Business Unpacked

Budget: The devil is in the detail

Predictably, members of Parliament (MPs) on both sides of the National Assembly on Friday unanimously cheered after passing the K1.45…

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Mortgaging the future of Malawi

  Revelations that Malawi’s domestic debt is projected to rise by 473.6 percent because government plans to borrow about K176.1…

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Investment forum shouldn’t be a talking shop

Talking shop (noun): A place or group regarded as a centre of unproductive talk rather than action. Talking shop, according…

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Time to cut the cloth according to size

  Revelations this week that Malawi’s domestic debt is projected to rise by 473.6 percent because government plans to borrow…

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When the budget is but a wish-list

For the fifth and final time in the 2014 to 2019 term of office, Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and…

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Why insurance penetration remains low

Insurance penetration rate in the country remains one of the lowest in the world at 1.4 percent of the population,…

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The risk of doing nothing

    Hardly a day goes by without a story that financial markets are in “bubble” territory. Stock markets around…

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What you need to know about pensions

  Pension is generally understood to be a retirement savings plan where one saves part of their income today to…

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Fighting, measuring poverty

  In March, the country launched the Third Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS III) as a tool to spur…

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Price discrimination at play?

  In many cases, the relationship between most commercial banks and their customers has been one of mistrust, at least…

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