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What is poverty, how is it measured?
Towards the end of last year (2016), The Nation carried a series of news stories on poverty, mainly focusing on…
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Tale of another corporate transition
End of an era. New beginnings. Old Mutual Malawi used these taglines to describe the change of guard at…
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Consumers in the digital world
Yesterday, March 15, was World Consumer Rights Day. The day dates back to 1962 when President John F. Kennedy of…
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Parastatals should be run like businesses
Yet another gloomy headline graced the front page of The Nation newspaper edition of February 28 2017. It read: ‘Parastatals…
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Expenditure cut talk lacks political will
For a long time, Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development has preached about expenditure cuts/controls as one way of…
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Technology and Malawian businesses
Information and communication technology (ICT) has become a part of life and simplified business processes. Today, very few organisations…
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What is poverty, how is it measured?
Towards the end of last year (2016), The Nation carried a series of news stories on poverty, mainly focusing…
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What became of the first investment forum?
Between June 29 and 30 2015, Malawi played host to men and women clad in designer suits who intermingled…
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Investment lessons from Robert Kiyosaki
To many people, the New Year comes with new resolutions and goals to improve their situation or plight. To…
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Business News
The PCL power switch
End of year news reviews for 2016 would be incomplete without the mention of the change of guard at…
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Aim higher, demand the best this New Year
We are five days into the New Year 2017 and, as they say better late than never, I feel…
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Leave excess baggage in 2016
When the clock ticks midnight on Saturday, December 31, the year 2016 will take a bow and the New…
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Christmas is here, don’t get carried away
In under 10 days, it will be Christmas Day 2016 and barely a week later the New Year 2017.…
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Christmas is here, don’t get carried away
In under 10 days, it will be Christmas Day 2016 and barely a week later the New Year 2017.…
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Excellence awards should spur efficiency
In a country where service delivery is generally poor and customer service is seldom up to scratch, it was refreshing…
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Before we buy, eat and drink Malawian
For a long time, Malawi has had a negative trade balance in international trade. Malawi continues to have negative trade…
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What you need to know about pensions
Pension is generally understood to be a retirement savings plan where one saves part of their income today to…
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How to make State enterprises tick
In one recent article I discussed why some statutory corporations (SCs) or parastatals or indeed, in short, State enterprises…
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Where the fraud, corruption fight is lost
If findings of several recent audits of the operations of the public sector are anything to go by, fraud…
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Passion for holidays slowing growth
Rest is good. Sleep is equally good. Rest allows us to unwind and recharge after hectic schedules in the…
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