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Global goals amid crises

Since December 2019, the prolonged Covid-19 crisis has greatly slowed the global race for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including ending…

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Does our tax pay back?

Malawi is among the low and middle-income countries. Since the colonial days, tax has been part of life for Malawians.…

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Covid-19 fuelling partnerships

C ovid-19 has tested the healthcare system of every single country around the world in ways unseen in recent history.…

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Business lessons from refugees

The Government of Malawi has ordered refugees who are outside Dzaleka Refugee Camp to return to the camp. This follows…

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Scrutiny of subsidies, dawn of a legacy

 It goes without saying that, as a country, we are one of the poorest in the world. Subsidies are meant…

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Youth creativity and unemployment

The pace of Africa’s economic growth is insufficient to produce the one million new jobs a month to match the…

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Deepening decentralisation

The restoration of multi-party democracy in 1993 in Malawi brought with it the need to decentralise the highly centralised administrative…

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Mind homeland security

As southern Africa grapples with terrorist attacks in northern Mozambique, it is startling that Malawi Government is somehow keeping this…

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How to vaccinate every country

Covid-19 will not truly end until everyone has access to vaccines, including people in the poorest countries. Worldwide vaccination offers…

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Curse of CDSS learners

The debate over poor academic performance in community day secondary schools (CDSSs) refuses to die. Education experts and commentators often…

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