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Business News
Ray of hope on Pigeon peas market
Two months after the Indian government imposed an import cap on pigeon peas (nandolo), the Malawi Investment and Trade Centre…
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Power purchase disagreements stall 100MW power project
Disagreements over power purchase agreement (PPA) between an Independent Power Producer (IPP) and Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has…
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Malawi’s inflation rate below Comesa average
Malawi has for the past 10 months managed to stay below the Comesa inflation rate, a situation economic analysts say…
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Tobacco growers give lukewarm response
Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) has extended growers’ registrations for the 2017/18 growing season to meet the international trade requirements of…
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Business News
Malawi fails to tap into K268bn tech capital
Despite technology advancing at a fast pace, local tech firms are failing to tap into a $366.8 million (K268 billion)…
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Private sector shies away from irrigation
Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development has decried low private sector participation in the irrigation sector, resulting in a…
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Business News
Technology is not for gossip—Veep
Vice-President Saulos Chilima has bemoaned the tendency by some Malawians to use the Internet as a tool to destroy…
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Business News
Government to set up tax tribunal
The Malawi government plans to set-up a tax tribunal which will be functional once Parliament approves the legal instruments for…
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National News
Expand export mandate—Ifpri
In the face of stagnating export revenue, the International Food Policy Research Institute (Ifpri) has called for the broadening of…
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National News
K2.9m Micf facility to create more jobs
The Malawi Innovation Challenge Fund (Micf) has said it expects to reach out to 1 700 farmers and impact…
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Business News
Mixed feelings on insurance levies
Players in the insurance industry have given mixed views on the introduction of insurance supervisory levy by the Reserve…
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Business News
Malawi loses out in Comesa
Malawi’s share of trade in the 19-member Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) has slumped to 1.9…
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Business News
Malawi upbeat on African Development Bank K73bn line of credit
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism is upbeat that a $100 million (K73 billion) line of credit (LoC) from the…
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Malawi upbeat on AfDB K73bn LoC
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism is upbeat that a $100 million (K73 billion) line of credit (LoC) from…
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Business News
Blackouts drive Up cement prices
The price of cement—a critical ingredient in the construction sector—has gone up, a development manufacturing firms have attributed to…
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Editors Pick
Government yet to secure investors in hydro power
At a time Electricity Generation Company (Egenco) is battling to find a lasting solution to energy woes, government is…
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National News
Corruption stifling businesses—report
Corruption, access to finance, tax rates and inflation are key obstacles to doing business in the country, a new World…
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Business News
Bring down non-food inflation—IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said it would be crucial to bring down non food inflation during the next…
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Consumers lament VAT on water, electricity
Government’s desire to widen the tax net by introducing value added tax (VAT) on water and electricity has not only…
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Business News
Expired estate leases a cost to economy
With some 1.35 million hectares, or about 25 percent of the country’s arable land, agricultural estates are an important part…
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