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The cost of indecision in power sector
Alright, I get it that the Electricity Corporation of Malawi (Escom) is, to some extent, a victim of environmental or…
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Front Page
APM in India water deals
President Peter Mutharika is set to wrap up side deals with the Indian government at the India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS)…
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Is this how BAM promotes professionalism?
Apparently, the bank’s information, communication technology (ICT) system had collapsed, making it hard for the bank to serve its…
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Business News
In GBI, face of India emerges
A sugar processing facility here; an ethanol plant there and an electricity generating hub a glance away—all in one; an…
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IMF has just pushed confidence to new low
For several months, confidence in the Malawi economy and its markets—especially financial markets—has been low as seen, for example, by…
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Trust Chaponda to say ridiculous things
Once upon a time, there was a Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs called George Chaponda who, in his questionable…
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Stop the currency fixing nonsense
Of course, I get it. The depreciating kwacha is eroding our earnings in real terms by the day. I…
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Citizens being punished for water boards’ inefficiency
Malawian consumers and individuals are suffering—with no end in sight, it seems. The kwacha is collapsing around them, making…
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It is official: Authorities run out of ideas as economy tanks
It looks clear that the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) as well as the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning…
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We have seen the efforts, now show us results
If there is one government agency that could be a beacon of hope that sometimes reforms in Malawi might just…
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Shameless obsession with revenue while ignoring wasteful spending
It seems there is an obsessive wave across local councils of increasing market fees. Several councils, it appears, are convinced…
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PP must move on, but in the right way
I don’t know what she is running away from, but former president Joyce Banda has been on the run…
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‘Special’ clearance turning out to be day-light robbery
A friend of mine and senior media practitioner Charles Simango recently, on his Facebook wall, posted a stinging criticism of…
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Cut the Chaff
The evolution of Governor Charles Chuka
Sometime in January 2013—eight months after then president Joyce Banda, Finance Minister at the time Ken Lipenga and Reserve Bank…
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Cut the Chaff
Mutharika pants as pressure mounts
Bakili Muluzi had very few important quotes that are memorable, but there is one that most people readily recall: “Amayi…
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A tough-to-reach 90 percent target
So, government’s long-term fiscal target is that by 2025—10 years from now—domestic resources should finance 90 percent of the national…
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When MCCCI snores on home ground
Sometime last year, the Public Service Reforms Commission, chaired by Vice-President Saulos Chilima, engaged the private sector in a frank…
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Development
Maximising GMO benefits, minimising risks
In this fourth part of the series on biotechnology and agriculture, EPHRAIM NYONDO assesses the legal and policy position which…
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Am I missing something?
I was going through what I think is the abridged “scope of work” of what should have been the…
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Tread carefully on demands for allocation hikes
Finance, Economic Planning and Development Minister Goodall Gondwe must not give in to the pressure for more funding to ministries,…
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