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Business News
Of prices, fair competition and consumer welfare
Around the 90s, Malawi liberalised its economy, deregulated its markets and consequently privatised state owned enterprises. Arguably, governments including Malawi…
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To reject a merger or not
Mergers and acquisitions are taking place every day. This is healthy for the world economy. Mergers and acquisitions are crucial…
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Business News
Tobacco farmers urge RBM to hold kwacha
Farmers for tobacco, the country’s principal forex earner, have urged the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) to stop the steep…
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Business News
TNM raises tariffs by 14 percent
While the kwacha is appreciating, fuel prices are falling and inflation is expected to drop further, mobile phone services provider,…
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Business News
Malawi rural electricity access at 2 percent
Malawi’s access to electricity in rural areas stands at a paltry two percent, one of the lowest in the region,…
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Business News
MSE raises K32m, three counters gain
The Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE) raised about K32 million in the week ending February 20, with about 1.1 million shares…
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Business News
Poor salaries blamed on Malawi poverty
Poor salaries, with a few receiving more and more receiving less, have been blamed for Malawi’s high number of the…
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Business News
Malawi service export dismal despite GDP dominance
Malawi exports for services—non tangible products, which include telecommunications, freight, financial and insurance—are expected to perform poorly regardless of the…
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National News
Kwacha gain, fuel price drop push down inflation
Malawi’s inflation as measured by the consumer price index (CPI) fell to 21.2 percent in January 2014 from 24.2 percent…
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Business News
Malawi January taxes K1.9bn below target, floods blamed
At a time Malawi is under pressure to raise more money, taxes continue to underperform. In January 2015, Malawi Revenue…
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Business News
FDH Bank hails Escom for bringing back power
FDH Bank on Friday hailed the country’s sole power supplier, Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom), for bringing power after…
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Business News
Money market slows local shares market
Yields on money market, a sector for financial instruments with high liquidity and short maturities, has slowed down the performance…
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Business News
Kenya seeks to extend sugar safeguards
Kenya, the east African economic giant, seeks to extend sugar safeguards, which ends on February 28, an action aimed to…
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Fewsnet warns of maize price spike
National food stocks, currently at a minimum of 60 000 tonnes, according to Famine Early Warning System (Fewsnet), are going…
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Business News
Non-tax revenue under performance questioned
–Govt raised passport, drivers’ licence fees in H1 Non-tax revenue, which includes collections from passports, drivers’ licences and other services…
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Business News
Forex reserves rise, kwacha gains 10%
Malawi’s foreign exchange reserves buffer is still rising, with the country’s official gross reserves increasing to about 3.5 months of…
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Business News
RBM cautions on budget spending
Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has warned that pressure on the 2014/15 National Budget implementation may arise from extra-budgetary expenditures…
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Business News
Malawi’s imports to rise to K1.6 trillion
Malawi’s 2015 imports—for goods and services combined—are expected to rise to US$3.3 billion (K1.6 trillion), over twice the country’s exports,…
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Business News
Standard Bank lauds Basel II
Standard Bank Malawi has said Basel II, a more stringent risk-based supervision, which requires commercial banks to maintain enough liquidity…
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