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Business News
Rising food prices push up inflation rate to 8.9%
Rising food prices have pushed up September inflation rate by 0.5 percentage points to 8.9 percent, published National Statistical Office…
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MPC upbeat on revival strategy
Recently, the board and management of Malawi Posts Corporation (MPC), led by the Ministry of Information, met the Parliamentary Committee…
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MPC gives insights on recovery plan
Financially crippled Malawi Posts Corporation (MPC) says, through its turnaround strategy, it aspires to be a leader in digitalisation and…
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Policy think-tank tips govt on taming fertliser volatility
Policy think-tank, MwaPATA Institute says improving infrastructure investment and incentivising domestic fertiliser production is key to minimising Malawi’s vulnerability to…
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Mw Covid-19 response among the lowest
The fiscal package in response to Covid-19 since January 2020 has been significantly lower in Malawi, World Bank figures have…
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Mera moves to boost fuel imports by rail
Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) says it will next year increase the use of railway to import fuel, a move…
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EIU positive on trade
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) says the country’s current account deficit is to remain sizeable between 2021 and 2025 on…
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National News
Panic as fuel pumps run dry
Motorists on Thursday felt the impact of the truck drivers’ strike as service stations run out of fuel, especially petrol,…
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Mkango begins drilling works in Phalombe
Mkango Resources Limited, a rare earth element and associated minerals exploration and development company, has started drilling works at Songwe…
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Comesa approves Malawi Towers share acquisition
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) Competition Commission has approved the proposed acquisition of Madagascar Towers SA…
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Malawi’s economic gender gap widens—World Bank
The World Bank says there are wide gender gaps in women and men’s economic opportunities in terms of labour force…
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Group wary of maize price rise
Centre for Social Concern (CfSC), a faith-based economic think-tank, says Admarc’s decision to increase its retail maize price by 28…
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Castel speaks on Property disposal
Castel Malawi Limited, producer of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, says its business is on a positive trajectory and plans to…
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Trade balance continues to worsen, figures show
Malawi’s trade balance—the difference in value over a period of time between a country’s imports and exports of goods and…
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Business News
Malawi eligible for UK preferential treatment
The decision by the United Kingdom (UK) to withdraw from the European Union (EU), popularly referred to as Brexit, was…
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National News
Funding, capacity key to unlocking markets—Smedi
Small and Medium Enterprises Development Institute (Smedi) says access to finance and capacity development are key to promoting enterprise development.…
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National News
Dash 9 locomotive in town
September 20 will go down in the country’s history as the day a stronger, heavier, faster and more reliable locomotive…
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Business News
New locomotives to boost rail transport, cut costs
Nacala Logistics, concessionaire and operator of the Nacala Development Corridor, says the launch of its Dash 9 locomotives in the…
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Rising food prices push up cost of living—report
Rising food prices have pushed up the Survival Minimum Expenditure Basket (Smeb), with the largest change in households expenditure observed…
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National Planning Commission optimistic on middle-income status
National Planning Commission (NPC) says Malawi can attain the middle-income status by 2030 if it focuses on a few tangible…
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