New Covid-19 restrictions hit urban population—Fewsnet
The new Covid-19 restrictions are reversing improvements in economic activity and income-earning at a time when opportunities to earn income...
The new Covid-19 restrictions are reversing improvements in economic activity and income-earning at a time when opportunities to earn income...
Corporate governance expert James Kamwachale Khomba says while the decision by government to subsdise maize for low income earners may...
The central bank has placed the National Economic Empowerment Fund (Neef) on prudential supervision and has ordered the fund to...
Households in urban areas are spending an average of 56 percent of their expenditure on food, a development that shows...
Lack of access to electricity and piped water pose key constraints in the tourism sector despite it being a high-growth...
Growers’ dissatisfaction with tobacco marketing trends is pushing away some of them from growing the crop, Tama Farmers Trust has...
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) Business Council (CBC) has started the validation exercise for the Comesa...
The National Statistical Office (NSO) says it will conduct another rebase of the economy next year to keep pace with...
Although Malawi’s gross national income (GNI) per capita has increased in the past decade, the rise has failed to narrow...
The country’s value of food imports doubled between 1998 and 2018, signifying the country’s huge overdependence and reliance on foreign-made...
Malawi has lost five percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), about $545 million (K414 billion), due to the withdrawal...
An investment analyst says at an average of four percent savings rate, consumers are earning a negative real return on...
Ministry of Finance says it will apply for a temporary suspension of debt-service payments following the extension of the facility....
Malawian banks are among the most profitable financial institutions in Africa, thanks to the high net interest margins (NIM), the...
Ministry of Energy says seven independent power producers (IPPs) who were yet to show progress two years after signing their...
The second wave of Covid-19 is posing serious threats to the recovery of the country’s economy this year, the Economics...
Employers Consultative Association of Malawi (Ecam), a grouping of private sector employers, says there could be more job cuts in...
Earnings from tobacco, the country’s main foreign exchange earner, have continued to decline over the years. This year, it was...
Beginning January 2020, businesses were thriving amid the harsh political environment emanating from the disputed May 21 2019 presidential election....
Hopes are high that in a matter of weeks, minimum wage earners will have increased disposable income, thanks to government’s...