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Process the green leaf, Taml urges smallholder tea growers
July 1, 2014
Process the green leaf, Taml urges smallholder tea growers
The Tea Association of Malawi (Taml), a grouping of large tea estate growers, has urged smallholder growers to graduate from…
RBM calls for export financing
July 1, 2014
RBM calls for export financing
The country’s commercial banks need to accommodate the needs of the private sector particularly on financing production of exports to…
Malawi fuel storage capacity improves
July 1, 2014
Malawi fuel storage capacity improves
Malawi’s fuel storage capacity has improved from about ten days cover to about 15 days cover, a latest survey conducted…
Bumpy ride as tobacco earnings slump
July 1, 2014
Bumpy ride as tobacco earnings slump
Malawi’s economy should brace for a bumpy ride following projections by the Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) that this year’s earnings…
MICROFINANCE SUPERVISION MINIMISES RISKS—RBM
June 30, 2014
MICROFINANCE SUPERVISION MINIMISES RISKS—RBM
The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has said regulations and supervision of microfinance institutions opens up commercial funding opportunities and…
White spaces project on track—Macra
June 30, 2014
White spaces project on track—Macra
The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) has said the rolling out of the Television White Spaces (TVWS) project, currently in…
Mzuzu Flea Market ready, opens July 1—CEO
June 30, 2014
Mzuzu Flea Market ready, opens July 1—CEO
The long-awaited Mzuzu Flea Market is almost completed and is expected to be opened on July 1, Mzuzu City Council…
Tea pluckers get peanuts—Report
June 28, 2014
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
June 27, 2014
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
June 27, 2014
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
June 27, 2014
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
June 27, 2014
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
June 27, 2014
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
June 26, 2014
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
June 26, 2014
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?
June 26, 2014
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
June 25, 2014
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
June 25, 2014
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
June 25, 2014
$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
June 25, 2014
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…