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Covid-19 worsens MW trade balance
March 27, 2021
Covid-19 worsens MW trade balance
Malawi’s trade balance—the difference between the value of a country’s imports and its exports—widened further last year as the country…
African bond market Gets timely boost
March 27, 2021
African bond market Gets timely boost
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has set up a Liquidity and Sustainability Facility (LSF), a financial tool that will…
Firms claim cooking oil sales down 50
March 26, 2021
Firms claim cooking oil sales down 50
Edible Cooking Oil Association of Malawi (Ecoam), a grouping of five cooking oil manufacturers, claims that the re-introduction of the…
Exports to AGOA 60% down
March 26, 2021
Exports to AGOA 60% down
Malawi’s exports to the United States (US) through the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) preferential trade window continue to…
Breathe life into State enterprises
March 25, 2021
Breathe life into State enterprises
For a long time, most State enterprises have been a burden rather than an asset to their shareholder, the Malawi…
Firm invests K99bn in 75MW power plant
March 25, 2021
Firm invests K99bn in 75MW power plant
Africa Energy and Power Limited, an independent power producer (IPP), has unveiled plans to build a $125 million (about K99…
Grain traders in Race against time
March 25, 2021
Grain traders in Race against time
Grain Traders and Processors Association of Malawi faces a race against time to export maize to regional markets as the…
EIU doubts economic recovery amid Covid-19 vaccine rollout
March 24, 2021
EIU doubts economic recovery amid Covid-19 vaccine rollout
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a United Kingdom-based research and analysis division of Economist Group, sees no immediate return to economic…
AfDB downgrades Malawi’s GDP growth
March 24, 2021
AfDB downgrades Malawi’s GDP growth
The March 2021 African Development Bank (AfDB) African Economic Outlook has revised downwards the real gross domestic product (GDP) growth…
Tobacco buyers, TC differ on demand figure
March 23, 2021
Tobacco buyers, TC differ on demand figure
Tobacco buyers and Tobacco Commission (TC) have differed on this year’s demand for the leaf with the former requesting authorities…