Malawi switches to digital TV transmission: Set-top-box now K15,000
Malawi government has further reduced the price of Set Top Boxes (STBs)—hours after rolling out the digital television transmission—to enable more people have access to the gadgets. The STB gadget has...
View ArticleTNM present tricycle to winner in Tikolore Promotion
Premier mobile service provider has presented a tricycle to one of lucky winners, Innocent Kang’ombe in the on-going Tikolore promotion which aims to celebrate the current harvest season and help...
View ArticleMalawi reviewing energy policy -Official
Malawi is in the process of reviewing its energy policy to among other things bring the private sector to the power generation, distribution and transmission. Secretary for Natural Resources, Energy...
View ArticleEscom says IBAM has no mandate to review its procurement procedures
As local entrepenuers are still pressing for fair competition bidding in tenders, the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has argued that the Indigenous Businesspersons of Association of...
View ArticleJudge Mwaungulu to rule on Mulli assets value: Malawi Savings Bank saga
Supreme Court of Malawi judge Dunstan Mwaungulu will on July 9 2015 make a determination as regards the value of Mulli Brothers Limited (MBL) Holdings’ properties up for sale by the State-owned Malawi...
View ArticleMwenefumbo says Karonga cotton farmers worry over Admarc’s move
Cotton farmers from Karonga Central Constituency have expressed concerns, following Agriculture Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) move to suspend the buying of the commodity in the area....
View ArticleMutharika calls for open forum to discuss Malawi Savings Bank
Malawi government has organised “an open forum” on Monday 22 June, 2015 in Lilongwe where a cross section of people have been put on the attendance list to discuss the Malawi Savings Bank (MSB)...
View ArticleMalawi ambassador Mhura courts US investors
The Malawi Ambassador to the United States of America, Necton Mhura has assured US investors that Malawi is a secure investment destination as it has created a conducive investment environment for...
View ArticleZambia beckons Malawi traders to Ndola trade fair
Zambia’s High Commissioner to Malawi Salome Mwananshiku is urging Malawi traders to participate in the 51st Zambia International Trade Fair scheduled from July1-7 in Ndola, on the Copperbelt Province...
View ArticleMalawi bad for travel – Word Economic Forum report
Malawi, ironically often described as the Warm Heart of Africa, is bad for both travel and tourism in the world, with the air transport sector infrastructure as one of the worst in the world, according...
View ArticleJTI Leaf Malawi launches 2nd phase of child labour response project
JTI Leaf Malawi has launched the second phase of a child labour reduction response program, ARISE, aiming to bring an end to child labour in tobacco growing communities. The Achieving Reduction of...
View ArticleDecision to cut out suppliers, transporters in fertiliser subsidy irks Malawi...
Some local entrepreneurs and the Indigenous Businesspersons Association of Malawi (IBAM) have spoken against government’s decision not to involve suppliers in this year’s Farm Input Subsidy (Fisp)...
View ArticleTNM donates oxygen machines to Queen’s Hospital
Malawi’s leading mobile telco, TNM has today donated three Oxygen Concentrator machines to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital worth K3.6 million. The donation is in response to a fundraising appeal the...
View ArticleAfrica richest man Dangote to attend Malawi Investment Forum
The most richest man in Africa, Aliko Dangote, who is worth an estimated $18.4billion, is expected to attend this year’s Malawi Investment Forum (MIF) slated for June 29 at Bingu International...
View ArticleVP Chilima says tobacco is strategic crop to Malawi economy
The Tobacco Association of Malawi (TAMA) on Thursday officially opened its 27th Annual Congress, a gathering that draws together, stakeholders, tobacco farmers representatives across the entire region...
View ArticleCar parking nightmare dulls business in Blantyre City
The story is well-known: parking in Blantyre’s central business district is a nightmare—and it looks there is no end in sight to this growing problem. Many motorists—from a grocer in Chilomoni...
View ArticleMalawi pursues airport projects: New Chileka and Mzuzu
Minister of Transport and Public Works Francis Kasaila said government will be developing a new Chileka International Airport in the commercial capital, Blantyre and construct a new airport in the...
View ArticleMalawi rolls out Malata and Cement subsidy distribution
Malawi Government on Thursday rolled out its distribution of Decent and Affordable Housing (Cement and Malata) Subsidy Program (DAHSP) materials to beneficiaries starting with Lilongwe District....
View Article4 Malawian youths to interact with Obama at Global Entrepreneurship Summit
Four young Malawian entrepreneurs will attend the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) to be held in Nairobi, Kenya from July 25-26, 2015. Samson Fiado, a year three student at the Malawi Polytechnic...
View ArticleMelinda Gates meets APM: Impressed with Malawi’s safemotherhood progress
Melinda Gates, wife to US billionaire Bill Gates has commended the Malawi government for implementing programmes that have helped the country to reduce deaths of pregnant woman and in turn meet its...
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