Economy dodged recession in 2020
Malawi’s economy escaped a potential recession by a whisker in 2020, registering a growth rate of 0.9 percent, thanks to...
ActionAid develops content on feminist macroeconomics
ActionAid Malawi, a member of Feminist Macro-Economics Alliance (FEAM), has developed content on macro-economics which has been specifically packaged to...
MRA summoned over solar products tax
The Renewable Energy Industries Association of Malawi (Reiama) on Thursday took to task officials from Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) and...
Pride ready to construct irrigation schemes
Programme for Rural Irrigation Development (Pride), a project jointly funded by International Fund for Agriculture development (Ifad) and Malawi government,...
Budget off rails
The Tonse Alliance administration’s maiden budget is in turmoil, chalking K340 billion in deficits in the first six months of...
EU gets tough on human rights abuses
The European Union (EU) has agreed on a new mechanism to punish perpetrators of human rights abuses around the world,...
Malawi closes in on hefty US deal
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) second compact preparations are gaining momentum following refinery studies being undertaken towards increasing land productivity...
Malawi dreams of more zeros
Vision 2063: Incomes rise from $400 to as much as $12 000 annually After the heartbreak that was Vision 2020,...
IMF head, economist differ on spending
A university of Malawi Chancellor College economist has differed with the head of International Monetary Fund (IMF) who has advised...
Chidanti Malunga is now Tobacco Commission CEO
The country’s tobacco industry regulator Tobacco Commission (TC) hashired former Nsanje South West legislator Joseph Chidanti Malunga as its new...
Tonse renews genset deal
The Tonse Alliance administration has renewed the controversial generator-powered electricity deal with Aggreko Power Solutions for another two years, The...
Malawi economy stuck for 40 years—economist
Economics associate professor Ronald Mangani has attributed Malawi’s economic stagnation for the past 40 years to neo-liberal policies advanced by...
Tobacco export ban still haunts Malawi
Anxiety still grips the tobacco industry over the continued imposition of the World Release Order (WRO) or tobacco ban by...
Malawi deposits AfCFTA instruments with AU
Malawi has finally deposited the instruments for ratifying the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) with the African Union (AU),...
Covid worsens Malawi’s debt position—Report
The Covid-19 pandemic is worsening debt situation in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, including Malawi, and if left unchecked, the rate...
Inflation rate averages 8.7% in 11 months
Malawi’s year-on-year headline inflation has averaged 8.7 percent between January and November this year, way below the average price recorded...
World Bank data scandal bad for Malawi—economist
Economist Gowokani Chijere-Chirwa has described the latest admission by the World Bank Group on the manipulation of its data used...
Domestic debt jumps K1.9bn in a month
Malawi’s domestic debt stock climbed by K1.9 billion between September and October 2020, increasing central government debt stock position to...
Malawi faces K255bn energy financing gap
The World Bank has estimated that Malawi is currently facing an annual investment gap of $332 million (about K255 billion)...
Project raises income levels in Kasungu
A three-year project implemented by Good Neighbours Malawi in the central region district of Kasungu has paid beneficiaries dividend as...
