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Tea pluckers get peanuts—Report

Tea pluckers get peanuts—Report

Tea pluckers—labourers who pick leaves for one of the most loved beverages in the world and one of Malawi’s major…
Malawi urges smallscale miners to form cooperatives

Malawi urges smallscale miners to form cooperatives

Malawi government, through the Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining, has pleaded with artisanal and smallscale miners in the…
Malawi FDI slumps 10% to $118m

Malawi FDI slumps 10% to $118m

Malawi underperformed in the attraction of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2013, luring about $118 million (K48 billion) about 10…
Kanyika samples analysis starts in China

Kanyika samples analysis starts in China

Globe Metals and Mining, an Australian-listed mining firm exploring for niobium at Kanyika in Mzimba, says the mine’s metallurgical pilot…
Standard Bank appoints Harawa as board chair

Standard Bank appoints Harawa as board chair

Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE)-listed Standard Bank Limited has appointed Rex Harawa as its new chairperson, taking over from Alex Chitsime…
PCL eyes power generation sector

PCL eyes power generation sector

Press Corporation Limited (PCL)—a company that holds shares in entities including Puma Energy, National Bank of Malawi (NBM), Malawi Telecommunications…
Market shows confindence in government securities

Market shows confindence in government securities

Higher yields and political certainty has heightened the market’s confidence on government securities with recent applications on treasury bills (T-bills)…
Mzuzu tobacco growers contented with prices

Mzuzu tobacco growers contented with prices

Tobacco growers from the Northern Region are all smiles due to good prices the leaf is fetching at Mzuzu Auction…
MUTHARIKANOMICS: WILL IT BREAK MALAWI’S VICIOUS CYCLES?

MUTHARIKANOMICS: WILL IT BREAK MALAWI’S VICIOUS CYCLES?

It is not only the President Peter Mutharika’s voice that strikingly resembles his late brother, former president late Bingu wa…
Malawi Economist wants bank rate delinked from inflation

Malawi Economist wants bank rate delinked from inflation

Economic experts, monetary and fiscal authorities are expected to meet in Mangochi to discuss the country’s monetary and exchange rate…
Mera courts energy players on electricity by-laws

Mera courts energy players on electricity by-laws

The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) on Monday asked players in the energy sector from the Northern Region to familiarise…
$8m Micf fund on track

$8m Micf fund on track

The Malawi Innovative Challenge Fund (Micf) says it is pleased with the overwhelming applications for the $8 million fund aimed…
Opposition calls for policy linkages

Opposition calls for policy linkages

Opposition political parties have called upon government to ensure there are linkages between the country’s short, medium and long-term development…
Indebank, AHCX MoU to empower farmers

Indebank, AHCX MoU to empower farmers

Indebank Limited on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Auction Holdings Commodities Exchange (AHCX) to empower farmers to produce…
First Tanzania firm lists on stock exchange

First Tanzania firm lists on stock exchange

Malawi’s neighbour, Tanzania, this month announced its first Initial Public Offer (IPO)—the public offering of shares, by an energy company…
Commodity brokers to ease business transactions

Commodity brokers to ease business transactions

The Agricultural Commodity Exchange (ACE) says newly-trained brokers will help in transforming the lives of smallholder farmers by getting them…
MCCCI calls for government partnership

MCCCI calls for government partnership

The Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (MCCCI) has called on government to consider a Public Private Partnership…
Millions view Malawi tourism advert on CNN

Millions view Malawi tourism advert on CNN

About 185 million people managed to watch the Ministry of Tourism and the Malawi Investment Trade Centre (Mitc) advert which…
Tobacco prices lower for all varieties

Tobacco prices lower for all varieties

Tobacco prices for all varieties in the 12 weeks of trading are lower by an average of 13 percent as…
Macra to phase SIM card registration

Macra to phase SIM card registration

Mandatory SIM card registration will be implemented in a phases between January and June 2015, while its preparatory work will…
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