Business Unpacked
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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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Cama making sense on Escom tariff hike proposal
Finally, the Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) and the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) last week kicked off their…
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Beyond the financial literacy week
From Monday December 9 2013, the Reserve Bank of Malawi in partnership with stakeholders in the financial services sector is…
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Kwacha free-fall spells hard times
Things do not look good for the Malawian consumer in the short to medium term. With Christmas and New Year…
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Why I see PAC interviews as a talking shop
Malawi my beloved country has never ceased to amaze me. Many times I have likened what goes on around the…
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Mera, Escom should spare us roadshows
They are at it again. The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) and the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) have…
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What next after donor aid freeze?
It is official. Malawi’s major donors under the banner of the Common Approach to Budgetary Support (Cabs) have frozen their…
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This is bad business culture
From time immemorial, I have always wondered why many of our businesses, especially shops, behave like printed books whose contents…
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