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Putting subsidy future in mobile phone
The United States Agency for International Development (USaid) Malawi office is working on enhancing the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp)…
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Detained in the line of duty
When journalists went marching on May 3, World Press Freedom Day (WPFD), they were a poster short of last year’s…
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Baking waste into wealth
Many slum dwellers do not have a lot of alternatives. With no or limited educational qualifications and access to loans…
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Behind artificial fertilisers
Through the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp), government is promoting use of artificial fertilisers in crop production. ALBERT SHARRA explores the challenges…
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Boosting immunity with indigenous vegetables
Her health was fast deteriorating when Ida Chapuma decided to go for an HIV test at a hospital in Lilongwe.…
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Labour gaps: System error?
March 31 2013 was meant to end a long wait for better pay, but April 1 turned out to be…
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Saving lives with medical kits
Veronica Gondwe, 16, from Kashata Village, Traditional Authority Kilupula in Karonga has been sick for a while. Her mother, Maggie,…
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Power for economic rise
Mining can be offered all the political will it requires—but unless electricity supply improves, it won’t be worth much. JAMES CHAVULA tracks…
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Diabetes: Silent but avoidable killer
By the time Timothy Ntambalika of Traditional Authority (T/A) Nchilamwera in Thyolo went to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in…
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Is a cash-free Malawi viable?
Along Chipembere Highway in Blantyre, there are bus stops that invite passersby to stop relying on coins and banknotes. “Let’s…
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Malawi tourism in need of infrastructure
A zigzag ride through Khwekhwerere Road in the mountainous part of Dedza leads to a place known for its…
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Will ECD triumph in Malawi?
It all began with research: 80 percent of human brain development, experts discovered, takes place in the first three years…
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The surgeon and his knives
Dr Carlos Gomez Varela, 37, is one of the few surgeons Malawi has. He has performed over 5 000 surgeries,…
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Making teaching entertaining
Behind tales of teachers receiving skimpy salaries late are silent portraits of inspiring workmanship that requires further training to make…
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Tell climate change stories in simplest manner
Uganda’s Minister of Water and Environment Flavia Nabugene Munamba has urged Africa journalists to report in a simplest manner the…
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Media vital to climate change fight
Partial narratives that underpin policymaking prevent people in arid regions from fulfilling their potential to provide food and sustain resilient…
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Battling malaria in high risk areas
On March 15 2013, Rt. Reverend Dr Mark Hanson, Presiding Bishop of Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and former…
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Local Development Fund improves maternal health
When she got pregnant three years ago, Mary Yakobe of Maoni Village ,Sub/Traditional Authority (STA) Maoni in Chiradzulu walked a…
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Registration curbs baby theft
Cases of baby theft offer another need for government to invest more in registering every child at birth. There are…
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Creating an HIV-free generation
The Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) has been around for a while now. Although the initiative has faced all manner…
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