Entrepreneurship programme makes steady progress in Malawi
The Businesses Consult Africa’s (BCA) Entrepreneurship Revolution Programme (ERP) has started at a slow pace with the recruitment of close to 1 500 businesses and entrepreneurs six months down the line...
View ArticlePaladin to make public Malawi development agreement: ‘To clear the mist’
Paladin Africa Limited (PAL)—owner of Kayerekera Uranium Mine (KUM) in the northern Malawi district of Karonga— says it will make public the full terms and conditions of the development agreement...
View ArticleEcobank to open four more branches in Malawi by end 2013
Ecobank , the leading pan-African banking group, has said it will open more branches in Malawi before the end of the year, 2013. Media and Brands Communications Officer for Ecobank, Lumbani Kasambiza,...
View ArticleNorthern Region Water Board rolls out prepaid water metering system
Northern Region Water Board (NRWB) with funding from World Bank will this week start installing prepaid water metering system in some parts of Mzuzu City. NRWB’s public relations manager Edward...
View ArticleMalawians find relief in Bwanoni after Bonya
Malawians have now found relief in bwanoni(seasonal grasshoppers), a delicacy commonly found in cool months of the year. The poor – 39% of the 13 million citizens, living on less than one dollar a day...
View ArticleSociety of Accountants asks govt to stabilise Malawi Kwacha
Lipenga (C) addressing stakeholdes during the meeting The Society of Accountants in Malawi (SOCAM ) has asked government to move with speed to ensure that the kwacha which was devalued some months ago...
View ArticleMalawi launches minerals and mining policy
Government officials s are assuring Malawians that they will start reaping the fruits from the mining sector soon after the launch of the policy governing the sector. Minister of Mining John Bande...
View ArticleEU courts Malawi Govt, private sector in G8 cooperation talks
The European Union (EU), Government and the private sector met on Tuesday in Lilongwe to deliberate on the formulation of Malawi’s G8 Cooperation Framework to support the country’s imminent membership...
View ArticleMalawi accountants urge govt. to raise tax free band to K25,000
Minister of Finance Ken Lipenga on Monday started pre-budget consultations with various stakeholders in Blantyre ahead of the 2013/2014 budget session and met with the Society of Accountants in Malawi...
View ArticleFinance Minister chickens out on pre-budget meet in Mzuzu
Participants to the second 2013/14 pre-budget meeting held in Mzuzu but meant for northern region participants were disappointed with absence of Finance Minister Ken Lipenga whom they wanted to clarify...
View ArticleJB visits Malawi Mangoes Ltd: ‘Agriculture sector key in job and wealth...
President Joyce Banda (left) being brief about the mango and banana plantations President Joyce Banda on Thursday visited Malawi Mangoes Limited, a company geared at producing mango and banana pulp...
View ArticleCarlsberg Malawi hikes prices of beer, soft drinks
Carlsberg Malawi has confirmed it has adjusted prices for beer and soft drinks by an average of 20 percent. With the new prices, the cost of 300 milliliters Carlsberg Green is now pegged at $0.7...
View ArticlePAC to engage JB on Malawi’s economic hardship
Public Affairs Committee (PAC) says it plans to hold talks with President Joyce Banda and other financial captains on the status of the country’s economy which is currently on its sick bed and requires...
View ArticleKajiyanike appointed deputy governor Reserve Bank of Malawi
Demonstrating her commitment towards empowering women through appointments into higher positions, President Joyce Banda has appointed Meg Kajiyanike as the new Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) Deputy...
View Article28 laid off as Malawi media giant Times retrenches,: ‘Economic hardships’
Times Media Group ( formerly Blantyre Newspapers Limited) management has approved cutting the number of staff it employs— as part of a massive cost-cutting drive to save the media giant from corporate...
View ArticleZimbabwe banking firm wins case against Malawi liquidation
Banking Group, AfrAsia Kingdom Zimbabwe Limited, formerly Kingdom Financial Holdings Limited, could claim the full value of its shares in the disposal of a stake in a Malawian financial institution...
View ArticleMalawi Govt to remove ‘confidentiality’ clause in Paladin’s Kayerekela mining...
The Malawi Government has bowed down to pressure from concerned Malawians and come out publicly that it will renegotiate the controversial Kayerekela Uranium Mine deal and remove the confidentiality...
View ArticleMulli whinges at Malawi ‘hostile business environment’- report
Squeezed businessperson Leston Mulli, managing director of Mulli Brothers Limited, has slammed President Joyce Banda, saying there is not much to celebrate about during her one year rule as he...
View ArticleCOWUMA decries job cuts at Malawi’s media giant Times Group: Engages Ministry...
Communication Workers Union of Malawi (COWUMA) has decried the recent retrenchment at one of the Malawi’s oldest media giant, Times Media Group (formerly Blantyre Newspapers Limited) and has since...
View ArticleMultichoice Malawi operating GOtv illegally -Kunkuyu
Government has stopped MultiChoice Malawi from rolling out its low cost GOtv, which was launched in January, because it was operating illegally. Minister of Information and Civic Education Moses...
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