Think tank Mwapata launches study on Covid-19 effects in Malawi
Malawi Agricultural Policy Advancement and Transformation Agenda (Mwapata) Institute have announced the launch study on impact of Covid-19 towards Malawi’s agro-food system. Mwapata’s executive...
View ArticleEcobank donates Covid-19 kit to Malawi prison service
Pan African banking giants Ecobank joined the fight in curbing the spread of Covid-19 when they donated buckets and sanitisers to 10 prisons in the country’s southern region. Ecobank presented the...
View ArticleTobacco market opens in Limbe amid strict Covid-19 measures
Tobacco market opens Monday morning in Limbe amid very strict measures to prevent coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. It also opens amid severe criticism from some section of the society as to why the...
View ArticleUniversity of Malawi graduates build company on professional media practice
Five ambitious former University of Malawi students have built a media company, Infinity media group, in Zomba which is a registered partnership with five partners with skills ranging from media...
View ArticleTNM Mpamba removes transaction fees over Covid-19
TNM Mpamba Limited will be foregoing revenue in excess of K80 million per month for the next three months in the quest to help stem the spread of Coronavirus (Covid-19) and ensuring development of a...
View ArticleMzuzu markets struggle with social distancing
Social distance remains a challenge amongst vendors at Mzuzu Central Market and some local markets in Mzuzu City, putting more people at risk of contracting the coronavirus. In an interview on Monday,...
View ArticleEconomists predict Malawi inflation, interest rates to increase
Economic experts have warned that headline inflation may swell back to a double digit band and interest rates may increase if the government continues to spend beyond its means. UK-based Malawian...
View ArticleMalawi Revenue Authority arrests 9 clearing agents for forging invoices
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has arrested nine Customs Clearing Agents and an importer for allegedly forging invoices to fraudulently clear motor vehicles at Songwe Border Post in Karonga. Mzuzu...
View ArticleQualified Malawi citizens bypassed for high positions in multinationals:...
There is an unspoken of evil labour practice that continues to consume the working spirit in most international companies operating in the country and some organisations with strong links to...
View ArticleTNM partners Finca to launch Mpamba Pasavute: Savings and loans product
In its quest to enhance financial inclusion in the country, TNM Mpamba Limited has partnered with FINCA Malawi to provide a much more convenient and easily accessible savings and loans product dubbed...
View ArticleOld Mutual embraces cashless transactions in Malawi: Banknotes, coins spread...
Old Mutual Malawi Limited has resorted to transacting business through mobile phone money services and online banking amid worry that using banknotes and coins can spread the coronavirus disease...
View ArticleIllegal mining puts lives of Malawi citizens at risk over coronavirus, HIV
Informal gold mining in Kasungu is putting lives of people at risk over coronavirus and HIV/Aids. According to a citizen journalist Sapulain Chitonde, people scramble for pieces of gold traces in the...
View ArticleKalawe making millionaire entrepreneurs: Dzuka Malawi singer using Facebook...
Famed with the song Dzuka Malawi, musician Francis Kalawe through his “Unity is Winning” initiative has embarked on a movement to financially support young entrepreneurs. Speaking to Nyasa Times,...
View ArticleKombucha health drink market impact pleases manufacturer
A Lilongwe-based juice making company, Nutricom Services, have expressed gratitude with the products’ impact on the local market. Kombucha is a health juice made from honey, water, tea and mushroom...
View ArticleHigh rejection rate mars tobacco market at Chinkhoma
Malawi tobacco farmers who sell their leaf at Chinkhoma auction floors in Kasungu are worried over the high rejection rate. As of Wednesday, the rejection rate was hovering at 59 per cent. However,...
View ArticleLake Malawi hits highest water level in a decade
Water level in Lake Malawi has risen to about 1 meter higher than was the case same time last year – the highest point in nearly a decade. This is according to data collected from the country’s three...
View ArticleForeign traders flood grain market in Malawi
Concerned grain traders in Malawi have accused foreigners of ripping off Malawians by offering low prices to their crops. Chair of the concerned traders Rachel Fatchi said Government gave us the...
View ArticleCouncil to build 30 houses for the poor under Malata Subsidy
Salima District Council plans to construct 30 houses for vulnerable people under the Decent and Affordable Houses Subsidy Programme, popularly known as Malata and Cement Subsidy. Speaking in an...
View ArticleMalawi sugarcane growers body decries low prices
Sugarcane Growers Association of Malawi (Sugam) has cited increasing sugarcane smuggling and low prices on the international market to be the main challenges to the declining of prices offered by the...
View ArticleShire Valley Transformation project takes shape as Minister sets canal...
Minister of Irrigation and Water Development Charles Mchacha has assured beneficiaries who are yet to be compensated in line with the K175 billion Shire Valley Transformation Programme (SVTP),...
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