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Tourism gains fail to lift competitiveness
Malawi’s modest improvement in global tourism rankings is yet to translate into meaningful competitiveness, as the country remains among the…
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Debt threatens climate investments—ActionAid
Malawi’s debt burden is constraining investment in climate resilience and disaster recovery, with repayments projected to exceed government revenue in…
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Weak manufacturing hits industry output
Malawi’s industrial production remained under pressure this year, with manufacturing emerging as the biggest drag on growth, the National Statistical…
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Firms to face tougher human rights scrutiny
Malawian businesses risk tougher scrutiny of their operations, with government proposing to link human rights compliance to public procurement, business…
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Recovery fragile —Oxfam in Malawi
Malawi’s economic recovery remains fragile because economic growth is failing to keep pace with population growth, while repeated climate disasters,…
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600 000 more unable to get basic needs—report
Nearly 600 000 Malawians are falling into poverty as rising food prices, climate-related shocks and persistent inflation erode household incomes,…
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Minister consults stakeholders on minimum wage review
Minister of Labour, Skills and Innovation Joel Chigona says government is committed to improving workers’ welfare and is consulting stakeholders…
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Govt seeks investors in forestry industry
Malawi is seeking private-sector investors to help finance a decade-long forestry turnaround at a time the government budget releases averaged…
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RBM reviews Islamic finance framework
The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) says it is reviewing Islamic finance guidelines to strengthen the regulatory and supervisory framework…
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Fuel scarcity pushes up transport cost by 14.4%
Fuel scarcity pushed transport costs up by 14.3 percent in September, adding to pressures on households already struggling with the…
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