Airtel Malawi flood victims’ SMS code for donations 140 #NdifeAmodzi
Leading mobile telecommunications operator Airtel Malawi has announced the launch of a short code that will enable all well-wishers contribute towards the betterment of the welfare of flood victims....
View ArticleInternational Customs Day celebrations this week: Malawi event in Mwanza
The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) says it will join the World Customs Organisation (WCO) in the commemoration of the 2015 International Customs Day. MRA’s Commissioner General Raphael Kamoto has said...
View ArticleMalawi tax collection totals K228.9bn after six months
A published Malawi Revenue Performance Report for December 2014 says total tax collected amounted to K38.42 billion. The collection represents a 6.1 percent surplus or K2.2 billion more than the...
View ArticleTNM hands over bridge In Zomba to Ufulu@50 winner
The community around Chinamwali and Airwing in Zomba have become the second beneficiary of TNM’s life-changing Ufulu@50 Promotion after receiving a bridge worth K2 million through a TNM customer, a...
View ArticleWayankha Bakery on the radar of corruption probe
Wayankha Bakery of Blantyre based businessman Karim may soon face grilling by law enforcing agencues over a series fraudlent allegations linking to Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom)....
View ArticleMalawi tobacco crop threatened by flooding -TCC
Lethal floods in Malawi which have killed at least 176 people have caused extensive damage to tobacco, the country’s leading hard currency earner, a senior official said on Friday. According to the...
View ArticleBWB spokesperson celebrates resumption of tap water: Mateyu ‘let it flow’
Public Relations Officer for the Blantyre Water Board (BWB) Priscilla Mateyu on Friday joined many residents of Blantyre in celebrating the resumption of tap water after two consecutive week of dry...
View ArticleNew DSTV service provider makes headway in Lilongwe: StarSat
Digital Satellite Television DSTV customers in the country now have a wider choice for subscribing to service providers as a new company opened its doors early January this year in Lilongwe to provide,...
View ArticleK6.2bn John Chilembwe Highway opens: Formely Blantyre-Zomba road
President Peter Mutharika has stressed the important role good road networks play in sustainable economic development saying poor roads inhibit business growth. Mutharika made the remarks Friday...
View ArticleMalawi braces for continued electicity woes – ESCOM
Malawi will experience more power outages due to low energy supplies and maintenance work being carried out at Nkula power plantation A and B located on Shire River which has been affected after...
View Article‘Kabaza’ creates job opportunity for ordinary Malawian
Slowness by government in creating job opportunity to its citizenry, has virtually forced some vulnerable individuals to “just” delve into bicycle cycling trade widely known as “Kabaza” by carrying...
View ArticleFlood survivors start moving to upper lands in Nsanje
Some flood victims in the area of traditional authority Mlolo in Nsanje have finally heeded calls for them to migrate to upper lands. According to Group village headman Chambuluka, who witnessed over...
View ArticleMalawi winner of K67.m World Food Prize says dairy farming for job creation
Bettie Kawonga says business incubators for diary farmers can provide livelihoods for young people in Malawi, and the World Food Prize agrees Bettie Kawonga, a 31-year-old lecturer and entrepreneur...
View ArticleFinance Bank money laundering charges downplayed: Goodall granted licence for...
The controversial Chairman of Finance Bank Rajan Mahtani has said his bank is not a “money laundering” institution as it was claimed when Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) revorked its licence, 10 years...
View ArticleBWB dispels ‘contaminated water’ rumours
Blantyre Water Board (BWB) has dismissed rumours making the rounds in Blantyre peri-urban areas that the currently supplied piped water is contaminated and not suitable for consumption. Normal water...
View ArticleMalawi economic growth to be lower than 5.8% – President
Malawi President Peter Mutharika said on Tuesday that the country’s growth in 2015 will fall short of the 5.8 percent projected at the beginning of the year because of the damage massive floods have...
View ArticleMalawi second-hand tyres trade: Govt urged to ban foreigners
The Indigenous Second Hand Tyre Dealers are pressing Malawi government to ban foreigners from selling second hand tyres by February 1 this year failing which they will hold demonstrations. In a...
View ArticleEmulate Nyasa, Minister urges Malawi companies
Minister of industry and trade Joseph Mwanavekha has urged companies in Malawi to emulate Nyasa manufacturing company for its value addition to local products as it is exporting cigarettes that are...
View ArticleBe Forward donates K1.2m to help Malawi flood victims
In a unique display of practical appeal and engagement skills; Malawi ambassador to Japan, Major General Reuben Ngwenya seems to be on top of the game if the donations he is securing and sending to...
View ArticleTNM SMS promo helps Bullets earn K9.3m
Malawi’s representatives in this year’s CAF Champions League competition emerged the top earner with K9.3 million in the Sapota Mapeto promotion, an SMS initiative by premier mobile network operator...
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