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Govt’s covid budget test
As President Lazarus Chakwera drafts his broad policy speech to herald the opening of the 2021/22 Budget Meeting of Parliament,…
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Business News
Covid-19 to hit revenue
Treasury could lose between K128 billion and K179 billion in domestic revenue in the 2020/21 financial year due to the…
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National Sports
‘Love thy neba’
Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has committed to hosting the Flames for their 2022 World Cup qualifiers should CAF not …
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Malawi’s cash crops on death bed—Aicc
The African Institute of Corporate Citizenship (Aicc) says there is nothing government can do to save the dying tobacco industry,…
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Business News
RBM revises 2021 inflation rate target
The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has revised upwards its 2021 inflation rate projection from 7.6 percent to an average…
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Business News
Covid-19 costs aviation industry k134 billion
The country’s aviation industry has lost an estimated K134 billion in revenue due to the Covid-19 pandemic which slowed down…
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Govt banks on tourism master plan for growth
Government seeks to boost investments in the tourism sector through a 25-year National Tourism Investment Masterplan supported by the African…
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Business News
Treasury sees pressure On 2021/22 fiscal plan
Ministry of Finance has admitted that the proposed 2021/22 National Budget estimates will be impacted by stressful fiscal risks occasioned…
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Business News
Taxes choke ICT sector
Information and Communications Technology Association of Malawi (Ictam) has urged government to review some of the taxes in the ICT…
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Business News
Covid-19 knocks manufacturing
Manufacturing output continues to decline occasioned by the global containment measures instituted to stop the spread of Covid-19, the Malawi…
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Business News
RBM sees deficit widening to 11.3% of GDP
The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has projected that the 2020/21 fiscal deficit will worsen further to an equivalent of…
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Business News
External debt service soars
Malawi’s external debt service has soared significantly in the past decade; a situation analysts fear is costing the country a…
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Business News
MCCCI calls for tax policy review
The Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (MCCCI) has called for review of the tax policy and reduce…
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Business News
Tough q1 for consumers
Rising food prices continued to push up inflation rate in the first quarter (Q1) (January to March), figures from the…
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Business News
Milk producers decry 3% withholding tax
Milk Producers Association of Malawi has asked Treasury to scrap off the three percent withholding tax on milk at the…
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National News
Minister upbeat on vaccination exercise
Minister of Health Khumbize Chiponda says her ministry is satisfied with the Covid-19 vaccination exercise underway despite some negativity against…
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Business News
Maize, g/nuts key to GDP growth—study
The National Planning Commission (NPC) and experts have said putting in place deliberate policies to ensure that maize and groundnuts…
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Business News
Fuel price rise impact to be felt in Q2—NBM
National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc says the effects of the recent fuel price increases are expected to be felt…
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Covid-19 cash beneficiaries form savings groups
Community Savings and Investment Promotion (Comsip) Cooperative Union Limited has mobilised K31.5 million through savings and loans groups by beneficiaries…
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Business News
Banks speak on mortgage gaps
Bankers Association of Malawi (BAM) has justified why almost half of Malawian banks shy away from mortgage financing, saying different…
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