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Business News
Ultra-poor livelihoods set to improve
Anne Chimwenje, 41, from Mbalame Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Kaphuka in Dedza was one of the poorest people in that…
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National News
Scale up public works—committee
Parliamentary Committee on Social Welfare and Community Affairs has asked government to consider providing additional financing for scaling up of…
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Business News
Ultra-poor households get K1 billion boost
Ministry of Finance has challenged ultra-poor households to develop a saving culture and aim at graduating from reliance on social…
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Business News
Covid-19 cash beneficiaries form savings groups
Community Savings and Investment Promotion (Comsip) Cooperative Union Limited has mobilised K31.5 million through savings and loans groups by beneficiaries…
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Feature of the Week
Baking groups go green
Baking without using firewood is not rocket science for Sakata villagers in Zomba District. A rocket-like sun oven has helped…
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Feature of the Week
Hope for small-scale farmers
Despite being an agrarian economy, Malawi struggles so much in providing sustainable markets for her farmers. The worst-hit farmers are…
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Business News
Rice farmers seek new markets for their crop
Rice farmers in Karonga say they are exploring new markets for their crop apart from Tanzania where it is sold…
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Business News
Fighting poverty through savings, investments
It has not been easy. A very huge piece of land for cultivation and livestock farming, but still no way…
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National News
NGO drills women in business skills
Women’s Legal Resource Centre (Wolrec) has trained village savings and loans (VSLs) groups in Neno District to graduate into Community…
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Business News
Community-based financial groups key to financial freedom
Community-based financial institutions are key to realising financial freedom for local communities, according to a Financial Literacy and Consumer Protection…
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Feature of the Week
Man discovers niche in road project
Ketera Bikosi Kapira from Chapinga Village in Traditional Authority Mlolo’s area in Nsanje is one of the people affected by…
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Business News
Malawi to benefit from $1bn African female entrepreneurs fund
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced a $1.1 billion lending programme to help women entrepreneurs on the continent. In…
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Business News
Cooperatives key to poverty alleviation
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism has urged Malawians to embrace the concept of cooperatives which it says is key…
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‘We want to make household livelihoods sustainable’
For the past months, Comsip Cooperative Union Limited has been implementing a Graduation Model of its members who benefit from…
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Feature
Cocoa farmers of Karonga
Cote d’Ivoire is the world’s largest exporter of cocoa, with Ghana ranked second. Malawi is nowhere on the list, but…
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Business
New microfinance institution raises hope for cooperatives
Economics Association of Malawi (Ecama) says the move by the Community Savings and Investment Promotion (Comsip) to launch its microfinance…
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Business News
Programme to lessen burden of the poor
About 400 000 rural people are expected to graduate out of poverty in three years, thanks to the Malawi Government’s…
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National News
Mzuzu men courted to savings groups
Department of Community Development has courted men in Mzuzu Community Savings and Investment Promotion (Comsip) groups to reduce poverty…
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National News
Agribusiness: the future of farming
For 56-year-old Agnes Soko, agriculture has not only offered a path out of poverty and hunger, but an improved livelihood…
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Development
The relief that is cattle farming
Conventional wisdom has it that when the bush is on fire, a chameleon learns how to run fast. The saying…
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