Business Unpacked
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The price of running economy on gensets
Desperate measures demand desperate solutions. That is the situation Malawi has found itself in as power generation has gone…
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When customers are taken for granted
Businesses and their customers have a symbiotic relationship. They depend on each other. Businesses provide goods and services to…
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The folly of putting eggs in one basket
If you ask electricity users in Malawi when last they had uninterrupted supply of power from the national grid through…
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Time to change tune on energy crisis
By now, electricity consumers in the country should be accustomed to the power supply cycle. In recent years, it has…
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Inflation, why it matters
News that the country’s inflation rate has hit the highly anticipated single-digit has created a lot of debate and…
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Masm slowly losing the plot, relevance
When I look at the manner the Medical Aid Society of Malawi (Masm), the country’s dominant provider of health…
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Technology and Malawian businesses
Information and communication technology (ICT) has become a part of life and simplified business processes. Today, very few organisations…
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One-size-fits-all stunting insurance growth
From the 2017 Insurance Institute of Malawi (IIM) Annual Lake Conference last weekend came a gloomy headline: ‘Malawi still…
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Time to change tune on energy crisis
By now, electricity consumers in the country should be accustomed to the power supply cycle. In recent years, it…
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See the bigger picture on tobacco
For many years, tobacco-the country’s economic mainstay that is touted to account for about 60 percent of foreign exchange earnings-has…
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