Mutharika unveils Malawi investment opportunities
President Peter Mutharika Friday unveiled investment opportunities of Malawi to business captains at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York, US at a luncheon organized by the Corporate Council on Africa....
View ArticleStandard Bank Africa top executive visits Malawi
Standard Bank Africa’s Chief Executive Officer responsible for Personal and Business Banking (P&BB) Zweli Manyathi is on a two-day visit of the Malawi operation. During the visit Manyathi is...
View ArticleFire guts another Malawi market
Property worth millions of Kwacha is estimated to have been lost when the Mbayani market in Malawi’s commercial capital, Blantyre, went up in flames during the night of Sunday September 29. Mbayani...
View ArticleNGO block vendors from cashing on farmers in Dowa
Churches Action in Relief and Development (CARD) value chain Officer Dyton Siyeni has assured that his organization will commit itself to see to it that farmers are benefiting from the sale of their...
View ArticleI have brought foreign investment deals from US – Mutharika
President Prof. Peter Mutharika says he has clinched foreign investment deals with various investors during his stay in New York, USA where he attended the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly...
View ArticleMalawi hit by insurance fraud – IAM
Malawi’s insurance industry is hit by fraudulent activities, with 30 percent of all claims processed being false particularly in the motor insurance section, Insurance Association of Malawi (IAM) has...
View ArticleMalawi mobile phone ‘rip-off’: Kapito urges Macra to bite
Local human rights and consumer activist, John Kapito has urged Malawi regulatory Authority (Macra) to take urgent action to tackle overcharging by mobile phone companies. Kapito said r the country has...
View ArticleCivil servants salary increase remains 24% -Malawi zero-aid budget
Members of Parliament passed the 2014-2015 budget which carries a 24 percent average wage increment for civil servants but the public service trade unions have rejected that increase demanding more...
View ArticleMuluzi appeal for Dzalanyama Forest Reserve’s conservation
Malawi Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining, Atupele Muluzi on Friday launched an appeal against deforestation and forest degradation in Dzalanyama Forest Reserve. He said in Lilongwe that...
View ArticleStandard Bank is open as usual for business after fire
Following a fire which affected Lilongwe Branch on the evening of October 4, Standard Bank announced it is open for business as usual from Monday. “The fire was put out and the situation is under...
View ArticleWater for People Malawi meets target of safe water and sanitation in Chikwawa
Water for People Malawi said it has met the targets which they committed themselves in the previous year to fulfil, especially in access to safe water and sanitation in Chikwawa district. The...
View ArticleMalawi brace for massive blackouts: Escom shuts down Kapichira II
Electricity users should expect massive blackouts from October 10 through to October 27 as Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) begins to services it machines at Kapichira II power plant....
View ArticleTNM partners Malawi Institute of Engineers: Gives K1 million for AGM
Leading Malawian mobile telecoms operator TNM has donated K1 million to the Malawi Institute of Engineers (MIE) to assist with the organisation’s Annual Lakeshore conference which this year reflects...
View ArticleTNM hosts family day for employees and their families
As one way encouraging interaction between and among employees and their families, premier mobile service provider TNM has hosted employees to a Family Day across the three regions. Speaking during a...
View ArticlePeermont changes tune on Malawi’s new hotel
What was seen as a done deal is now crumbling. The South African hotel operator Peermont Global Limited, which signed a deal in May this year with Malawi Government to manage new hotel facility in...
View ArticleCEAR gets two more locomotives to boost Malawi operations
Central East African Railways (CEAR) continues to making strides in quest to better its services of serving the country’s railway sector with acquisition of two more locomotives which will help the...
View ArticleMalawi govt promises decent housing
Minister Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Bright Msaka has revealed about Governments commitment to provide Malawians with decent houses, water and good road network. Msaka told reporters on...
View ArticleMalawi VP Chilima tips NABW on business strategies
Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima has advised the National Association of Business Women in Malawi (NABW) to constantly review its national strategy in order to remain relevant to its members and to...
View ArticleAlliance One construct K26 million earth-dam for Dowa farmers
One of the country’s leading tobacco buying companies Alliance One Malawi on Tuesday handed over an earth excavated dam worth over K26 million to the tobacco growers of Nambuma in Dowa to help them for...
View ArticleMalawi launches revised Teveta Policy: Minister promises more jobs for youth
Minister of Labour and Manpower Development Henry Mussa has expressed Government commitment in creating more jobs for the youths. Mussa was speaking in Lilongwe when he was launching Technical...
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