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Business News
Growth prospects hang in balance
A latest Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) report showing that agricultural output will slump to 0.3 percent could be…
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National News
From MGDS II to III
President Peter Mutharika is today set to launch the third Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS III), a successor development…
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Business News
Malawi hailed for progressive regulatory frameworks
Digital Impact Alliance, a unit of the United Nations (UN) Foundation, has hailed Malawi for its progressive environment within…
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Business News
Soaring imports Worsen trade deficit
Malawi’s growing appetite for imported products continues to negatively affects trade performance, with recent figures from the Reserve Bank…
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Business News
‘Malawi insurance market underdeveloped’
Despite the local insurance industry being highly regulated, the country’s market is less competitive because risk carriers are fewer…
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Business News
No deals yet on Pigeon market
Government’s desire to boost production of pigeon peas as part of its wider diversification strategy to supplement foreign exchange…
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Business News
Nuclear plants give hope for Kayelekera
Despite no pick-up in global uranium prices, Paladin (Africa) Limited (PAL), operators of Kayelekera Mine (KM) in Karonga, is banking…
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Business News
IMF urges tight fiscal, monetary policies
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised authorities to tighten fiscal and monetary policies to fend off forces of…
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IMF counts on new ECF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said it is banking on the successor Extended Credit Facility (ECF) programme to…
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Editors Pick
Industry faults policy on fake energy products
The Association of Renewable Energy Industries of Malawi (Reama) has blamed the flooding of fake solar energy products on the…
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Business News
Ecama query govt on Admarc debt
The Economics Association of Malawi (Ecama) has expressed worry over how State produce trader Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc)…
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Business News
Economic growth prospects mystery
Fiscal authorities have projected the economy will grow by an average of six to seven percent in the medium-term,…
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Business
Insurance externalisation costs economy K26 billion
Malawi has lost K26 billion (about $36 million) in insurance premiums between 2014 and 2017 due to insurance externalisation,…
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Business News
Domestic revenue target unrealistic—Experts
There is some doubt from economic commentators that Treasury will meet its domestic revenue target of K980 billion in…
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Business News
Ecama contradicts Goodall on borrowing
An analysis by the Economics Association of Malawi (Ecama) has shown that the majority of public expenditure is channelled…
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Business News
Bank outlines inflation risks
Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE)-listed National Bank of Malawi (NBM) has said stickiness in non-food inflation, which only declined by…
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Business News
Bushiri Investments in K15bn hotel project in Lilongwe
Shepherd Bushiri Investments (Pty) Limited (SBI) is set to start its operations in the country, a move that is expected…
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Front Page
Fears over drop in foreign inflows
The decline in foreign inflows is expected to have a direct impact on the country’s economic performance and growth…
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Front Page
Sector growth projections to be reviewed March
Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development has said it will review growth projections for this year next month. On…
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Nacala underutilisation threatens 12 390 jobs
Despite the cost of competitiveness of rail than road transport, volume growth in transit cargo, best suited for transport…
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