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Business News
What to expect from IMF’s Extended Credit Facility
The Malawi Government through the Ministry of Finance last week agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) a set of…
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Business News
Accountants engage Parley on legislation
The Malawi Accountants Board (MAB) has urged Parliament to assist in expediting the review of the Public Accountants and Auditors…
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Business News
Mixed bag
The quality of economic policies that the Malawi government has implemented to reduce poverty, promote sustainable growth and effectively use…
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Business News
Debt strategies worry economic experts
Economic analysts have faulted the Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy (MTDS) for banking on assumptions outside government control amid concerns over…
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Business News
Poverty rate in marginal drop
Six in 10 Malawians live in dire poverty and are deprived of at least three basic necessities of life, a…
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Business News
Parliament starts sugar price inquiry
Parliament yesterday started a public inquiry into sugar prices offered by Malawi Stock Exchange-listed Illovo Sugar (Malawi) plc amid calls…
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Business News
RBM banks on mining to spur economic growth
The Reserve Bank of Malawi says a rebound in the mining sector powered by the formalisation of artisanal mining and…
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Business News
Some refugees decry businesses disruption
Refugees relocated to Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Dowa District have expressed concern that they could lose their businesses after a…
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Business News
Analysts tip Treasury on policy coordination
Economists have warned that the lack of coordination between fiscal and monetary policies could trigger rising inflation and raise the…
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National News
Social sectors plunge downhill
Thirteen years ago, Malawi was among six African countries that achieved more than 15 percent allocation of the national budget…
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Anti-corruption drive test of Chakwera’s character
The Tonse Alliance-led administration’s war on institutionalised corruption shows no signs of slowing down following arrests of some high-profile individuals…
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National News
DPP wants fresh election
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has urged the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to resolve some of its electoral complaints before…
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Malawi needs pervasive political reforms
That the newly-elected Public Affairs Committee (PAC) executive plans to lobby Parliament to pass the electoral reforms bill should be…
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Rural industrialisation strategy a good idea, but…
Government, through the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism, is set to roll out the National Rural Industrialisation Strategy to…
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Investment-oriented budget a brilliant plan, but more is needed
On Wednesday, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) revised the country’s economic growth projection for 2019 to 4.9 percent. The revision…
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Feature
No easy job for graduates
On a chilly Wednesday on June 6 2016, Golden Peackock Hotel in Lilongwe was home to long, winding rows…
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National News
Ministry of Health moves to prevent listeriosis
Ministry of Health (MoH) has scaled up efforts to prevent an outbreak of listeriosis in the country after a…
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National News
Weather shocks might undermine economic performance—analysts
Economic analysts have warned that drought and floods forecast in the 2017/18 growing season might undermine the positive economic…
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National News
MRA donates to NPL Mother’s Fun Run
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has donated medical equipment worth K3 million towards this year’s Nation Publications Limited (NPL) Mother’s Day…
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