Business Unpacked
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Get facts right over a cup of tea…
Tea has always been my favourite hot beverage. Millions of people across Malawi and the world drink tea. In fact,…
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Real test awaits our beloved kwacha
There is excitement regarding the firming of the local currency, the Malawi kwacha, with respect to its trading value against…
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Banks should manage congestion
In today’s fast-paced world, one thing many of us hate is to stand hours on queues to pay for goods…
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Defying the odds in business
Today, I would like to focus, albeit briefly, on how, in a typical Biblical illustration “the stone the builder rejected…
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What next after excessive borrowing?
It is no longer news that the Malawi Government is borrowing heavily from the domestic market. What is news and…
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Match high tariffs with service
Nowadays, making a call and let alone sending a text message in Malawi has become a luxury very few can…
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All that glitters is not gold
Barely two weeks after the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) announced that its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), which is chaired…
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Road shows won’t give us maize
In the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary New 7th Edition, the word surprise is, among other things, explained as meaning “an…
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Back to cosmetic statistics?
In real life, there is generally a difference between theory and practice. Whereas theory normally projects what is supposed to…
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Well done on tobacco dollars
Ever since I started following with keen interest sales at the tobacco auction floors several years ago, I have always…
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