘n’ Sand Holiday Resort in Mangochi on Thursday evening, guest of...
View ArticleSpeed Courier in expansion drive, open branch in Karonga next is Zomba
Speed Courier and Logistics has embarked on an expansion drive which has seen the company open a new branch in Karonga. According to the company’s Chief Executive Officer Saqib Malik the company will...
View ArticleFisp goes technology: Minister Nankhumwa optimistic of fertilizer supply
Officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development say the government will this year use a mobile app to buy fertilizer and seeds. The ministry principal secretary Grey...
View ArticleMalawi community leaders, chiefs in tax and anti-smuggling sensitisation
With Malawi continuing to rely on taxes to finance the national budget, the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) is conducting awareness activities for community leaders and chiefs in the country. Two...
View ArticleCar importers roped in tax registration by Malawi Revenue Authority
The commitment made by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning that more people in the country will be made aware of their national duty to pay tax and how to do so has gone full scale as the tax...
View ArticlePork banned in Rumphi over swine fever outbreak
Rumphi District Animal Health and Livestock Development Office has imposed a ban on slaughtering and movement of pigs and pig products following an African- Swine-Fever outbreak in the district. The...
View ArticleNico sponsors K4.5m for Egenco to host Africa Hydro Symposium
Malawi’s leading financial services provider NICO Group on Tuesday presented a sponsorship package to Electricity Generation Company (Egenco), the country’s main producer of power, to host the 29th...
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