Business Columns
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Weaving through the debt trap
To the investor, government debt is always appetising. Unless something unusual happens, there is a guaranteed return on any investment…
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Budget is stillborn, needs fresh start
When Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Sosten Gwengwe tabled the proposed 2023/24 National Budget in Parliament, he was upbeat…
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Erasing ‘sad-ink’ from SADC
Call it a glamorous Southern African Development Community (Sadc) summit, pregnant with a splendid atmosphere. This is how the 41st…
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Public debt traps and governance
T o the investor, government debt is always appetising. Unless something unusual happens, there is a guaranteed return on any…
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Agriculture budget must be reprogrammed
Agriculture budget must be reprogrammed The latest Agriculture Sector Performance Report (ASPR), which is the comprehensive annual agriculture sector account…
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Unresolved indigenous business issues
The country is in a middle of a serious political crisis. The election is being contested and there has been…
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UN Women and Malawi women’s long, winding road to leadership
Former United Nations (UN) Women Malawi country director Alice Shackelford sounded jubilant when she twitted “Fantastic! The first Malawi female…
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True cost of corruption
Money that find its way into wrong hands continue to flourish. Media reports recently have been awash with further tales…
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Poverty, elections and fragile institutions
With the tripartite election in less than a fortnight, we reflect on some of the key issues that affect…
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Motorcycle Taxi Certificate of Passage
As everybody knows by now, we love the Republic of Mangochi. And each time we have an opportunity to come…
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Great coffee from Malawi
Like millions of people all over the world, I love coffee. And after numerous visits to Malawi over the past…
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Board quizzes APM’s appointee
The board of Malawi Gaming and Lotteries Authority (Magla), in a rare stance, quizzed an appointee of the President to…
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Best question to ask interviewing panel
No one likes interviews. They are generally a stressful affair, unless you are on the other side – as part…
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Foreign aid still alive
A few years ago, there appeared on the scene a book Dead Aid, from which I used to read in African…
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Why strong institutions matter in development
The theorist will often categorise landlocked Malawi with high transport costs. Often, such a thought is easily linked to the…
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The foreign aid trap, other issues
E xternal aid has become a huge industry and if recipients are not careful, they often get trapped in meaningless…
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The foreign aid trap, other issues
External aid has become a huge industry and if recipients are not careful, they often get trapped in meaningless…
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Angola could partially list oil company Sonangol
Inequalities and the urban peripheral land grabs “Ignorance is the root and stem of all evil” Plato To produce something,…
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Inequalities and the urban peripheral land grabs
Inequalities and the urban peripheral land grabs “Ignorance is the root and stem of all evil” Plato To produce something,…
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Restricting land ownership to Malawians
It is a known fact that there is massive land buying going on across the country by foreigners. This is…
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