Business
Lipenga’s forex meet set for Sat
February 3, 2012
Lipenga’s forex meet set for Sat
Malawi’s Finance and Development Planning Minister Dr Ken Lipenga on Saturday will date business captains and economic experts to strategise…
Delayed chemicals threaten cotton output
February 3, 2012
Delayed chemicals threaten cotton output
Malawi Government’s delay in distributing chemicals for spraying cotton could significantly affect the crop’s production. A snap survey in the…
Goodall says Malawi fuel crisis to end soon
February 3, 2012
Goodall says Malawi fuel crisis to end soon
Malawi’s fuel crisis will shortly be a thing of the past, Natural Resources, Energy and Environment Minister Goodall Gondwe has…
Kalindekafe heads 43-nation forum
February 2, 2012
Kalindekafe heads 43-nation forum
The Intergovernmental Forum (IGF) on mining, minerals, metals and sustainable development has confirmed the re-election of Dr Leonard Kalindekafe as…
Don’t bring back PSI, MCCCI tells SGS
February 1, 2012
Don’t bring back PSI, MCCCI tells SGS
The Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (MCCCI) on Thursday pleaded with Swiss firm Societe General de Surveillance…
Mwanza hails tobacco contract farming
February 1, 2012
Mwanza hails tobacco contract farming
Agriculture Minister Professor Peter Mwanza says there is a good case to prove for contract tobacco farming in Malawi if…
NBM says its head office to cost K7.4bn
February 1, 2012
NBM says its head office to cost K7.4bn
National Bank of Malawi (NBM) has touted its state-of-the-art Blantyre Head Office as the largest private sector investment in the…
RBM raises K7.4bn in K30bn bond
January 31, 2012
RBM raises K7.4bn in K30bn bond
The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has raised K7.4 billion (about $44.3 million) in the two auctions for the K30…
Medi, Sedom, Demat finally merge
January 31, 2012
Medi, Sedom, Demat finally merge
The Small Enterprise Development Organisation of Malawi (Sedom), Malawi Entrepreneurs Development Institute (Medi) and the Development of Malawi Traders’ Trust…
Credit reference bureaux await information
January 31, 2012
Credit reference bureaux await information
Credit reference bureaus in Malawi are waiting for commercial banks to finalise updating customer information before they can start their…
Toyota scales down operations by third
January 31, 2012
Toyota scales down operations by third
Toyota Malawi says the company has scaled down its operations by a third due to forex problems that has rocked…
NLB raises K72.3m
January 30, 2012
NLB raises K72.3m
The National Lotteries Board (NLB) says it has so far collected K72.3 million (about $432 934) from consumer promotions and…
FMB pulls down Masi
January 30, 2012
FMB pulls down Masi
A 50 tambala share price loss in FMB on the Malawi Stock Exchange last week was enough to dip the…
Free bulb distribution starts Tuesday
January 30, 2012
Free bulb distribution starts Tuesday
Malawi Government will on Tuesday launch the programme of distributing free energy saver bulbs, a move which is expected to…
MRA moves to improve efficiency
January 30, 2012
MRA moves to improve efficiency
Public tax collector Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) says it is seriously pursuing connectivity at local, regional and international levels to…
Transfer Chinese expertise to Malawiansâ€â€Mia
January 28, 2012
Transfer Chinese expertise to Malawiansâ€â€Mia
Malawi’s Minister of Transport and Public Infrastructure Muhammad Sidik Mia has asked Chinese contractors working on the Malawi University of…
BCC needs K300m to address challenges
January 27, 2012
BCC needs K300m to address challenges
Blantyre City Council chief executive officer Ted Nandolo has said the council requires in excess of K300 million to address…
Mkango pumps K890m into Phalombe site
January 27, 2012
Mkango pumps K890m into Phalombe site
Mkango Resources Limited, a mining company trading on TSX venture exchange in Canada, has started the second stage of drilling…
Liquidity rise to fuel inflationâ€â€analyst
January 27, 2012
Liquidity rise to fuel inflationâ€â€analyst
The money market has continued to be flooded with liquidity, a development a market analyst has predicted is likely to…
World Bank seeks strong local financial sector
January 27, 2012
World Bank seeks strong local financial sector
The World Bank says it is committed to help Malawi create a healthy and vibrant financial sector and safeguard it…