-
Business News
Growth forecasts raise eyebrows
Businesses and economic analysts have bemoaned Malawi’s ambitious gross domestic product (GDP) targets, saying they slow down growth as businesses…
Read More » -
Business News
Report shows trade gap still widening
The Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS) III aspirations were this week put on the spotlight following revelations from…
Read More » -
Business News
Admarc, Nandolo farmers collide
State produce trader Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) has played down allegations by pigeon peas (nandolo) farmers on…
Read More » -
Business News
Price hikes push up inflation to 9.5%
Increases in price of food and non-food items has pushed up September 2018 inflation rate by 0.2 percentage points…
Read More » -
Business News
AfDB outlines 5-year plan for Malawi
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has outlined plans to advance corporate strategies and the country’s most pressing development needs through…
Read More » -
Business News
Wholesale, retail trade credit lead amid write-offs
The distribution of credit largely concentrated in the Wholesale and Retail trade, agriculture and manufacturing accounting for 62.9 percent of…
Read More » -
Business News
Electricity tariff eats into income
An analysis by the Centre for Social Concern (CfSC) on the effects of electricity tariff hike shows that consumers…
Read More » -
Business News
Mixed fortunes on inflation movement
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says managing the volatility of inflation will take time given Malawi’s well-known vulnerability to…
Read More » -
Front Page
Consumers panic amid price hikes
Rising electricity tariffs, transport costs as well as fuel price are having a knock-off effect on consumers’ disposable incomes…
Read More » -
Business News
Expert decries abuse of taxpayers’ money
Despite having fully functional anti-corruption and anti-money laundering laws and institutions, public money in African countries, including Malawi, continue…
Read More » -
Business News
Declining inflation Draws mixed views
Malawi’s year-on-year inflation for May 2018 dropped by 0.8 percentage points to 8.9 percent from 9.7 percent the previous…
Read More » -
Business News
Malawi fairs poorly on poverty ranking
The pace of poverty reduction in Malawi remains low as compared to other countries in Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc)…
Read More » -
Front Page
Admarc, NFRA get K10bn for maize
Treasury has released K10 billion to State produce trader Admarc and National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) to buy maize beginning…
Read More » -
Business News
Escom’s 68% tariff proposal faulted
Consumers and an industry expert have protested Escom’s proposal to increase electricity tariff by 68 percent in the next four…
Read More » -
Business News
Treasury to turn Medf into a bank
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe says plans to turn Malawi Enterprise Development Fund (Medf) into an…
Read More » -
Business News
Ecama warns on growing public debt
The Economics Association of Malawi (Ecama) says Malawi risk facing problems in servicing its debt in the face of rising…
Read More » -
Business News
Treasury cuts 2018/19 Fiscal deficit to 3.8%
Treasury has revised downwards the overall fiscal deficit for the forthcoming financial year to 3.8 percent from 4.5 percent…
Read More » -
Business News
World Bank faults maize export ban
The World Bank says while maize export ban leads to low domestic prices which benefit consumers, incomes of producers…
Read More » -
Business News
Fuel fund to continue cushioning consumers
Authority (Mera) says it will sustain the current fuel pump prices, thanks to the Price Stabilisation Fund (PSF) which compensates…
Read More » -
Business News
EIU forecasts 4.6% growth in 5 years
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has projected that Malawi’s economy will grow by an average of 4.6 percent in…
Read More »