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Business News
Can malawi narrow the trade deficit?
Malawi Government plans to narrow the trade deficit in the next five years, according to the Malawi Growth and…
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Escom spells doom, loses another 13MW
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) says it expects the power generation capacity to reduce further to below the…
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Average income to double in five years—report
Malawi expects to double her per capita income—average income earned per person in a given area—in the next five years…
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Maize prices ease by 1% in October—Ifpri
Average retail maize prices decreased by one percent last month at K130 per kilogramme, although prices in the Northern Region…
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Mera to take on ‘illegal’ filling station developers
Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) will start taking to task filling station developers with uncoordinated and unregulated structures following…
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MGDS III targets 7% GDP growth rate
Government hopes to maintain single-digit inflation at 7.1 percent and a growth rate of seven percent in the next…
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Mera explains IPPs tariffs
Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) says the coming in of Independent Power Producers (IPPs) will increase the cost of…
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New policy to boost gas uptake—Mera
The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) is banking on new guidelines for liquid and petroleum gas (LPG) to increase…
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Debt, Malawi’s major fiscal challenge—World Bank
The World Bank (WB) has said the high level of government expenditure related to resources in tackling public debt…
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Tobacco registration closes on low note
The 2017/18 tobacco registration period has ended on a low note with fewer farmers registering to grow the commodity during…
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Ministry yet to start issuing maize export licences
Maize exporters will have to wait a little longer before they start selling their maize to outside markets as government…
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Stock market in buoyant performance in October
The Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE) registered a buoyant performance in October as reflected in the upward movement of the…
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New k5 000 note could Spell doom—analysts
Government’s plans to introduce a K5 000 banknote has not pleased some consumers and economic commentators, who argue that…
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Treasury upbeat on new Ifmis
Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development has expressed optimism on the success of the new integrated financial management and…
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Income opportunity declines, says report
Malawians’ opportunity to earn income slowed in 2017, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF), with statistics showing the…
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Trade balance to narrow by Dec-IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected the country’s trade balance—the difference between a country’s imports and its exports for…
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IRC case backlog worry MCTU
The Malawi Congress of Trade Union (MCTU) says there is need to increase the number of sitting judges and panelists…
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National News
Escom rolls out 8-hour load shedding programme
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has issued a new eight-hour electricity load-shedding programme model which seeks to ensure equitable…
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Malawi innovators need recognition —Ictam
The country’s policies are not supportive of local innovators despite the country producing brilliant innovators over the years, the Information…
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Mpamba, Airtel money banking system integration in 2018
Plans are at an advanced stage to integrate TNM Mpamba and Airtel Money into the banking system through the National…
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