Business
Power investors need guarantees—Matola
October 28, 2013
Power investors need guarantees—Matola
International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme restricts government from providing guarantees to potential power investors, Minister of Energy and Mining Ibrahim…
RBM for financial literacy in schools
October 26, 2013
RBM for financial literacy in schools
The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has engaged an extra gear to ensure that financial literacy is instilled in school…
New technology to lower maize seed price
October 26, 2013
New technology to lower maize seed price
A new technology, Maize Doubled Haploid Facility, which can help companies breed maize seed varieties in a short space of…
Cash-gate affects SMEs—Mlombwa
October 25, 2013
Cash-gate affects SMEs—Mlombwa
The Capital Hill cash-gate will adversely affect indigenous businesses because government is the largest institution that procures services and products…
MRA to collect K10BN during VCW
October 25, 2013
MRA to collect K10BN during VCW
The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) plans to collect close to K10 billion ($25 million) during the three-month Voluntary Compliance Window…
A money laundering afterthought
October 25, 2013
A money laundering afterthought
Even though I have been “baptised” in the profession of national accounts statisticians, certain things still baffle me. I am…
JTI for sound policy and regulatory environment
October 25, 2013
JTI for sound policy and regulatory environment
JTI Leaf Malawi Limited says it is keen to support processes aimed at strengthening policy and regulation affecting its operating…
TNM pays first claim on Moyo cover
October 25, 2013
TNM pays first claim on Moyo cover
TNM has paid K550 000 (US$1 486) to Morton Mwafulirwa of Rumphi to cover funeral expenses for his deceased dear…
Inflation drop puzzles economist, consumers
October 23, 2013
Inflation drop puzzles economist, consumers
Malawi’s year-on-year inflation rate which has dropped to 21.7 percent in September 2013 has stunned an economist and consumers who…
Wash builds toilets, boreholes in Ntchisi
October 23, 2013
Wash builds toilets, boreholes in Ntchisi
The World Vision Water and Sanitation Hygiene (Wash) project in the Nthondo Area Development Programme (ADP) in Ntchisi has built…
Banks, govt confer on solution to power shortage
October 23, 2013
Banks, govt confer on solution to power shortage
Standard Bank in collaboration with the Ministry of Energy, Millennium Challenge Account (MCA), Africa Development Bank (AfDB) and the World…
Govt owes Saccos over K300m
October 23, 2013
Govt owes Saccos over K300m
Malawi Union of Savings and Credit Cooperatives (Muscco) says government is yet to remit over K300 million (US$810 810) of…
‘Partnerships important for wealth creation’
October 23, 2013
‘Partnerships important for wealth creation’
Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Industry and Trade Alex Gomani says partnerships are very important for any country to…
Tanzanian firm lays fibre optic cable
October 22, 2013
Tanzanian firm lays fibre optic cable
A Tanzania telecommunications firm, SimbaNet has won a $20 million [K8 billion] World Bank-funded Regional Communication Infrastructure Programme Malawi (RCIPMW)…
Cear to rehabilitate Limbe-Nkaya-Nayuchi line
October 22, 2013
Cear to rehabilitate Limbe-Nkaya-Nayuchi line
Malawi Government has reviewed the concession agreement with Central East African Railways (Cear) due to change in the current environment…
Experts meet to discuss climate change in Ethiopia
October 22, 2013
Experts meet to discuss climate change in Ethiopia
Experts and stakeholders are meeting in the Ethiopian capital city, Addis Ababa, starting Monday, for a conference on Climate Change and…
Teveta launches 5-year strategic plan
October 22, 2013
Teveta launches 5-year strategic plan
Technical Entrepreneurial and Vocational Education Training Authority (Teveta) on Thursday last week launched its five-year strategic plan at Mount Soche…
The Chinese strategy to dominate Africa
October 22, 2013
The Chinese strategy to dominate Africa
Officials in China are becoming increasingly apprehensive about the rise in the use of the westward corridor to export oil,…
Consumers to report anti-competitive practices —CFTC
October 22, 2013
Consumers to report anti-competitive practices —CFTC
Competition and Fair Trading Commission (CFTC) has called on consumers in the country to report trading practices that might prevent…
MW Airlines rollout time beyond us—PPPC
October 21, 2013
MW Airlines rollout time beyond us—PPPC
The Public Private Partnership Commission (PPPC) says the current process to have Malawian Airlines Limited rollout its services is technical…