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Business News
Economic gains yet to filter in property market
While the property market is growing due to the rising demand for residential and office space, demand for quality properties…
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Fears over growth, inflation prospects
The combined effects of dry spells and armyworms attack could thwart this fiscal year’s growth prospects and inflation rate…
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‘Malawi should focus on irrigation farming’
Malawi has the capacity to produce all kinds of crops and livestock if irrigation farming was scaled up, Greenbelt Authority…
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Africa ‘working tirelessly’ to create conducive environment for foreign investments
Africa is working tirelessly to get policy and legislative conditions right to ease the business environment and attract more foreign…
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Malawi optimistic on new IMF programme
Fiscal authorities say they are optimistic of a new programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), whose mission is…
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Cotton spared from dry spell impact—Aicc
While output of other crops will be affected by dry spells that have hit some parts of the country, players…
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Business News
Infrastructure priority under microscope
With so much money at its disposal, should the Malawi government be spending billions of kwacha on building stadiums?…
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MBS, NCIC bemoan usage poor building materials
Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) and National Construction Industry Council (NCIC) have bemoaned the increased usage of substandard construction…
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IMF, AfDB warns on spending ahead of elections
Malawi’s international monetary authorities have advised government to watch its spending ahead of the elections in 2019. The think tanks,…
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National News
Lake Malawi water levels jump 22%
Water levels in Lake Malawi have surged 22 percent since the onset of the rainy season, but power output has…
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Business News
Depressed economic environment fuels bad loans—BAM
Bankers Association of Malawi (BAM) has blamed the subdued economic environment for increased non-performing loans (NPLs). In an interview,…
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Business News
Forex reserves drop normal, says rbm
The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) and some economists have said the marginal decline in the foreign exchange reserves…
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Business News
Simcard, generic number registration to prevent crime—Macra
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) has said the mandatory registration of sim cards and generic numbers will help prevent crime…
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Business News
Tea output up
Two years after output of the country’s second foreign exchange earner, tea, has been on a downward spiral, production of…
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Agro sector output to rebound in 2018—RBM
The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has said output of the agriculture sector will hit 7.1 percent in 2017 and…
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National News
Inflation down to 7.1%
Headline inflation for December 2017 has dropped by 0.6 percentage points from November’s 7.7 percent to 7.1 percent, with…
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Microfinance sector remains strong—RBM
The country’s microfinance sector continues to remain strong in terms of profit, capital and liquidity despite being hit by…
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MSE to list first corporate bond on stock market
Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE) says talks are at an advanced stage with a privately owned company to list a corporate…
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Escom in system upgrade, to enhance efficiency
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has migrated to a new management information system (MIS) to enhance efficiency by…
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Tourism players gear up for expo
Players in the tourism industry are gearing up for this year’s tourism expo expected to attract foreign tour operators,…
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