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Aid entitlement syndrome won’t actualise MW2063
In her 2009 book, Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is Another Way for Africa, Zambian…
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When the budget ‘ghost’ strikes again
When I titled my Business Unpacked entry of March 12 2026 ‘Budget targets could be dead on arrival, act now’,…
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Business Unpacked
No economic independence without decisive leadership
Malawi Malawi on July 6 this year clocked 62 years of independence without fanfare after President Peter Mutharika earlier directed…
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Business Unpacked
Poverty data should drive change of course
Data in the Sixth Integrated Household Survey (IHS6) the National Statistical Office (NSO) unveiled on Friday in Lilongwe present a…
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National News
Development dreams up in smoke yet again
Malawians’ aspirations to alter the economic trajectory and graduate from poverty to prosperity appear to be up in smoke once…
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Fair trading law passes first test, but…
In 2024, Parliament passed the new Competition and Fair Trading Act that established the Competition and Fair Trading Commission (CFTC)…
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The IMF merry-go-round, one more dance for Malawi?
Exactly 12 months after the unceremonious termination of the four-year $175 million (about K306 billion) Extended Credit Facility (ECF) with…
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Why G7 should deliver poor countries from ‘evil’
If wishes of the G-7 Ministers of Finance at their Meeting in Paris, France come to pass, the World Bank…
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Business Unpacked
Collective benefit should supersede individual interest
If the incident highlighted in Matthew 22 verses 15 to 22 in the New Testament of the Holy Bible is…
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Why quick-fixes won’t end the forex, fuel nightmare
In a perfect world, the Malawi Government position that disposal of gold reserves held by the Reserve Bank of Malawi…
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