Business Unpacked

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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Masm should give customers options

Effective September 1 the Medical Aid Society of Malawi (Masm), the country’s dominant provider of health insurance, has raised its…

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Waiting for competition in banking sector

Until 1995 when First Merchant Bank (FMB) joined the fray as the country’s third commercial bank, Malawi used to have…

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Bye 2013, where do we go from here?

This is my last entry of Business Unpacked in 2013 as today is the last Thursday of this year. Before…

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