Chilima meets Bankers Association of Malawi on financial inclusion
Vice-President Saulos Chilima on Tuesday had an audience with banking sector gurus operating under the umbrella body called Bankers Association of Malawi (BAM) at the Bingu International Convention...
View Article95% of global tobacco industry sales still dominated by cigarettes and other...
Though some tobacco companies have touted a desire to change, data still shows that 95+% of global industry sales are still dominated by cigarettes and other high-risk tobacco products. With 85% of the...
View ArticleLWB pledges better water services once World Bank sponsored project is completed
Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) has pledged that it will soon be able to meet the high demand for water supply in the Capital City once the World Bank-sponsored Lilongwe Water and Sanitation Project (LWSP)...
View ArticleMalawi agriculture policy advancement institute Mwapata officially launches
Malawi Agriculture Policy Advancement and Transformation Agenda (MwAPATA) Institute, an independent agricultural policy think tank formed in 2019, has officially been launched at a grand event that...
View ArticleMalawians urged to invest in Mozambique
Malawi High Commissioner in Mozambique Frank Viyazhi has said Malawian investors are losing out as they are not using trade investment opportunities in the neighbouring country. He said this on Monday...
View ArticleDikshit leaves First Capital Bank Malawi
FMB Capital Holdings Group (FMBCH), the Mauritius-based holding company of First Capital Bank Malawi, hhas announced the departure of its Group Managing Director, Dheeraj Dikshit following his decision...
View ArticleBotswana government banks hope on Khato Civils to end water problems
Botswana’s land management, water and sanitation services minister, Kefentse Mzwinila, has asked Khato Civils to help his government in addressing challenges that citizens are facing to access clean...
View ArticleNBS Bank, Malawi Post Corp partner in agency banking
Malawi Post Corporation (MPC) will continue to engage several partnerships with different stakeholders as a turnaround strategy that can remove the company from the financial problems it is facing, the...
View ArticleTax payments now possible with Airtel Money, says Malawi Revenue Authority
Tax collector, Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) and Airtel Money have announced a partnership that will enable registered taxpayers to pay their taxes, both Domestic and Customs duties, via Airtel Money....
View ArticleIllovo dangles K100 million in new promotion
Illovo Sugar Malawi has launched a new consumer promotion dubbed ‘Iponyereni kwakuya ndi Illovo’ which will see winners getting various prizes valued at a whopping K100 million. Launching the promotion...
View ArticleTNM boss challenges Malawi commercial banks on digital transformation
TNM Chief Executive Officer Michiel Buitelaar has given bankers food for thought saying with digital transformation banks may have to do away with brick and mortar to serve their customers in future....
View ArticleTobacco group Philip Morris sees iQOS as key to smoke-free future
While combustible cigarettes have been named by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention among the number one causes of cardiovascular/respiratory diseases and also posing as the basis for several...
View ArticleMore trouble at Toyota Malawi as employees threaten strike over meagre pay
Barely one week after they expressed dissatisfaction with the hiring of “expatriates” at their institution, Toyota Malawi Limited workers are now demanding for an increase in their wages. The...
View ArticleKaronga residents threaten demos, boycott of market fees for awful drainage...
Residents of Karonga, especially those around Karonga main market, and scores of business persons have demanded that government immediately construct “strong” dykes and work on the market’s drainage...
View ArticleImportant Do’s and Don’ts in Bitcoins for cryptocurrencies
The future belongs to the Bitcoins. They are the latest most used currency now. The searches on bitcoin has increased and the advertisements on Crypto brokers are everywhere. Daily thousands of new...
View ArticleUpsurge in illegal fuel vending worries Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority
Chitipa, October 14, Mana: The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) has bemoaned the increase in illegal fuel vending in Chitipa District, saying the development is compromising government efforts...
View ArticleMalawi govt contracts Kenya’s firm Pula to insure AIP beneficiary farmers
The Malawi government has contracted a Kenya-based insurance firm, Pula Advisors, to insure 400, 000 farmers who have been earmarked to benefit from the 2020/21 Affordable Input Programme (AIP)....
View ArticleOrganized crime at Ministry of Mining: Officials own shares in firms, cut...
The leaked audio in which a Chinese investor is offering a bribe to a senior official at the Ministry of Mining to facilitate the cutting of corners in processing the renewal of a license for Ilomba...
View ArticleMalawi farmers get over K580 million in soya beans sales
Farmers in the country, working in various cooperatives across the country, have generated US$773 536 (about MK587 887 360) for selling 1 793 metric tons in a project aimed at supporting farmers’...
View ArticleParliamentary committee wants Nocma to be importing more fuel for Malawi
The Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources and Climate Change says the government-owned National Oil Company of Malawi (Nocma) should have a lion’s share in fuel importation. The committee’s...
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