Reserve Bank of Malawi withdraws warning to commercial banks over unfair,...
Consumers, mainly small businesses’ hopes to have reduced charges on loans have bern shattered as the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has withdrawn the warning it issued to commercial banks to stop...
View ArticleMalawi, Mozambique officials meet over Nsanje Inland Port: Mota Engil will...
Government officials are set to meet their Mozambican counterparts on August 22 to discuss the Nsanje Inland Port project which has stalled for years now. Transport and Public Works minister Malison...
View ArticleNtchisi farmer wins tractor in Standard Bank promo
Standard Bank on Friday conducted the final draw of its Mlimi Alirenji promotion where a Ntchisi tobacco farmer Samalani Mingu emerged a winner of a grand prize of a brand new tractor valued at K16......
View ArticleNew Malawi sugar factory starts production in Salima
President Prof. Peter Mutharika on Monday officially commissioned sugar production at the newly established Sugar Company in Salima. The state-of-the-art factory which is situated at Chikwawa Greenbelt...
View ArticleMalawi changes tune on torching of 4 tonnes of ivory
Government has said it will not set ablaze the four tonnes of ivory it confiscated from poachers, five months after President Peter Mutharika wanted to put the pieces on fire. Director of Parks and...
View ArticleMalawi to legalise forex black market traders: Kwacha trading at around K730...
The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has said it will formalise traders selling foreign currency outside the official exchange rate, following pronouncements made by Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)...
View ArticleIllovo locust attack dominate headlines in Malawi media
Two Malawi daily papers, The Nation and Daily Times on Wednesday focused on the swam of of locust which invated sugarcane and maize fields of Illovo Sugar (Malawi) Limited in Chikwawa. “Illobo...
View ArticleAfrica Parks faults Malawi govt over decision not to destroy ivory
Africa Parks has sharply criticised government decision not to destroy four tons of ivory, saying this will work against the spirit of poaching. The Africa Parks country director Patricio Ndadzera said...
View ArticleMalawi tobacco buyers go on leave as leaf regulators bring in new buyers
Tobacco buyers have gone on summer holiday, leaving huge tonnes of unbought leaf prompting the Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) to invite three more buyers. TCC general manager Albert Changaya...
View ArticleUndule to carry out mass sensitisation on Malawi oil exploration
The crusade of oil exploration in block one in the northern part of Lake Malawi has now reached at its climax forcing the renowned human rights activist Undule Mwakasungula to leave the pulpit and...
View ArticleMalawi govt takes economic investment to rural communities
Government says it will continue rolling out development programmes which have potential to pull the rural masses out of poverty cocoon. The commitment was registered Monday by Minister of Local...
View ArticleFarmers hail Peacock Seeds at Mzimba agriculture trade fair
Scores of farmers have described seeds being described by Peacock, a Malawian owned enterprise, as the right choice in achieving breakthrough commercial farming. The farmers, most from the confines of...
View ArticleHuawei ICT show gives Malawians opportunity to see future of technology
Some Malawians and experts in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) have expressed hope that Huawei Technology’s latest innovations being showcased at Bingu International Conference Centre...
View ArticleMutharika launches construction of 83km Thyolo-Makwasa-Thekerani-Muona road
President Arthur Peter Mutharika has reiterated government commitment to improving infrastructure development in the country as he re-launches construction of Thyolo-Makwasa-Thekerani-Muona road which...
View ArticleAuction Holdings accuses tobacco buyers of sabotage
Auction Holdings Limited (AHL) Group says it has noted elements of sabotage from tobacco buyers who deliberately want to frustrate farmers who are selling their tobacco on auction in order to promote...
View ArticleTruck operators unwilling to occupy new rank in Mzuzu
Truck operators in Mzuzu have declined to relocate to the newly designated place near the flea market, saying the place is too small compared to the rank they are currently using close to Mzuzu...
View ArticleUp in smoke! Fire guts 151 bales of barley tobacco
Fire that erupted from a binding fault of a truck, SCANIA registration number BR 5516 burned into ashes all the 151 bales of barley tobacco on board. The tobacco bales belonged to various farmers...
View ArticleWells for Zoe reaches out to 500 000 Malawians with clean water
Wells for Zoe, an Irish voluntary organisation, has reached out to half a million Malawians by providing them with safe and clean water. The revelation comes following a Nyasa Times’ follow up on the...
View ArticleMkango Resources CEO says Malawi is a serious mining destination
Mkango Resources, a mineral exploration company focused on the Songwe Hill Rare Earths Project in Phalombe, Malawi, was successfully listed on the London Stock Exchanges Alternative Investment Market....
View ArticleMystery payment to Malawi govt related to oil, gas concessions
An influential watchdog that monitors Malawi’s extractive industries is demanding an explanation for a mysterious payment of $235,700 (89-million kwacha) to Malawi government by a company that landed...
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