Business Unpacked
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MTL should also change business attitude
Before the arrival of mobile phone technology in the country in the mid-1990s, Malawi Telecommunications Limited (MTL)-then under Malawi…
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What inflation rate really means
Inflation is one of the most economic terms widely used in the media, public discussions and political speeches. Politicians,…
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Telecommunications terrain needs refining
Recently, two separate news stories relating to the telecommunications sector caught my eye. First was on concerns raised by some…
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Investment tips in the New Year
It is four days into the New Year 2018. Today, I rerun, albeit with some modifications, an article I did…
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Telecommunications terrain needs refining
This week, two separate stories relating to the telecommunications sector caught my eye. The first was on concerns raised…
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Time to reflect on New Year goals
How time flies! We are in December, the 12th month in the calendar year. Not so long ago we…
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Plan your festive season spending
Today, we bid goodbye to the month of November 2017 and tomorrow we go into December—the last month of…
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Have reforms eluded parastatals?
During consultations by the now dissolved Public Service Reforms chaired by Vice-President Saulos Chilima, one area of concern was…
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How to make State enterprises tick
In one recent article I discussed why some statutory corporations (SCs) or parastatals or indeed, in short, State enterprises continue…
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The price of running economy on gensets
Desperate measures demand desperate solutions. That is the situation Malawi has found itself in as power generation has gone…
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When customers are taken for granted
Businesses and their customers have a symbiotic relationship. They depend on each other. Businesses provide goods and services to…
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The folly of putting eggs in one basket
If you ask electricity users in Malawi when last they had uninterrupted supply of power from the national grid through…
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Time to change tune on energy crisis
By now, electricity consumers in the country should be accustomed to the power supply cycle. In recent years, it has…
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Inflation, why it matters
News that the country’s inflation rate has hit the highly anticipated single-digit has created a lot of debate and…
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Masm slowly losing the plot, relevance
When I look at the manner the Medical Aid Society of Malawi (Masm), the country’s dominant provider of health…
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Technology and Malawian businesses
Information and communication technology (ICT) has become a part of life and simplified business processes. Today, very few organisations…
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One-size-fits-all stunting insurance growth
From the 2017 Insurance Institute of Malawi (IIM) Annual Lake Conference last weekend came a gloomy headline: ‘Malawi still…
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Time to change tune on energy crisis
By now, electricity consumers in the country should be accustomed to the power supply cycle. In recent years, it…
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See the bigger picture on tobacco
For many years, tobacco-the country’s economic mainstay that is touted to account for about 60 percent of foreign exchange earnings-has…
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Masm should give customers options
Effective September 1 the Medical Aid Society of Malawi (Masm), the country’s dominant provider of health insurance, has raised its…
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