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The risk of doing nothing
Hardly a day goes by without a story that financial markets are in “bubble” territory. Stock markets around…
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What you need to know about pensions
Pension is generally understood to be a retirement savings plan where one saves part of their income today to…
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Fighting, measuring poverty
In March, the country launched the Third Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS III) as a tool to spur…
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Price discrimination at play?
In many cases, the relationship between most commercial banks and their customers has been one of mistrust, at least…
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Consumers deserve safety, fairness
March 15 is gone, but, as consumers of various goods and services, I feel it is not too late…
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Pre-budget consultations shouldn’t be road shows
It is that time of the year again when officials from the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development…
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Why insurance penetration remains low
Insurance penetration rate in the country remains one of the lowest in the world at 1.4 percent of the…
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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…
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Insurance should innovate to grow
Not long ago, Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) Governor Dalitso Kabambe, in his capacity as registrar of financial services,…
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Why SIM registration suspension doesn’t make sense
I am yet to get convinced on the justification for the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology to suspend the…
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Reality check for the rosy economic picture
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe is one politician I have always admired for his honesty.…
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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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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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