Donor hope for Malawi, CABS key meeting rescheduled
There is a glimmer of hope for Malawi to convince donors to restart giving out their budgetary support after the donors under the Common Approach to Budget Support (Cabs) have rescheduled the...
View ArticleMalawi Chief Secretary calls for accountability amidst cashgate scandal
Chief Secretary to the Government Hawa Ndilowe has called on Principal Secretaries (PSs) for the improvement of behavior and accountability in all public servants in their day to day work which will...
View ArticleTNM’s Mpamba goes nationwide through Kulima Gold outlets
TNM has completed an agency partnership deal that will see the company’s mobile money service, Mpamba become more and more easily accessible nationwide through Kulima Gold chain of stores. Head of...
View ArticleCEAR procures five trains to boost Malawi operations
Two months after disclosing in an interview with Nyasa Times that the Central East African Railways (CEAR) will purchase additional coaches, the company has announced it is buying five locomotives....
View ArticleMalawi tea production up – Report
Malawi’s team production has risen by 3.71 million kilogrammes in the month of January reaching 8.21 million kg with prospects of reaching more in the month of February and March. Global Tea Digest...
View ArticleTrucks to have separate parking in Lilongwe
The Lilongwe City Council (LCC) has said it is currently planning to construct designated parking areas for trucks and advised truck drivers to park their vehicles in industrial areas where private...
View ArticleCAMA hits on Malawi phone operators: World Consumer Rights Day
Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) has hit on failure by mobile-phone service providers to treat consumers fairly. The consumer watchdog said this in a statement ahead of World Consumer Rights Day...
View ArticleMalawi Bureau of Standards dares consumers over expired goods
The Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) has challenged consumers in the country to refrain from buying expired goods even if they are sold at reduced prices as doing so defeats the whole purpose of...
View ArticleJB appeals to Malawi women to break poverty cycle through businesses
President Joyce Banda has called on women in the country to engage in small scale businesses in order to uplift the economic status of their homes. President Banda was speaking at HHI Multipurpose Hall...
View ArticleChikaonda warns of population bulge on Malawi economy
Chief Executive Officer of Malawi’s largest conglomerate Press Corporation, Prof. Mathews Chikaonda, who was recently appointed by the President Joyce Banda to head one of her advisory think tanks,...
View ArticleChikaonda says Malawi needs to hit ‘reset button’ on economic strategies
Press Corporation Limited (PCL) chief executive officer, one of Malawi’s leading business entities has said Malawi is facing a challenge of growth and a sustained crisis of demography. Chikaonda, who...
View ArticleMalawi opens tobacco market: JB impressed with prices
President Joyce Banda has expressed optimism that 2014 will be the year when farmers will earn decent incomes from their labour, saying she is impressed with the maximum prices of tobacco at the...
View ArticleMIJ students on tree planting campaign in Mangochi
Malawi Institute of Journalism (MIJ) students, Lilongwe campus, last week Saturday took time off their books and went on a tree planting campaign at Chembe village in the eastern district of Mangochi....
View ArticleMalawi Chileka airport resume flights: Potholes filled
Chileka International Airport in the Malawi commercial capital, Blantyre, which was closed recently because its main runway is littered with potholes, has resumed operations, the Department of Civil...
View ArticleMalawi tobacco market suspended at Limbe Auction
Tobacco sales at Malawi’s Limbe Auction Floor have been suspended on the first dual of sales opening due to wrangling over low prices. Market farmers protested prices were too low for them to make a...
View ArticleMalawi Shipping Company unleashes $8.5m MV Chilembwe
Multinational conglomerate Mota Engil Group through its water transport shipping arm Malawi Shipping Company (MSC) has unveiled a multi-milion dollar state-of-the-art-Malawi-soil-built ship, MV...
View ArticleMalawi commits extension services to community seed multiplication
Government has made a commitment to support community based seed multiplication undertaken by smallholder farmers in order to improve availability of and access of high quality seed in the country and...
View ArticlePresident Banda launches Malawian Airlines
President. Joyce Banda Wednesday launched Malawian Airlines Limited which is expected to give Malawians a vibrant and faster means of transport. Speaking at Chunzu Primary School Ground in Dowa,...
View ArticleAirtel unveils new K50m promotion for Malawi 50th independence celebration
Tisangalale (Let’s Celebrate) is the catch word championing Malawi’s 50 years of independence and MK50 million is at stake for the grand winner courtesy of leading mobile telecomms operator Airtel...
View ArticleMPICO Shopping Mall opens in Lilongwe October
Malawi’s commercial property listed firm, Mpico Limited, has said it multimillion Kwacha MPICO Gateway Shopping Mall under construction in the capital Lilongwe’s Area 47 near African Bible College is...
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